Tag: child abuse
Why? Terre Haute parents split toddler’s tongue with scissors
Terre Haute, Indiana couple arrested after medics determine scissors was used to slice their 14 month old toddler son's tongue 'down the middle'.
An Indiana couple have been arrested after it was determined their toddler son had their tongue sliced ‘down...
Kansas (illegal) daycare owner guilty of beating four month old boy left brain dead
Paige Hatfield: Owner of illegal Kansas daycare center found guilty of beating four month old baby boy leaving him blind in one eye and with brain damage.
The owner of an illegal daycare in Kansas has been convicted of beating...
Illinois man kicks girlfriend’s 4 year old daughter to death after spilling juice on Xbox.
Illinois man, Jonathan Fair indicted on murder charges after beating and kicking his girlfriend's four year old daughter, Skylar Mendez after spilling juice on an Xbox video game.
Illinois prosecutors plan to seek a life sentence for a 19 year old teen...
Why? Tennessee mom puts 8 month old baby in abandoned freezer
What led to Tennessee teen mother, Brittany C. Smith placing her eight month old baby in an abandoned freezer at a stranger's property?
A 19 year old Tennessee mother has been charged with aggravated child abuse after allegedly putting her eight...
Discipline? Kentucky special education teacher dragging autistic student pleads not guilty
Trina Abrams a special educations teacher at a Kentucky elementary school pleads not guilty to assault charges after video shows her dragging a nine year old autistic boy through school corridors.
A special education teacher caught on video dragging a 9...
Murder? Drug addict mom charged after 7 year old son found dead in Denver storage unit
Colorado mother, Elisha Pankey charged after her seven year old son, Caden McWilliams is found dead in a Denver storage unit. Had been dead since May- cause of death unknown.
A drug addicted Colorado mother has been charged with child...
Parents arrested after burying one year old daughter in Albuquerque backyard after drowning in bathtub
Alburqueque, New Mexico parents, David Zuber and Monique Romero charged with child abuse resulting in the death of their one year old daughter, Anastazia Zuber.
New Mexico authorities have arrested a couple after they buried their one year old baby...
‘I’m a not a monster’ Wausau babysitter beats baby to death-returns boy back to mom pretending still alive
Marissa Tietsort, a Wasau, Wisconsin babysitter charged with first degree murder after beating to death a baby in her charge and returning the child to his mother pretending he was still alive.
A Wisconsin babysitter who allegedly beat a 2-month-old baby...
‘Trainwreck’ Bethlehem woman who gave birth to triplets (aged 49) charged with child abuse of all three children
Ann Covalt Henry a Bethlehem Pennsylvania mother charged after allegedly abusing her three infant children multiple times.
A Bethlehem, Pennsylvania woman is facing multiple charges after allegedly abusing her infant triplets.
Ann Covalt Henry, 51, was arraigned on 12 felony counts of...
Rowan Cannette hanged: Baby’s parents likely not charged in ‘accident’.
Biloxi, Missouri parents, Thomas Cannette and Cassandra Lopresto unlikely to be charged in the hanging death of toddler son, Rowan despite egregious episodes of child abuse and child neglect.
A drug addled mother and father of a one-year-old boy found hanged...
Florida social worker gets jail time for sleeping with teen she adopted
Lauren Michelle Myres: Florida social worker sentenced to six years jail after sleeping with teen boy she adopted following a child protection services case.
A former Okaloosa County, Florida social worker was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in prison for having...
California 8 year old girl killed after mom made her crawl underneath freight train
Joyanna Harris: 8 year old Fresno, California girl after her mother forces her to crawl underneath freight train.
An 8-year-old girl has been killed after her mother made her crawl underneath the wheels of freight train in California .
Joyanna Harris's death...
5lbs: Crystal City couple charged with fatally starving six week old baby son
Crystal City, Missouri couple- Jessica Alice Cook and Phillip Thomas Leon Compton are charged with fatally starving their six week old baby- who weighed only 5 pounds at time of death.
A Missouri couple whose infant son died in February have been...
Utah couple accused of waterboarding 9 year old daughter (as punishment)
Provo, Utah couple, Joseph Maeser Mitchell and Ilaria Catherina Mitchell charged with child felony child abuse after waterboarding nine year old daughter as form of punishment (on three different occasions).
A Provo, Utah couple have been arrested after allegedly waterboarding...
‘Very scary’ Utah mom drags 7 year old son down street- stabs him with pen
Whitney Virginia Romero: West Jordan, Utah mother charged with child abuse after dragging her seven year old son down the street while stabbing him with pen.
A 28-year-old Utah woman has been charged with child abuse after dragging her 7-year-old son...
