5-Week Old Infant Was Squeezed to Death

A District man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 5-week-old son after he squeezed the infant tightly to quiet him and fractured his vertebrae in the process, authorities said. Robert Smith Sr. of the 3700 block of Ninth Street NW was arrested Monday and ordered to remain in the D.C. jail until trial. Magistrate Judge Renee Raymond said she found “substantial probability” that Smith was a danger. READ MORE HERE

Arlington child rape victim gives description of attacker

JACKONSONVILLE, Florida – The child that was sexually assaulted in Arlington on Monday night has given a description of her attacker to police. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced in a briefing on Friday that the attacker is a black man with short hair. The eight-year-old did not provide an age range.  Chief Tom Hackney says he was hesitant to give the very limited description, but wanted to provide an update on the investigation. READ MORE HERE

Family Friend: Rape victim, 8, was looking for lost cat

Neighbors concerned over child rape suspect on loose

Ex-Boyfriend Killed 6 Children (1 was his biological child) and 2 Adults

HOUSTON, TX — A  family of six children and two parents were fatally shot in the head at a Houston home by a man with a violent criminal history who had previously been in a contentious relationship with the mother, authorities said Sunday. David Conley, 48, was charged with capital murder in the deaths. Most of the victims had been handcuffed and some had been shot multiple times, said Sgt. Craig Clopton, the lead investigator for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. The dead were identified as Dewayne Jackson, 50; his wife, Valerie Jackson, 40; and their children Dewayne, 10; Honesty, 11; Caleb, 9; Trinity, 7; and Jonah, 6. Also killed was a 13-year-old, Nathaniel, who was believed to be Conley’s son from the relationship with Valerie Jackson. The sheriff’s office had earlier said that there were three adults and five children killed. READ MORE HERE

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Texas Man David Conley Accused of Killing 2 Adults, 6 Children in Dispute With Ex

Suspect charged with capital murder after 8 people found dead in NW Harris Co. home

The Latest: Texas Child Officials Had Contact With Family

Victims in mass killing in northwest Harris County identified

MOTHER & BOYFRIEND ARRESTED

ALABAMA – A young girl was found dead outside her home on Monday morning. Jettie Ray Adams, 3, of Trafford, Alabama, died as a result of severe internal injuries and was found in a poll of her own vomit when medical personnel arrived on the scene. Her death has now been ruled a homicide, and the girl’s mother, Misty Lynn Wright, and her mother’s boyfriend, Johnathon Wayne Talley, have been arrested on charges of aggravated child abuse with severe injuries. Those charges are expected to soon be upgraded to capital murder. READ MORE HERE

An Oklahoma girl found injured after her parents and three siblings were stabbed to death Wednesday night told police that her teenage brothers were the killers, according to police records. Robert Bever, 18, and his 16-year-old brother are in police custody after their parents, David and April Bever, and the teens’ three siblings, who were between 5 and 12 years old, were found slain in their Broken Arrow home. READ MORE HERE

Neighbors Stunned by ‘Gruesome’ Stabbing Massacre

Robert Bever, 18, admits killing parents and siblings in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Social media accounts give clues to quiet family slain in BA

Ammunition delivery possibly tied to Broken Arrow killings

Teacher killed husband and infant son, laid with their dead bodies for 2-days until she was discovered by a realtor 

WA – A popular teacher killed her husband and infant son over the weekend in an attempted double murder suicide. Erin Agren of Whatcom County, Washington shot her husband, Michael Jordan, and their 17-month-old son Miles before attempting to kill herself. She instead shot herself in the shoulder, and lay on the floor with her family’s dead bodies nearby for two days until she was discovered by a realtor who had arrived to show the house. READ MORE HERE

Girl, 12, found murdered after being lured from house at midnight by 15-yo neighbor

UTAH – The first photo has been released of a 12-year-old girl who was allegedly lured from her home and killed by a 15-year-old boy. Kailey Vijil, was found dead in a field less than half a mile from her home in West Valley City, Utah, on Friday morning. The alarm was raised after mother who was in the neighborhood looking for her, rushed to a local 7-Eleven at around 1.30am because she could not find her daughter. READ MORE HERE

MICHIGAN – The apparently remorseless Detroit mother who admitted to killing two of her children and hiding their bodies in a deep freezer was sentenced Friday morning to life in prison without parole. Mitchelle Blair, 36, was allowed to address the Wayne County courtroom and displayed the same anger she has previously shown since her arrest in March in the horrific case. READ MORE HERE

Police launch manhunt for ‘armed and dangerous’ father of missing CA infant

UPDATE: (7/13/2015) –Deputies confirm Matthew Graham killed in Dunsmuir shooting

ONO, California — A father considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his 6-month-old daughter in Northern California became the subject of a manhunt after he stole a gun and fled, authorities said Saturday. Matthew Graham, 23, skipped a meeting with his probation officer and stole a semi-automatic pistol from his mother after learning new information about the probe, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said. READ MORE HERE

Police looking for Matthew Graham

Matthew Graham on the loose, armed and dangerous

Manhunt launched for father of missing baby in California

7/7/2015 – Missing teen Hayleigh Wilson found with sex offender in Virginia

WASHINGTON — Hayleigh Wilson, the 14-year-old girl reported missing from Tennessee last month, was found Tuesday morning in Smyth County, Virginia. She was with 41-year-old Benjamin Shook, the known sex offender police believed she ran away with on June 22. Police said the pair was caught when someone called 911 after spotting the man and the teen entering a home Tuesday morning to take a shower.

“At approximately 5 a.m., a citizen called 9-1-1 informing authorities that Shook and the missing Tennessee teen were at her home seeking refuge,” the U.S. Marshals Service said in a statement. “Within minutes, Smyth County officers, who are members of the USMS Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF), arrived at the residence and safely rescued Wilson and arrested Shook, a known sexual predator, without incident.” READ MORE HERE

Search for missing teen Hayleigh Wilson over

AMBER Alert Over, Hayleigh Wilson and Benjamin Shook found

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MISSING: Hayleigh Wilson, 14, spotted with sex offender, Benjamin Shook, she met via online KIK app

An Amber Alert has been issued for a 14-year-old Tennessee girl who ran away from home to be with a convicted child molester that she met online.

Surgoinsville Police are searching for Hayleigh Wilson, who may be with 41-year-old sex offender Benjamin Shook.

Hayleigh left her home in Surgoinsville in East Tennessee at about 10 p.m. on Monday, June 22.

The Surgoinsville Police Chief said Shook met Hayleigh online, and she stole her father’s truck and met Shook at an undisclosed location.

Hayleigh, who is white, 5’5? and 150 pounds with black hair and hazel eyes, was last seen wearing “a sleeveless Flowery top with dark colored shorts or skirt and boots.”

Shook, who also goes by Ben, is also white and has multiple tattoos. He was wearing “a blue shirt with the letters ‘Ford’ written on it, dark shorts and a camouflage baseball hat.” He is 6’3? tall, weighs 175 pounds, has blue eyes and brown hair.

“If you have any information on Hayleigh Wilson or Ben Shook, contact the Surgionsville Police Department at 423-272-7121 or 1-800-TBI-FIND.”

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Hayleigh was spotted at a Walmart store in Marion, North Carolina, in the early morning hours of June 23. The store is located at 2875 Sugar Hill Road in Marion, which is in the western part of the state.The store is about two hours away from Surgoinsville, Tenneseee, where Hayleigh lives and was reported missing from. Hayleigh and Shook were recorded trying to use Hayleigh’s step-father’s credit card.

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UPDATES:

6/29/2015: Reward offered in Hayleigh Wilson Case

UPDATE: Car involved in Amber Alert found in Grayson Co., Virginia

AMBER Alert: Have you seen this child? Hayleigh Wilson

Child on life support was abused by mom’s BF

Maryland authorities say a 6-year-old girl was placed on life support after being severely injured by her mother’s boyfriend. Hancock police responded to a residence on July 3 in reference to an unconscious child, according to a news release from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. READ MORE HERE

SARASOTA, FLORIDA —  A 6-year-old girl is in critical, but stable, condition at All Children’s Hospital after her mother allegedly stabbed her. Ashley Parker, 29, was taken into police custody after officers arrived at 2109 Leon Ave. in Sarasota about 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Police said the child’s grandparents found her lying on a floor in the hallway, wrapped in a pink blanket that covered up stab wounds to her stomach and leg. READ MORE HERE

Family Killed In Murder-Suicide

ROY, Utah — Relatives got a hint something was amiss with a Utah family killed in a murder-suicide when the couple and two young children failed to show up for a planned Father’s Day visit. Police say 29-year-old Russell Smith shot and killed his wife and two young children before turning the gun on himself Sunday at their home in Roy, about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. A relative discovered Smith’s body, along with those of his wife, 26-year-old Shawna Smith, and their children, 6-year-old Tylee and 2-year-old Blake, that night. READ MORE HERE

David Samuel Floyd

Mississippi – On June 9, at 2:39 a.m. a 911 came in about a house on fire on Hwy. 370, near Brice’s Cross Road. The first Lee County Sheriff Department’s deputy arrived at 2:46 a.m. with the fire department close behind. But that proved too late for 7-year-old Savannah Floyd, who was officially pronounced dead at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital June 14. “The fire was at 500-600 degrees and that was going on the entire time this child was in there,” said Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson. READ MORE HERE