This combination of file photos provided on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, by the Bucks County District Attorney's Office shows Sara Packer, left, and Jacob Sullivan. Sullivan pleaded guilty Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, to first-degree murder in the 2016 death of 14-year-old Grace Packer. Sullivan pleaded guilty to all charges in Grace's death, setting up the penalty phase of his trial that opened Friday, March 15, 2019, in Doylestown. (Courtesy photos | For lehighvalleylive.com)AP
A Pennsylvania man should be put to death for killing and dismembering his girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter as part of a rape-murder fantasy he and the teen’s mother shared, a prosecutor said Friday.
The parents of a 3-year-old who died earlier this month in Broken Arrow have been arrested, the Wagoner County Sheriff's Office announced Friday.
Friday, November 15th 2019, 12:35 pm
The parents of a 3-year-old who died earlier this month in Broken Arrow have been arrested, the Wagoner County Sheriff's Office announced Friday.
According to court records, Kelsey Seaman has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of her adoptive daughter, Faith Seaman. That charge is specific to child abuse that results in the death of a minor. She has also been charged with child abuse, child neglect and obstructing an officer.
Meela Miller, shown here at a family trip to Omak Lake, died late last year, and her mother, Mandie Miller, is charged in her death along with Aleksandr Kurmoyarov. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Herrera)
A 29-year-old man agreed to testify about the mysterious final days of 8-year-old Meela Miller’s life when he pleaded guilty to his involvement in her death Friday.
Police say the adopted child of Pamela and Terri Dennis died in April and, following an investigation, the couple was arrested Monday.
UPDATE:11/611:10 a.m.: Newport News police charged Terri and Pamela Dennis with felony murder. The original charge was felony child neglect.
UPDATE: According to arrest warrants, the couple's adopted daughter Terrilynn had spina bifida and was considered a special needs child. The child had complained about her stomach hurting all day the day she died. She didn't eat breakfast, lunch or dinner and was not talking or playing. She also had black bowel movements all day.
CHICO, Calif. - A Chico Doctor and his wife were arrested Wednesday for killing their 2-year-old adopted son. Two-year-old Benjamin died from head trauma in April.
Dr. James Peter Yhip, 46, and his wife Edelyn Yhip, 43, both work at Enloe Medical Center in Chico.
Dr. Yhip has been a cardiologist and a part of the medical staff at Enloe since June 2006. Edelyn Yhip has worked as a nurse at Enloe since July 2011.
Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey told KRCR Newschannel 7, the investigation revealed that Benjamin suffered a series of injuries prior to his death. He and his twin brother were adopted by the Yhips, along with an adopted daughter.
Jorge Barahona and his wife Carmen were both charged with first-degree murder in the death of 10-year-old Nubia, their adoptive daughter. Her body was found partially decomposed in the back of Jorge's truck on Valentine's Day 2011
Authorities are investing the death of 3-year-old Larandon Nichols. The boy's adoptive mother and her boyfriend were charged with child abuse, neglect and enabling abuse charges.<br /><br /><strong>More:</strong> <a href="http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=12791159" target="_self">Oklahoma City Police Arrest 2 in 3-Year-Old's Death</a>
Hesquiat boy Dontay Lucas died in Port Alberni in 2018 of blunt-force trauma to the head
A woman holds a photo of Dontay Lucas outside the Port Alberni courthouse on Thursday, May 16, 2024, ahead of sentencing in the Hesquiat boy's manslaughter case. (Claire Palmer/CBC)
The mother and stepfather of deceased Hesquiat boy Dontay Lucas were both sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for manslaughter in the disturbing killing of the six-year-old in 2018.
Investigators found multiple videos that depicted graphic abuse of the girl by three adults in her home.
The legal guardians of a 10-year-old girl in Hawaii were arrested on Friday and charged with murder, almost a month after the child’s suspicious death, Honolulu Police announced at a press conference.
Brandy Blas, 35, and her husband, Thomas Blas, 40,were charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor, second-degree murder, kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment in connection to the death of Geanna Bradley, a child who was legally in their care. The 10-year old was found dead in her Wahiawa home on Jan. 18 from what police described as “prolonged abuse.”
