Murder

Birthday Cake Beatdown Update: Mom sentenced to 25 years in son’s death

 Birthday Cake Beatdown Update: Mom sentenced to 25 years in son’s death
Child Abuse

The Hagerstown, Maryland, mother whose boyfriend beat her 9-year-old son to death for eating birthday cake without permission was sentenced to 25 years Friday morning. Oriana Garcia, 28, agreed to plead guilty to first-degree child abuse in February. In exchange, several charges—including second-degree murder—were taken off the table, according to WHAG. As Crime Online reported, Jacob Barajas, 25, handcuffed …

UPDATE: 5-month-old thrown into playpen dies; ‘frustrated’ sitter charged with murder
Child Abuse
March 10, 2017

UPDATE: 5-month-old thrown into playpen dies; ‘frustrated’ sitter charged with murder

A Florida woman who admitted to forcefully throwing an infant into his playpen is facing murder charges after the baby died from his injuries. Barbara Kendrick, 65, was originally charged with aggravated child abuse as Cooper Dubovik was hospitalized for a fractured skull. However, the charge was upgraded to murder following the 5-month-old’s death late …

Police: Woman charged with murder, set two sons’ beds on fire
Murder
March 10, 2017

Police: Woman charged with murder, set two sons’ beds on fire

A West Virginia woman has been jailed on murder charges for allegedly starting fires that killed her two young sons. Molly Jo Delgado, 29, was arrested on March 8 following a six-week investigation into the January 24 fire at her family’s Martinsburg home, according to a media release from the West Virginia State Fire Marshals …