The Texas judge who oversaw a trial that convicted a mother of killing her 2-year-old daughter and sentenced her to death now says the woman is “actually innocent” and did not kill her child. Melissa Elizabeth Lucio has been on death in Texas in the union for 16 years, according to PEOPLE. She was convicted …
A man already registered for life as a sex offender against children has been arrested for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl in central California. Edgar Perez Medina, 35, posed as an 18-year-old man on social media to talk with the girl and made plans to meet her, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office said. When …
A Missouri mother charged with abusing and neglecting her two young children pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced to nine years in prison. Alyssa Nicole Bowman, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse and neglect, and prosecutors agreed to drop four other counts of abuse and neglect and two counts of child …
A former employee of Florida’s Department of Children and Families has been arrested after her 13-year-old daughter was found dead, “extremely emaciated and obviously malnourished” and “covered in wounds in all stages of healing.” Highlands County Sheriff Paul Blackman said the girl was found nude except for a diaper when deputies arrived after her mother, …
An Amber Alert was issued shortly after midnight Sunday morning after a man allegedly abducted a 12-year-old girl he met online and let police on a chase on Interstate 15. The Bountiful Police Department said family members of the girl confronted the man before he took off with her his Chevrolet Camaro. About eight hours …
A 44-year-old Florida woman is facing allegations of using her mother’s identity to secure hurricane aid, reportedly telling city employees that Botox made her look younger. FOX News Digital reports that Veronica Torres has been charged with filing a false public assistance claim, according to the Bradenton Police Department. She reportedly received nearly $8,000 after …
A Florida mother discovered an 18-year-old man having an “inappropriate text relationship’ with her 13-year-old daughter and set up a meeting with him herself, which led to the man being shot by police. Cerry Banks was hospitalized in stable condition and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of …
A West Virginia mother has been indicted on multiple charges related to the death of her 16-day old daughter this summer. Brooke Kessler, 33, told investigators she “probably” caused the the infant’s fatal injuries by squeezing her “too hard” while she was “irritated.” The little girl had “multiple, serious injuries,” West Virginia State Troopers said, …
A Washington state couple was allowed to plead guilty this week to killing their daugther’s ex-boyfriend and leaving is body in the trunk of a car for a year. John Eisenman pleaded guilty to first degree murder, and his fiancee, Brenda Kross, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, reduced from first degree murder, KREM reported. Eisenman reportedly …
An Indiana mother who admitted she sometimes forgot to feed her infant son after he died of starvation was sentenced Friday to 65 years in prison. Caylin Monroe was found guilty in October in the death of 3-month-old Silas Scott in February 2022, the Evansville Courier & Press reported. Monroe and the baby’s father, Jakob …
An Atlanta mother was convicted of killing her two toddler sons in her kitchen oven and sentenced to life without parole plus 35 years. Lamora Williams, 24, was convicted on 14 counts, including murder, in the 2017 incident, according to WAGA. Williams initially claimed she left 1-year-old Ja’Karter Penn and 2-year-old Ke’Yaunte Penn with a …
Police in North Carolina are looking for a man connected with the death of an 18-year-old woman found dead last week alongside a highway in Boger City. The body of Sydney Bisson of Charlotte was found near NC East 150 Highway on November 10. On Friday, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said it had secured …
