Police who found the body of 5-year-old Cali Anderson in a Sacramento, California, storage facility May 15 provided new details surrounding the grisly discovery. According to an affidavit obtained by KOLO, the storage unit belonged to Joe Garcia, who called authorities after finding a plastic drum containing the decomposing body of a young child. Garcia told …
Two New Mexico women are awaiting extradition to Oklahoma after police say they met a teen boy on Xbox Live and drove 13 hours to abduct and sexually assault him. Farmington Daily Times reports that Kristen “Kriste” Aragon (pictured left), 35, and Melissa Goelz (pictured right), 29, were arrested in Farmington, New Mexico, on April 17 on felony counts of …
After a toddler boy in Wichita, Kansas, died on Sunday, an attorney for the boy’s grandparents filed a lawsuit against the Sedgwick County Department of Children and Families, claiming the agency knew the boy was being abused at home but failed to save him. The Wichita Eagle reports that 2-year-old Anthony “Tony” Bunn died from blunt …
Prosecutors announced Thursday that they’re not filing criminal charges in the case of a 1-year-old boy who was reportedly seriously injured at an Indiana daycare late last month. A spokesperson for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to WCPO that no charges will be filed for an incident involving Jesse Harris IV, who reportedly returned home from Kiddie Garden …
An Ohio father is accused of hogtying his 13-year-old daughter with zip ties and dragging her across a parking lot—all to stop her from running away. John L. Hofacker was arrested Friday afternoon after his teen daughter was reportedly spotted outside New London Lanes bowling alley screaming for help. According to WJW, responding officers approached the …
The father of a missing Kansas boy was arrested in Wichita for child battery in an unrelated case on Wednesday. The Wichita Eagle reports that Jonathan Hernandez, father of missing 5-year-old Lucas Hernandez, is facing battery charges after he reportedly hit his girlfriend’s 6-year-old son on February 5, a few weeks before his own son …
A Pennsylvania couple who reportedly starved their three young children to the point they ate paint off the walls was sentenced to prison Monday. PennLive.com reported that Joshua Weyant, 35, was sentenced to 19 to 39 years in state prison while wife Brandi, 39, was sentenced to 18 to 37 years behind bars. The pair had pleaded guilty to …
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services revoked the licenses of two day cares that Aniya Day-Garrett attended, finding that they failed to report suspected abuse before her mother and boyfriend allegedly beat the 4-year-old to death. According to Cleveland.com, the state agency wrote that Harbor Crest Childcare Academy, in Cleveland, and Get Ready, Set, Grow …
Mother Kelly Ballinger was hiding her meth as first responders tried to save the 4-year-old’s life
A Virginia mother and her boyfriend are facing criminal charges after her 2-year-old daughter was reportedly found unresponsive and with burns on several parts of her body. WAVY reported that the child was pronounced dead at a hospital after police and fire crews were called to the Norfolk home. Since then, the deceased girl’s mother, …
A Wisconsin couple facing felony child abuse charges apparently had a long list of complaints to Child Protective Services (CPS) regarding numerous reports of neglect and abuse. News 8000 reports the Beloit Police Department arrested 40-year-old Heather McCoy and 39-year-old Lakeidric McCoy on one charge of “child neglect resulting in bodily harm” and additional five charges of …
An Alabama father is facing multiple charges, including murder, for allegedly striking his 2-year-old daughter in the head with an exercise weight, killing her. Ira Reid, 38, is accused of throwing the weight Saturday morning during an argument with the child’s mother. The child was sitting in the car. As the mother got into her …
