Tag: child neglect
Mom convicted of letting 5-year-old walk half mile in gated community
Bad parenting or judicial over reach? Karyann Parkinson, Williamsburg, Virginia mom placed on child abuse registry after letting 5-year-old son walk alone as conviction raises questions of child independence and parenting and the threshold for what actually constitutes as...
Mom sells daughters, ages 4 & 7, for drugs & money
Helena Nichole Hoyle, South Carolina mom accused of letting unknown men s*xually ass**lt her young daughters for drugs and money on multiple occasions as Berkeley County mother faces trafficking and child neglect charges.
A South Carolina mother is accused of...
Florida mom chains teen daughter to fence without food, water or shade.
Yashira Marie Maldonado, Hialeah, Florida mom chains teen daughter to fence without food, water or shade. Incident happened after mom sent text to relative saying she needed time away from her child after getting fired.
Probably not the mother of the...
Parents charged w/ child ‘neglect’ death of 255 pounds 7-year-old son
Damien O’Brien & Jessica O’Brien, Flint Township, Michigan parents charged with obesity death of Casper O'Brien 7-year-old boy who weighed 255 pounds when he died of heart failure. Boy had never been to school nor was CPS aware of...
Florida mom arrested leaving 3-year-old in hot car for 2 hours, insists she is not a ‘bad mom’
La'Tana Williams, Florida woman insists she isn't a bad mother after leaving 3-year-old daughter in hot car for 2 hours unattended at Deland parking lot as parent now faces felony child neglect charges. Child was observed in critical distressed...
Teen mom arrested abandoning baby to meet friends at McDonald’s
Kira Faust, Aberdeen, Maryland teen mom and former daycare worker arrested on child neglect charges leaving 6 month old home to go meet friends at Bel Air McDonald’s.
A Maryland teen mom is alleged to have left her 6-month-old baby...
Baton Rouge mom arrested after toddler falls out of truck & is fatally run over
Elizabeth Aguilar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana mom arrested after 1-year-old toddler, Nicholas fell out of car, only to be fatally run over in parking lot as parent faces series of charges.
A Baton Rouge woman was arrested after her unrestrained toddler child...
Autistic nonverbal boy dies after mom’s boyfriend beats 6-year-old
Cynthia Elaine Hernandez & Daniel Eduardo Romero face additional charges following death of 6-year old autistic nonverbal boy severe beating at hands of mom's boyfriend. The pair had previously been arrested on child abuse, child neglect charges along...
West Virginia mom gets life for preventable emaciation death of teen daughter
Julie Miller, West Virginia mom sentenced to life in child neglect death of teen daughter, Kyneddi Miller and how state child welfare services meant to protect Boone County girl failed the teen.
A preventable death... A West Virginia mother who...
Flint Township mom arrested abandoning 2 special needs kids in filthy home
Krystal Farmer, Flint Township, Michigan mom arrested abandoning 2 special needs kids in filthy home. Woman also going by the name of Krystal Rose of Flushing on social media. So hungry were the neglected children one of them was...
South Carolina teacher of the year arrested repeatedly punching child
Erin Wheeler, South Carolina Whitmore School 2025 teacher of the year arrested, charged with child neglect after special education teacher repeatedly punching child in the forehead and upper body.
A South Carolina special education teacher crowned Teacher of the Year...
Cause of death unknown for 4-year old boy found dead in Walker County woods
Johnathan Boley autopsy inconclusive, initial findings show no sign of trauma or assault as authorities now await toxicology tests to reveal cause of death following father, Jameson Kyle Boley being arrested on meth and explosives charges.
An autopsy of the...
3-year-old girl found dead in motel room as dad & gf on drug bender charged
Kyle Galloway and Deanna Hankins charged in connection to child abuse death of 3 year old girl, Novaleigh Galloway, found dead at Higginsville, Mississippi motel, two days before Christmas.
The father of a 3-year-old girl found dead in a motel...
Lookout Mountain teacher charged with pinching, scratching, biting her own kids
Heather Lynne Pecht, Lookout Mountain elementary school teacher in Chattanooga, Tennessee, charged with child abuse and neglect following claims of years of ongoing abuse of her own two kids and recent incident at Ruby Falls parking lot.
A first-grade teacher...
Duval County substitute teacher arrested for encouraging middle class students to fight
Ladejah Shaw, Jacksonville, Florida substitute teacher arrested for encouraging middle class students to fight at Duval County school.
A substitute teacher at a middle school in Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida is accused of encouraging a fight between students on campus....
