The Supreme Court has denied the appeal request of a Florida man facing the death penalty for the 2013 rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl. Donald Smith, 65, has been on death row since his 2018 conviction for killing Cherish Perrywinkle. He had kidnapped the girl after approaching her and her mother, Rayne Perrywinkle, along with Cherish and …
A Washington, D.C. woman who wrapped her lifeless 11-month-old daughter in a pink blanket and “calmly” walked the infant into a local hospital pleaded guilty on Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter in the baby girl’s February 2020 death. The case sits on a legal and culture fissure involving punishment and mental illness treatments. Police affidavits suggest …
by Leigh Egan A grandmother has been detained under the British Mental Health Act after her 5-year-old grandson was pronounced dead on Tuesday. David “Mario” Lazarica, 5, was found at a home in Earlsdon, Coventry, with serious injuries. According to DailyMail, he was pronounced dead at the scene, despite first responders’ efforts to save him. An autopsy …
Jannie Perry, 38, was charged with murder after Damari Perry’s body was found near an abandoned house in Gary, Indiana, authorities said. The mother and siblings of a 6-year-old boy whose body was found in an alley in Gary, Indiana, are being charged in connection with his death, authorities said Saturday. Jannie M. Perry, 38, …
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A Louisiana woman accused of throwing two of her children into a lake has been indicted on charges of murder and attempted murder. SHREVEPORT, La. — A Louisiana woman accused of throwing two of her children into a lake has been indicted on charges of murder and attempted murder. Ureka Rochelle Black, 33, of Shreveport, …
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The mom allegedly did not abuse the slain boy’s twin sister because she was her favorite A Minnesota woman was charged on Thursday with killing her 10-month-son, who was reportedly returned to her custody weeks before his death in April. WCCO reported that Arneshia Cunigan, 30, was charged with abusing the then-4-month-old son in October 2020, leading …
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Jordan E. Harmon and Travius Coleman An Alabama mother and her boyfriend were arrested this week for allegedly killing the woman’s 15-month-old son, who died after sustaining traumatic injuries in April 2021. Jordan E. Harmon and Travius Coleman were taken into custody Wednesday and charged with one count each of murder in the death of Emery Michael Knox Wilson, …
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A grandmother in Texas may spend the rest of her life behind bars after authorities say she confessed to beating her 3-year-old grandson so severely that he was declared dead after nearly a week in the hospital. Angela J. Downing, 57, was taken into custody this week and charged with one count of murder, police announced Monday. …
Video via KETK NBC A 49-year-old Texas woman has been charged after she allegedly tried to buy a child off of a mother at a Walmart for $500,000, per NBC News. The attempted purchase reportedly happened last Tuesday and the woman, Rebecca Lanette Taylor of Crockett, has since been charged with a third-degree felony of sale or purchase of a child, according …
Evan Rachel Wood Exposes Marilyn Manson’s Nazi House of Horrors in Sundance Doc ‘Phoenix Rising’ The activist opens up about her harrowing abuse allegations, deciding to speak out, and hearing from other survivors: “It was like finding out that you had dated a serial killer.” In director Amy Berg’s new documentary Phoenix Rising, Evan Rachel Wood holds Marilyn …