Baby Thrown From Moving Car
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CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Florida -Todd Akers was slapped with a life prison sentence today for the 2006 murder of his former fiance’s 2-year-old daughter, Abby Boran. He was also sentenced to 30 years prison to run concurrently for a conviction of aggravated child abuse. In court on Friday, Akers maintained his innocence after a jury found him guilty last month of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. READ MORE HERE
The story that’s emerging about former friends Timothy Crump and his 14-year-old murderer, Noel Estevez, brings into focus the tragic intersection of two troubled lives. In the days before his murder, Crump had been staying in a homeless shelter, and ABC 7 reports that he had been expelled from school in December for punching another student, but was often seen hanging out near the building. READ MORE HERE
A two-year-old child is dead, after being kicked so hard her liver split in two. Her mom’s boyfriend was found guilty of the crime, which he apparently committed because the little girl soiled her diaper. Dean Harris, 19, reportedly kicked her six feet across the room because he couldn’t handle a blown-out diaper. READ MORE HERE
Two Ohio children, ages 10 and 11, stabbed to death by their father just hours after landing in Israel to spend summer vacation with him
An Israeli father walked into a police station in the city of Ramla Wednesday night drenched in blood and confessed to stabbing to death his two children while they were visiting him from Ohio. The man, who has not been named, then led officers to his apartment, where they discovered the brother and sister knifed to death.The children, 10-year-old Sara Levy and her 11-year-old brother, Yishai, lived with their mother, Karen Levy, in Ohio and attended Columbus Torah Academy. READ MORE HERE
A 6-year-old Utah boy found chained to a bed while his father was at work probably was shackled like that each of the past 10 days since the school year ended, authorities said Wednesday. Logan City Police Chief Gary Jensen said investigators believe the boy’s father chained him to the bed post every day when he left for work, unchaining him when he got home. READ MORE HERE
(CNN) — When the shooting started at her high school near Portland, Oregon, early Tuesday, student Jaimie Infante didn’t recognize the sound of a gunshot. She thought maybe somebody had dropped a book. In reality, a lone gunman had opened fire at the school, killing one student and forcing others to flee. An assistant principal told students to go into lock-down mode. “At the end he said: ‘This is not a drill,'” Infante told CNN. READ MORE HERE
WICHITA, Kansas – Wichita police are investigating the abuse of 3-year-old Emma Krueger. Krueger died Wednesday night at Wesley. Police were called to Wesley Hospital Monday after she was brought in with breathing and head trauma. They determined the injuries occurred at the Falcon Pointe Apartments in the 4300 block of South Hydraulic. Police arrested the 24-year-old Monica Krueger and her 23-year-old boyfriend, Evan Schuessler, for child abuse and endangerment. READ MORE HERE
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Charges Against Mother And Boyfriend Amended To 1st Degree …
NEW YORK – A massive manhunt is underway for a man who police said stabbed two children, one fatally, at an apartment building in Brooklyn. Six-year-old Prince Joshua “P.J.” Avitto and 7-year-old Mikayla Capers were found viciously stabbed inside an elevator at the Boulevard Houses on Schenck Avenue in East New York. READ MORE HERE
LAS VEGAS — A dramatic development in the shooting of an eleven year old boy who was shot in the head. The boy remains in critical condition at University Medical Center. Police arrested that boy’s mother on charges of attempted murder and child abuse. It’s been more than day now and the boy’s condition at UMC has not improved. Neighbors were surprised about the shooting, but floored about the mother facing charges. READ MORE HERE
Nearly 100 people including a former COP and girl, 15, arrested in sex-slave sting
A four-day prostitution sting in Florida has led to the arrests of nearly 100 people, among them a former Orlando police officer. The 98 arrests on charges ranging from offering to commit lewd acts to aiding and abetting prostitution, child abuse and drug possession, took place over the Memorial Day weekend in Polk County. According to investigators, former Orlando police officer Michael Johnson, 44, was netted in the sting. READ MORE HERE
New details emerge about California mass killer and victims
At the I.V. Deli Mart in southern California, purple flowers now fill a bullet hole in the front of the store. It’s just one of at least 10 crime scenes left behind by a young man bent on wreaking havoc because of his perceived slights and his difficulties with women. In the three days since the stabbing and shooting spree that left six people and the assailant dead, a slew of new information has emerged about the victims, the suspect and what led up to the tragedy. Here’s what we know: READ MORE HERE
California mother facing murder charges after daughters ranging in age from 2 months to 3 years old are found dead
A 30-year-old Southern California mother is facing murder charges after her three young daughters were found dead in their Torrance home, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Sheriff’s Deputies from Carson Station responded to the home after receiving a rescue call just after 5:00 p.m. Tuesday. “When they arrived, they were met by family members who told the deputies that a mother had killed her children,” a sheriff’s statement said. READ MORE HERE
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OKEMOS, MI— A Michigan woman intentionally suffocated her newborn daughter in an attempt to conceal her pregnancy, a police detective testified earlier this month. Melissa Mitin did not know about her pregnancy when she delivered the baby at an Okemos, Mich., home in late December, Meridian Township police Detective Brett Reed testified during a hearing that led to charges being filed. READ MORE HERE
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