A 10-year-old Tennessee boy allegedly fatally stabbed himself in the chest with a kitchen knife after his mother beat and choked him with an extension cord. The Commerical Appeal reported that police were called to a Frayser home Saturday afternoon and discovered Jaheim McKinzie suffering from chest wounds. The boy was rushed to a hospital where …
A former Roy, Utah, day care owner who killed an infant by slamming his head into a changing table was sentenced to prison on Wednesday. Judge Scott Hadley sentenced Tisha Lynn Morley, 36, to five years to life in the Utah State Prison for the February 2014 death of Lincoln Penland. The 8-month-old sustained two broken arms, …
A North Carolina couple is behind bars on felony child abuse charges after authorities reportedly found a baby inside their home wearing a maggot-filled diaper, and six other children in their care living in squalor. The Dispatch reports that Cpt. Michael Hunt with the Lexington Police Department said that officers arrived to a home at 410 Irma …
An Illinois couple with nine children are accused of locking their adult daughter, who has severe cognitive disabilities, in a filthy bedroom for two years. The Chicago Tribune reported that Charles Hopkins III and his longtime girlfriend, Marinda Y. Hicks, 38, are facing multiple neglect-related charges, including endangerment of a child, criminal neglect of a person with a disability and …
New Mexico police arrested a woman they believe abused her foster child over an extended period of time. According to the Farmington Daily Times, 53-year-old Hope Graciano faces a total of four felony charges — including one first-degree count — associated with her alleged abuse of the 11-year-old victim. A licensed foster-care provider for roughly …
A Pennsylvania woman will spend the next two and a half to five years of her life behind bars after she beat her daughter for not reciting Bible verses properly. FOX43 reports that Rhonda Shoffner, 41, pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated assault, child endangerment, making terroristic threats, and endangerment. Dauphin County Judge John F. Cherry sentenced Shoffner …
An Iowa couple was arrested Wednesday after their 4-month-old son’s body was allegedly found covered in maggots in his swing. The Kansas City Star reported that Cheyanne Harris, 20, and Zachary Koehn, 28, were charged with first-degree murder and felony child endangerment months after Sterling Koehn’s death. The father called 911 on August 30 to their …
Authorities are searching for a Mississippi man who allegedly left his 5-year-old son in the woods overnight. Wayne County Sheriff Jody Ashley told WDAM Monday that Richard Dearman, 32, is accused of leaving his young son in the woods for 24 hours last Wednesday. “He told him he thought the law was behind him,” Ashley said. “They …
A nine-year-old Florida girl died Saturday after her 325-pound cousin allegedly sat on her as a form of discipline. The Pensacola News Journal reported that Veronica Green Posey, 64, was charged with homicide and cruelty toward a child in connection with Dericka Lindsay’s death. Lindsay was found unresponsive in her Pensacola home at 1:35 p.m. and transported …
A Tulsa, Oklahoma, woman whose 8-month-old son drowned in a dirty mop bucket will spend 15 years behind bars KOTV reported that Heather Freeman, 26, will also serve 10 years probation in connection with the death of Jaxon Annuschat. Annuschat was found face down in the mop bucket on March 6 and died the following day. Freeman allegedly told …
A North Carolina couple faces additional disturbing charges in connection with their arrest last year on child abuse charges. According to the Statesville Record & Landmark, Andrew Patrick Williams, 38, and his girlfriend, 37-year-old Stephanie Johanna Giddens, were charged with performing sex acts on the same child they were charged last year with physically abusing. …
A Franklin, Ohio, woman placed her 4-year-old stepson in a scalding bath and the boy’s father did nothing as he slowly died from his injuries. WCPO reported Tuesday that a judge sentenced the child’s father, Robert Ritchie, 32, to seven years in prison for Austin Cooper’s death. Prosecutors said Ritchie failed to get medical help for …
