Police said two speeding drivers helped cause the collision, and both now face homicide-related charges after a Toyota Camry was torn apart at a Tucson intersection. TUCSON, Ariz. — A 3-year-old girl was killed and her pregnant mother was badly hurt after police said two speeding drivers raced into a Tucson intersection and slammed into the family’s car, splitting it in half in a crash that has now led to two arrests. The collision happened …
Authorities in eastern France say a 9-year-old child was malnourished and unable to walk when officers opened his father’s utility van. HAGENBACH, France — A 9-year-old boy was rescued in eastern France after authorities said he had been kept inside his father’s utility van since late 2024, leaving him malnourished, filthy and unable to walk when officers found him this month. The case has stunned the small village of Hagenbach, near France’s borders with Germany …
Sherry Magby faces six child-cruelty charges as investigators await medical findings in Douglasville. DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — A 1-year-old child has died after police in suburban Atlanta said six children were left alone for about 12 hours inside a foul-smelling home with little food, leading to criminal charges against Sherry Magby, a 37-year-old woman now being held in the Douglas County Jail. The case matters now because the child’s death has turned what began as a …
Court records say the case began with a red-light collision before dawn. FRESNO, Calif. — Authorities charged 22-year-old Timothy Seth Chavez after police said he ran a red light before dawn April 6, hit Martha Hernandez’s vehicle on McKinley Avenue near Highway 41 and sent it into the Dry Creek Canal, killing Hernandez and her 9-year-old son, Adrian. The deaths have shaken Fresno and nearby Clovis, where Hernandez worked as a nail artist and Adrian …
The suit names two Glazer’s distributors, not the brand’s owner, and seeks more than $1 million. WESLACO, Texas — The parents of a 17-year-old South Texas cheerleader filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week accusing a local beverage distributor of supplying Alani Nu energy drinks that they say contributed to their daughter’s fatal cardiac collapse in October. The filing turns a private loss into a closely watched court fight over caffeine warnings, youth marketing and …
Police say a coroner estimated the child had been dead for more than 24 hours before officers arrived at the Pratt Court home. WAYNESBORO, Pa. — A Waynesboro woman was charged with felony child endangerment after police said her 4-year-old son was found dead in their Pratt Court home Tuesday and a coroner told investigators the child appeared to have been dead for more than 24 hours. The case is still in its early stages, …
The sentence followed a January conviction tied to the overnight confinement of six children, including a 2-month-old infant. MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Charles Dupriest to five years in prison and five years of extended supervision after jurors found he locked his six children overnight in a storage unit while he slept outside in an SUV. The sentence closes the criminal trial phase of a case that drew wide attention because the …
Jurors in Fort Worth must now choose between a death sentence and life without parole for Tanner Horner. FORT WORTH, Texas — Tanner Horner pleaded guilty Tuesday to capital murder and aggravated kidnapping in the 2022 abduction and killing of 7-year-old Athena Strand, sending the Fort Worth trial straight to a penalty phase that will determine whether he is executed or sent to prison for life. The plea ended any question over who killed Athena, …
Prosecutors say Jason D. Howe, 26, had sexual intercourse with a student at his Runnemede apartment in March and was arrested April 3. SOMERDALE, N.J. — New Jersey authorities have charged a Sterling High School chemistry teacher and coach with sexual assault after investigators said he had sexual intercourse with a student at his Runnemede apartment in March, setting off a criminal case that has shaken a South Jersey school community. The case has drawn …
Investigators say phone evidence and court testimony deepened the case against Anne Mae Demegillo, who is scheduled to be arraigned April 21. BUNNELL, Fla. — A Flagler County grand jury has indicted Anne Mae Demegillo, a 20-year-old Palm Coast woman, on first-degree murder and two other charges after investigators said she gave birth at home in March and let her newborn drown in a toilet. The indictment raises the stakes in a case that began …