Iowa parents arrested after 4-year-old son found in ‘makeshift cage’: Deputies
Two Iowa parents are facing charges after police say they locked their 4-year-old son in a “makeshift cage” and instructed relatives not to let him out while he was in the house. Dustin Carl Lee Perry and Lindsay Barbara Marie Hamilton, both 26, were charged with abandonment or neglect of a dependent and child endangerment. […]
3 dead — including two 4-year-old boys — after 25-foot pontoon boat capsizes on Lake Powell in northern Arizona
PAGE, Ariz. — A woman and two children were killed and two others were taken to the hospital after a pontoon boat capsized on Lake Powell in northern Arizona, authorities said Sunday. The privately owned 25-foot pontoon was being towed by another boater when it encountered a wave and capsized Friday afternoon near the entrance […]
NY mom horrified to find 4-year-old daughter’s Burger King meal splattered with blood, fast food chain ‘deeply upset and concerned’
A New York mother was horrified when she discovered blood splattered on the Burger King kid’s meal she ordered for her daughter. Tiffany Floyd took her 4-year-old child through a fast food drive-thru in Getzville, New York, on Friday around 12 p.m. and was shocked to find her food covered in red liquid. “All I […]
Rhode Island school bus driver, monitors fired for leaving 4-year-old on empty bus
A Rhode Island school bus driver and safety monitor have reportedly been fired after leaving a 4-year-old boy inside an empty bus in a bus yard. North Kingstown school officials fired the employee following an internal district investigation into the incident Tuesday in which a boy was left behind. WBTS-TV News reported. Staff reportedly forgot […]
California woman abducts 4-year-old child at restaurant
Police say a 4-year-old girl was suspected of being abducted from a restaurant in California by a woman believed to be homeless. According to Santa Monica Police, a grandmother who was having lunch with her 4-year-old granddaughter at a Panda Express restaurant called police in a “panic-stricken” state at 12:11 p.m. local time. Authorities said […]
‘Miracle baby’ found alive by trucker on side of road near where 4-year-old brother was found dead
A Louisiana sheriff said Tuesday that a “miracle baby” who survived two days in a ditch during Hurricane Beryl was found crawling on the side of the road by a passing truck driver near where her 4-year-old brother was found dead the previous day. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Gary “Stitch” Guillory told reporters at a news […]
Florida man dropped 4-year-old head first off second-story balcony after drinks at beach resort: cops
A man who spent the day drinking with a woman he met at a pool in Daytona Beach, Florida, was arrested on suspicion of dangling the woman’s 4-year-old son from a second-floor balcony and dropping him headfirst, police said. Brandon Gilmore, 31, met the boy’s mother, who has not been identified, by the pool at […]
Florida man dangled 4-year-old boy from 2nd story balcony before dropping him head-first, police say
A 31-year-old man dangled a 4-year-old child from a second-floor balcony, police said. And dropped the child. The Daytona Beach Police Department said in an affidavit that Brandon Gilmore had met his child’s mother just five hours before the incident at a Florida hotel resort on Saturday. Gilmore said he met the mother while they […]
Florida woman allegedly killed 4-year-old son, attempted to hide signs of child abuse
A Florida woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her 4-year-old son and then trying to cover up her abuse with makeup. Tampa police said in a news release that 36-year-old Alaia Hudson was taken into custody at her home Monday night in connection with the death of her son, Joseph. The suspect is […]
4-year-old found dead, sister found alive after mother ‘brutally murdered’ in Louisiana
Authorities in Louisiana have called off the search for two girls who were kidnapped following the murder of their mother after police discovered the body of the 4-year-old girl and her sister alive, authorities announced at a press conference. Carrie Brunette, 35, had been missing since Tuesday but was found “brutally murdered” in her bedroom […]