KEOKUK, IOWA — A 28-year-old Iowa mother has been charged after authorities say she fell asleep under the influence of drugs and later woke to find her infant son head-first inside a trash can, unresponsive and not breathing. The child, identified in records as R.S., died of asphyxia, according to investigators. Infant Found with His…
FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA — A Florida father and mother have been arrested after deputies say their 6-month-old baby suffered a broken femur when the father squeezed the child “so tight” during a diaper change that the bone snapped — and both parents chose not to call for help, investigators said. The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office…
HINESVILLE, GEORGIA — A 29-year-old Georgia mother who created a GoFundMe to raise money after announcing the death of her “sweet baby boy” has now been arrested and charged in connection with the child’s death, according to newly released police and jail records. Raven Louise Broniecki, a mother of six, was taken into custody on…
MOBILE COUNTY, ALABAMA — A 34-year-old Alabama mother accused of causing a high-speed crash that killed her 7-year-old son learned of his death for the first time during a court hearing, where prosecutors also revealed new details about the chaotic events leading up to the tragedy. Her father, who attended the hearing, says she struggles…
LACY LAKEVIEW, TEXAS — A 54-year-old Texas woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering her neighbor during a violent home invasion in 2022 — a killing prosecutors described as one of the most disturbing cases the region has seen. The victim, 45-year-old Angie Melissa Moore, was found shot…
ROCHESTER HILLS, MICHIGAN — Two Michigan men will spend the rest of their lives in prison after prosecutors say they posed as utility workers to rob and brutally kill a 72-year-old jewelry store owner inside his upscale Rochester Hills home. A judge called the men’s actions “pathetic” and “depraved,” saying the pair slaughtered an innocent…
WEXFORD COUNTY, MICHIGAN — A 40-year-old Michigan mother and her 47-year-old husband are facing murder and torture charges after authorities say they lured the woman’s 38-weeks-pregnant daughter into the woods, stabbed her repeatedly, cut her baby from her womb, and dragged her body behind a truck before leaving her to die in a remote section…
POWDER SPRINGS, GEORGIA — A 31-year-old Georgia man is facing multiple murder and assault charges after police say he executed his mother and stepfather inside their Cobb County home, later telling investigators he was “tired of them” and wanted to live alone. The victims, 72-year-old Monica Brookins and 73-year-old John Wells, had recently allowed the…
Atlanta, Georgia — A 77-year-old grandmother was brutally stabbed to death inside her own garage after confronting a man attempting to steal her SUV, according to court testimony and newly released statements from the victim’s family. The killing, which happened in December 2022, returned to public attention this week when the suspect pleaded guilty just…
AMERICUS, GEORGIA — A former Georgia beauty queen has been sentenced to life in prison after a jury found she fatally injured her boyfriend’s 18-month-old son inside her college dorm room, a tragedy prosecutors described as a “death countdown” unfolding in less than an hour. The case, centered on events at Georgia Southwestern State University,…