Category: Crimes Against Children
Woman who murdered her 10-year-old cousin sentenced to death
Sammantha Allen, 28, of Phoenix, was sentenced to death on August 7 after being found guilty of murdering her 10-year-old cousin, Ame Deal, back in 2011. As punishment for taking […]
Md. elementary school teacher gets 48 years in prison for sex abuse of students
A long-time elementary school teacher for Montgomery County, Maryland, was found guilty of sexually abusing several of his young female students. John Vigna, 50, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced […]
Mom who abandoned her baby in Ariz. desert to die sentenced 20 years
In September, 2016, 23-year-old Ashley Attson of Chinle, Arizona, placed her 17-month-old baby daughter in a stroller and pushed her into the nearby desert on the Navajo Reservation in Apache […]
Ga. grandmother charged after her two dogs maul her toddler grandson to death
Sandra Adams, 70, of Hartwell, Georgia, was arrested and charged with murder after her two pit bulls attacked and killed her 20-month-old grandson at her home on August 2. The […]
Carlos Bell: HIV positive teacher’s aide charged with 119 counts of child sexual assault
On July 31, Maryland State’s Attorney Tony Covington announced that Carlos Deangelo Bell, 30, of Charles County, Maryland, was charged with the sexual assaults of 24 students and indicted on […]
Investigation continues into cruise ship murder of Kristy Manzanares
Because the bludgeoning murder of 39-year-old Kristy Manzanares took place in international waters, the FBI is actively investigating her homicide. Kristy was killed during a July 25 cruise aboard the Emerald […]
Amber Alert issued for abducted one-month-old boy in Yuma, Az.
On the morning of July 26, the Yuma Police Department shared an Amber Alert to the department’s Facebook page. According to their posted statement, the police are searching for Alfredo […]
Eight dead, 30 hospitalized in human trafficking San Antonio Walmart parking lot tragedy
A Walmart employee, approached by a distraught individual seeking water in the super store’s parking lot on the evening of July 22, contacted police to request a welfare check regarding […]
Former Colorado teacher’s aide charged with sex crimes against minor students
Jerica Enriquez, 24, a former teacher’s aide at Jefferson Junior High School in Greeley, Colorado, is looking at charges of sexual assault on a child by one in a position […]
Texas mom locks her 2 kids inside hot car to teach daughter a lesson
A 24-year-old Texas mom was arrested and charged after police in Weatherford, Texas, say she left her 2-year-old daughter and 16-month-old son locked up inside a car last month, where […]
