Shai Blum, 55, suspected of taking Omri, 23, to woods outside their Maccabim home and shooting him nine times, stabbing him twice; police reject claim of self-defense

Prosecutors filed a murder indictment Thursday against a man accused of shooting and stabbing his adult son, who was on the autism spectrum.

Shay Blum, 55, was charged at the Central District Court with the premeditated murder of his  adopted son Omri, 23.

According to the indictment, on July 14 this year Blum shot Omri nine times with a pistol and then stabbed him in the chest twice, piercing his heart.

A Ukrainian adoptee who has been charged with the murder of his American parents was welcomed into the Christian family with open, loving arms, social posts reveal. 

Dima Tower, 21, allegedly stabbed and killed his adoptive parents Robbie Tower, 49, and Jennifer Tower, 51, in their home in North Port, Florida on Friday.

The religious couple, who worked as real estate agents in the area, were found on their living room floor lying head-to-head surrounded by blood. The 21-year-old allegedly displayed disturbing, violent behavior before the killings.

They adopted Dima seven years ago from an orphanage in eastern Europe, where he was beaten and 'bruised'. Since moving to the US, unearthed social media posts show how the Towers showered their son with love, attention, and support.

The trio played board games at home together, went on family trips across the US, held birthday party celebrations, played and watched sports together, and cooked with one another.  

• Lauren and Jacob Maloberti have been charged with the homicide of their son
• Prosecutors in Pennsylvania say Landon, 5, suffered three brain bleeds as a result of the beating 
• His siblings told police their mother would 'spank him with a wooden spoon'

A couple charged with beating their five year-old adopted son to death and leaving his brain 'obliterated' posted a fundraiser online to pay for their attorneys.

Lauren, 34, and Jacob Maloberti, 33, a corrections officer at Fayette State Correctional Center in Pennsylvania, are accused of violently abusing Landon, 5, causing blunt force trauma to his head and neck.

Police probed the couple after they brought the unresponsive schoolboy into AHN Hempfield Neighborhood Hospital on January 30, claiming he had been 'wobbly from COVID a month prior.'

A number of witnesses gave evidence in the Court in Glostrup on Thursday in the case of the murder of heavily pregnant Louise Borglit.

On November 4, 2016, a man was called by his nephew.

The nephew sounded desperate and unhappy on the phone. Something he had been doing lately.

The uncle had a hard time understanding what the nephew was saying to him, but he understood so much that the nephew thought it might all be the same now.

Then it was hung up. The uncle tried to call again, but without success. That's why he sounded the alarm.

VANCOUVER Wash. (KPTV) - The jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Vancouver couple accused of abusing their adopted teenage son, including starving him to death.

The Clark County medical examiner said 15-year-old Karreon Franks died in November of 2020 from starvation and neglect. His adoptive parents, Jesse Franks and Felicia Adams-Franks were charged with murder and homicide by abuse.

They both pleaded not guilty. The jury selection is expected to continue into Tuesday.

•  Katie Tidmarsh is due to be sentenced tomorrow for the shocking crime
•  Baby Ruby Thompson died in August 2012 after suffering brain damage

A mother has been found guilty of murdering her adopted baby daughter – more than a decade after the child's death.

There were gasps in the public gallery as a jury found Katie Tidmarsh, now 39, guilty by majority verdict of causing catastrophic head injuries consistent with shaking and a 'high-energy impact' to Ruby Thompson in August 2012.

Jurors heard Ruby suffered brain damage which led to a cardiac arrest. She died two days after she was admitted to hospital.

Subsequent medical investigations revealed Ruby had a large skull fracture, as well as bleeding in the brain, the spinal canal, and both eyes – suggesting 'abusive trauma'.

WARANGAL: The death on Saturday of a six-month-old infant allegedly adopted illegally by a couple from the USA in Hanamkonda has raised several questions.

Kareem Veerani, originally a resident of Kompally in Medchal district near Hyderabad, had married an American citizen Ashama. Since the couple did not have any children they decided to adopt a child. For this purpose, they approached Kareem’s sister Rasheeda Bano, a resident of Warangal City.

Rasheeda got in touch with her friend Rani, who works at a private hospital in Kompally. On the suggestion by Rani, Kareem and Ashama rented a house in Kompally six months ago and started living there.

Rani, along with another hospital staff member Krishnaveni, got a six-month-old male child and gave him to Kareem and Ashama for adoption under Inter-Country Adoption. Kareem also applied to State Adoption Resource Authority (SARA) for adopting the child.

When Kareem and Ashama were taking the child along with them to America two days ago, immigration officials objected saying the couple does not have the No Objection Certificate (NOC) issued by Foreign Adoption Agency (FAA). Immigration authorities also lodged a complaint with the police and child welfare department of Warangal district.

GHAZIABAD: A Pocso court on Thursday sentenced a 30-year-old man to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl he had adopted.
The crime took place in March this year. The convict's wife had adopted the child from a relative a month ago. His accomplice, Neeraj Kumar, was also convicted and sentenced to four years in jail.
 

Special public prosecutor Utkarsh Vats said a woman, Saroj, had filed a police complaint at Tila Mod police station on March 12.
“The woman said her brother’s daughter was adopted by a relative, Ajay Bhati, one month ago. However, she went missing on March 11. The family members launched a search and found her body in a bush on March 12,” she stated in her complaint.

She further said Bhati’s wife had adopted the girl.
“However, Bhati was not happy with this move. He used to thrash the girl,” the complaint further added.

Subsequently, Bhati was arrested on March 14.

Saleem Sheikh, a local and witness in this case, told the court that on March 12, he had seen Bhati carrying something like a body in a bag.
“Neeraj Kumar was also with Ajay Bhati on a motorcycle. They dumped the bag somewhere and returned home. The body of the child was recovered later in the same bag,” he told police.

Panchu Sheikh, another witness, said, “There was a CCTV camera in our office. On March 12, Ajay Bhati and Neeraj visited our office, deleted the footage of their movement, and fled the spot.”

Dr Anil Yadav, who conducted an autopsy on the body, stated in his report that the child had injury marks on her private parts and that she was raped before she was suffocated to death.

However, Bhati told the court that he was framed in this case.

“I had two children: a son (9), and a daughter (6). My wife had adopted this child, and I was taking care of her, too. That day I had gone to my shop while the three children were coming from home to my shop, and the third child went missing. I had informed Saroj about this,” he said.

However, Tendra Pal, special judge, Pocso relied on the testimonies of the witnesses and medical evidence on Thursday and convicted Ajay Bhati and Neeraj Kumar.

“Ajay Bhati is sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment and fined Rs 20,000 under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC and rigorous life imprisonment and fined Rs 20,000 under Section 5/6 of the Pocso Act. Neeraj Kumar is sentenced to four years of imprisonment and fined Rs 2,000 under Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the IPC,” the court said.

(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)

Bhopal: A sessions court here sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for killing a one-year-old child whom she & her husband had adopted from an orphanage in Ujjain.

According to the prosecution, the husband of the accused, Ramakant Sharma, had gone to JP hospital on December 12, 2017, with an infant who was declared dead by the doctors.

He told the doctors that the child is severely malnourished, and he was being treated at Hamidia hospital. Dr A K Agrawal informed Govindpura police over phone that a person had come with an infant, who was declared brought dead by Dr Sandeep Gupta after check-up. There were serious injuries on the head of the child. Govindpura police registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and section 23 of POCSO against unidentified accused and started investigation. During interrogation, the couple admitted that the child had fallen off the hands of the woman. It was also revealed that the child had developed severe malnourishment due to lack of proper care. Police had then arrested the accused and subsequently she was charged. tnn

There is no report available regarding death of children after their adoption from these agencies: Centre

A total of 79 children have died between April to December, 2022, in Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) majorly due to unsafe abandonments which exposed them to harm like being bitten by animals or asphyxia. Very low birth weight and premature birth were some of the other reasons.

However, there is no report available regarding death of children after their adoption from these agencies, the Ministry of Women and Child Development informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

The Ministry said that for improving quality child care in Child Care Institutions (CCIs), particularly in SAAs, Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has been advising the agencies through circulars and through various training and development activities.

Adoption Regulations, 2022, also emphasises on quality child care by the adoption agencies and also mandates Chief Medical Officers for necessary interventions.