A Saturday morning walk in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood has become the center of an ongoing criminal investigation after 7-year-old Eddimar Paola Hernandez Chacon was fatally injured in an apparent street attack. The child was walking along South Cottage Grove Avenue with her older sister shortly before noon on October 3 when police say a woman … Read more
A Texas investigation has led to the arrest of a 37-year-old woman accused of bringing a child under 14 to a former doctor on multiple occasions, with authorities alleging that prescription medication was exchanged after the encounters. Alicia Evonne Sanchez, who is also known as Alicia Evonne Seguin, was arrested Wednesday in Smith County and … Read more
A California family thought they had found a natural solution to their toddler’s digestive problems. Instead, months later, their 17-month-old daughter was rushed to a hospital in critical condition after developing a severe E. coli infection. Brooklyn Marris had been drinking raw goat milk for about six months before her health suddenly changed. Her mother, … Read more
For two decades, the families of Chynna Dickus and her 10-year-old stepson, Blake, have been waiting for answers. Now, an Indiana cold case that remained unresolved for more than 20 years has taken a major turn. Michael Jerome James, now 35, has been arrested after a Johnson County grand jury indicted him on two counts … Read more
Five siblings who were adopted by a West Virginia couple have received a $4.4 million settlement from the state following allegations that child welfare officials failed to adequately respond to repeated warnings about their living conditions. The settlement, approved by a Kanawha County judge, brings a major new development to a case that first came … Read more
More than two years after 5-year-old Kinsleigh Welty was found unresponsive inside an Indianapolis home, the criminal cases involving the adults responsible for her care have now reached their final stage. On September 24, 2026, Toni McClure, Kinsleigh’s mother, was formally sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Her mother, Tammy Halsey, … Read more
More than three decades after losing her daughter, May Martinez traveled from Florida to Tennessee expecting to witness the final chapter of a case that had remained with her family for years. Instead, she left Nashville with even more questions. Martinez is the mother of Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old Job Corps student whose case led … Read more
A video circulating widely online has sparked a new conversation about how far people should go for the perfect social-media photo. The footage, reportedly recorded in California, appears to show two content creators using an ambulance as the backdrop for a photo session while emergency responders were preparing to transport a patient. In the clip, … Read more
An Alabama mother is facing a felony murder charge after an investigation into the condition of her 12-year-old daughter raised serious questions about the care the child had received in the weeks before her passing. Leslie Denise Wilson, 35, of Gadsden, Alabama, was arrested on September 28 after authorities began looking into what was initially … Read more
A Florida case that began more than five years ago has reached a major turning point. On Thursday, October 1, an Orange County jury found 26-year-old Doujon Griffiths guilty on all counts connected to the 2021 incident involving 20-year-old Massania Malcolm, her 1-year-old daughter Jordania Reid, and Malcolm’s boyfriend, Jordane Reid. The verdict came after … Read more