A Connecticut woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with the July 6 death of her 11-month-old son — who reportedly died after ingesting a fatal combination of cocaine, fentanyl, and morphine. Rebecca Dixon, 35, was charged with second-degree manslaughter for the infant’s death, which was deemed a homicide in early September. Dixon had called police …
A Florida woman was arrested on negligent homicide charges on Tuesday, weeks after her newborn daughter reportedly died in a hot car. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Facebook post that Megan Dauphin, 30, was also charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. Dauphin’s baby was reportedly found dead in her car in …
Police say the teacher was “distracted” on the phone and forgot to drop off the boy at daycare
An Alabama couple who’s facing manslaughter charges for last week’s death of their 3-year-old son may have left him in a hot car for 16 hours before finding him. Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver told WHNT that Bentley Fowler was possibly in the vehicle from 11:30 p.m. Saturday to 4 p.m. the following day. Oliver …
An Alabama couple is facing criminal charges for the death of their toddler son, who police said was found dead Sunday in a hot car. Officers were dispatched to Hodges at around 4 p.m. amid reports of an unresponsive 3-year-old in a car. Franklin County police said in a statement that EMS attempted to resuscitate …
A youth home nurse charged in last month’s death of a Michigan teen who staff restrained for 10 minutes reportedly waited to step in because she thought the boy was faking. Lakeside Academy nurse Heather McLogan, 47, was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter for gross negligence and failure to perform her legal duty to obtain …
Authorities in Michigan announced Wednesday that criminal charges were filed against three youth home employees reportedly involved in the May 1 death of a 16-year-old boy. According to The Detroit News, Lakeside Academy employees Michael Mosley and Zachary Solis were charged with homicide involuntary manslaughter and child abuse (second-degree childcare organization violation causing death). The …
A Florida teen was arrested on Wednesday, a day after he allegedly shot and killed a 15-year-old girl at his apartment. Thalys Olivera, 17, was charged with manslaughter with a deadly weapon in the death of Arya Gray. WPLG reported that Gray was at Olivera’s Miami apartment with her sister and a group of friends …
A high school swimming teacher in Michigan was arraigned Wednesday in connection with February’s drowning death of one of his students. Kareem Sigler, 47, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the February 24 death of Da’Sean Blanding, 15. Prosecutors said the then-Mumford High School swim teacher was in another room when a student alerted him …
An Arizona couple is facing criminal charges months after floodwaters swept away the vehicle they were in, killing their two children and niece. AZFamily reported that Daniel Rawlings is facing reckless manslaughter charges. Rawlings, along with his wife, Lacey Rawlings, is also facing seven counts of child abuse for trying to cross Tonto Creek despite …
A Connecticut man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly beating his 2-year-old stepson to death in June. Citing an arrest warrant, the Hartford Courant reported that Hayden Campbell screamed, cried, and clung onto a female relative before going with his stepfather, Jeremiah Beason, 24. Less than five hours later, Campbell reportedly suffered a skull fracture and …
A New York daycare provider allegedly admitted to police that she killed a 23-month-old boy last year by swinging him into a coffee table by his legs. Jessica Sims, 24, was charged Thursday with first-degree manslaughter in the death of Lennox Santiago in July 2019. Two days before Santiago’s death from severe brain trauma, Sims …
