Virginia

Mother killed her two daughters as revenge on ex-husband

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Veronica Youngblood, 37, a Virginia woman, was found guilty of murdering her two children – 15-year-old Sharon Castro and 5-year-old Brooklynn Youngblood – in an attempt to take revenge on her ex-husband, who was planning to move away with the youngest daughter. Youngblood, a former sex worker who defense attorneys claimed had experienced physical and sexual abuse from her family, pled not guilty on the basis of insanity in the August 5, 2018 murders. However, …

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School was warned 6-year-old had gun

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According to the Newport News school superintendent, at least one official at the Virginia school where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher last week knew the child had brought a 9mm gun to class but did not take it away.   In an online town hall conducted by Superintendent George Parker on Thursday night, he disclosed that an unnamed staff member at Richneck Elementary School had been informed that the first-grader was in possession of …

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