Cops: Texas Mom Left Kids Alone for Weeks
The charges are disturbing enough that the case would likely have made headlines anyway. But the grinning face of the suspect upon her arrest—a mother charged with leaving her two kids to fend for...
View ArticleCops: Mom Left 16-Month-Old Alone for 10 Days
Ohio authorities say a Cleveland mother went on vacation for 10 days and left her 16-month-old daughter home alone that entire time—and that the mother arrived home to find the toddler dead. Kristel...
View ArticleCops: Woman Leaves Two Girls Alone at Ocean Beach
A Florida attorney is facing felony charges after police say she left two young children unattended at a beach on the Gulf of Mexico, reports the Tampa Bay Times . The younger of the girls, age 3, was...
View Article2 Siblings of Girl Who Died of Starvation to Get $5M Each
Iowa will pay $10 million to the siblings of an adopted 16-year-old girl who weighed just 56 pounds when she died of starvation in 2017, according to a state board that approved the settlement Monday....
View ArticleParents Charged After Daughter's Fatal Asthma Attack
The parents of a Minnesota girl who died after an asthma attack earlier this year have been charged with second-degree manslaughter, accused of not taking her to the hospital as she suffered the...
View ArticleParents Charged With Murder After Toddler Dies in Hot Car
An Arkansas couple has been charged with capital murder after one of their young children left inside a hot vehicle died from apparent heat exhaustion, authorities said. Prosecutors in Little Rock...
View ArticleCops: Dad Dumped Girl, 10, on Dark Road, Sped Away
A Florida man threw a 10-year-old girl out of his silver Toyota Tundra pickup truck shortly after midnight on Tuesday, hurling her toys after her, according to witnesses in an affidavit seen by USA...
View ArticleChildren's Author, Husband Beat Kids With 'Whacker'
A Florida children's book author and her husband, a Lockheed Martin engineer, have pleaded guilty in a child abuse and neglect case involving their three adopted kids. USA Today reports that last week,...
View ArticleCop Arrested After Girl Forced to Hold Sign in Freezing Temps
An Indiana police officer and his wife face charges of child abuse and neglect after, authorities say, their 6-year-old daughter was forced to stand outside in freezing temperatures holding a...
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