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Infant Dies From Dehydration, Malnourishment In DC Apartment; Mother Charged With Murder: MPD
A young mother is facing a murder charge after her two infant children were found suffering from severe neglect inside their Southeast DC home, according to police. One of them did not survive. Valencina Duke, 25, has been charged with the murder of 13-month-old Mazouri Jones, who was found in January with her 13-month-old brother inside an apartment suffering from dehydration and malnourishment, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. On Sunday, Jan. 18, officers were called to the 4700 block of Southern Avenue SE, where there were reports of an unconscious child. Inside, they fo…
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9-Year-Old Girl Found Dead In Tote Along River; Grandma Among 4 Charged In ‘Severe Abuse’ Case
Two more adults have been charged months after a 9-year-old girl was found dead in a tote along a river, as prosecutors say they allowed “severe child abuse and neglect” to continue inside a Pennsylvania home, authorities announced on Tuesday, April 21. Theresa Marie Shipley, 63, identified as the child’s grandmother, and Sandra Lynn Umensetter, 51, a family friend, were charged in connection with the prolonged abuse that led to the death of 9-year-old Renesmay Eutsey, Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele said. Theresa Marie Shipley (left) Renesmay Eutsey’s grandmother, and S…
Police & Fire
Infant Strangled In Virginia Home, Suspect Arrested After Manhunt, Police Say
A 21-year-old Virginia man is behind bars after an infant was rushed to the hospital in critical condition following a violent assault, police said. Alvaro Mejia Ayala, 21, was arrested after a brief manhunt and charged with strangulation in Leesburg on Wednesday, Sept. 17, authorities said. Shortly after 10 a.m., officers from the Leesburg Police Department were called to the unit block of Hancock Place NE for a report of a child not breathing. The infant was taken to an area hospital and listed in critical condition after investigators said the child was the victim of an assault. A manh…
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5 Children Locked In 'Dungeon' With Feces-Covered Walls, No Beds By Parents: Officials
Five children were trapped in a locked room described as a “dungeon,” where authorities say they lived among filth, boarded-up windows, and no beds. A Pennsylvania couple, James Russell Kahl and Carly Kahl, is accused of holding their children, ages five to 14, in “deplorable conditions” at a home in Redstone Township, Fayette County, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The investigation began in early August after Children and Youth Services received a complaint about the family, authorities said. When troopers responded to the home with CYS, they discovered no beds, boarded-up windows…
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Roblox Let Sexual Predator Target 12-Year-Old NY Girl, Lawsuit Claims
Roblox is facing a federal lawsuit from the guardian of a 12-year-old New York girl who says the gaming giant put profits over safety, leaving children vulnerable to predators on its platform. The suit – filed on behalf of a Schenectady family in federal court in northern California on Tuesday, Aug. 26 – alleges that Roblox Corporation knowingly designed and marketed its app in a way that exposed children to sexual predators while misrepresenting it as safe for young users. It accuses Roblox of multiple counts, including fraudulent concealment, negligent misrepresentation, general negligen…
Business
Dunkin' Selling Special Dog Toys For Kids In Need: Here's How To Get One
Dunkin' is offering fans limited-edition dog toys, giving pups playful treats while raising money for children in need. BARK and Dunkin' are teaming up for the sixth year to raise money for the Dunkin' Joy in Childhood Foundation. The latest edition of the partnership launched on Tuesday, Aug. 26, to celebrate National Dog Day. Since 2020, the companies have raised more than $12.5 million for Dunkin's foundation, which funds programs supporting kids battling illness and hunger. "We're incredibly proud of how this partnership unites dog lovers, coffee fans, and…
Police & Fire
Virginia Private Christian School Teacher Accused Of Sex With Child: Reports
An educator at a private Christian school in Virginia is facing charges for allegedly having sex with a child, according to multiple reports. Katelin Campbell, 34, an English teacher at the grades 7–12 CH Friend School in Halifax County, is facing charges that include having consensual intercourse with a child, jail records show. Campbell was arrested once the accusation was made public, and the school then advised the police, who launched an investigation. Her arrest was first reported by WSET, who obtained a statement from the school. "We chose integrity instead of it being swept under …
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Mom’s BF Choked Kids With Belt As They Lived In Feces: Affidavit
A Pennsylvania mother is facing felony charges after police said her four children were found living in a home filled with feces, rotten food, and no running water, according to court records and a criminal complaint filed on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Heidi Lynn Beer, 35, Vandergrift, was arrested by Vandergrift Borough police following an investigation that began after officers responded to a fight involving four children ages 16 to 9. The oldest child told authorities their mother had not been home since Friday and that she had been caring for her siblings without food or water. Inside …
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6 Girls Sexually Abused In PA Farm Basement, Barn: Affidavit
A Pennsylvania man is accused of sexually abusing six girls in a Salisbury Township farm basement, barn, and pond over several years, Pennsylvania State Police announced in an affidavit of probable cause filed this month. Samuel S. Beiler, 25, of Gap (Lancaster County), has been charged with 12 felonies, including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, and corruption of minors, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. The case began after Lancaster County Children and Youth Services filed multiple child welfare reports in June 2025, investigators e…
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‘Man Of God’ Mennonite Bishop With $793K Home Accused Of Starving Child In Shed
A Lancaster County man who describes himself as a “man of God” and serves as a part-time bishop at a Mennonite-rooted church is accused of starving and assaulting a juvenile family member forced to live in a shed, according to affidavits obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, July 31, and social media post by the suspects. Daryl Jay Sensenig, 41, and his wife, Grace Louise Sensenig, 42, of Reinholds, were arrested after Ephrata Police responded to a violent domestic dispute on the 800 block of Laurel Ridge Road around 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, police said. The couple forced the boy — a…
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Two Infants Under 7 Months Brutally Injured By Daycare Teacher: Affidavit
A Montgomery County woman has been charged with violently assaulting two infants in her care at a child care facility in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Thursday, July 31. Catalina Baldwin, 37, of Phoenixville, was arrested after a joint investigation by Upper Providence Township Police and Montgomery County Detectives revealed two babies suffered life-threatening injuries while under her sole supervision at Oaks Early Learning Center, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. First Infant: 7-Month-Old Girl S.F. Police and EMS were called at 10:20 a.m. on Wednesd…
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2-Year-Old Girl Beaten To Death In DHS Care; Aunt Guilty Of Murder
A 2-year-old Philadelphia girl was beaten to death while under the care of the city's child welfare system—and now her aunt has been convicted of her murder. 'She would not have survived long—minutes—after the blow' Su'Layah Williams, affectionately known as “Susu,” died after suffering blunt force injuries so severe she survived only minutes, authorities said. Her tiny body was found covered in bruises with bleeding on her brain, and her stomach distended from internal trauma, according to an autopsy and child fatality review obtained by Daily Voice. On Monday, July 7, a jury convicted Dia…
Police & Fire
Mom Left Infant, 8-Year-Old Sweating In Locked Car Outside CT Walmart: Police
A routine shopping trip turned into a desperate rescue outside a Connecticut Walmart when shoppers spotted a 1-month-old and an 8-year-old locked in a hot car, police said. Talita Sonia De Carvalho Silva, 30, of Naugatuck, is facing multiple felony charges after the harrowing incident on Wednesday, June 25, police said. Temperatures that day hit a high of 91 degrees, according to Accuweather. Shoppers at the Naugatuck Walmart noticed the children inside the vehicle after the car alarm started blaring. The 8-year-old was screaming and desperately trying to escape, police said. Both ch…
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Family Feared Him Missing — He Was Arrested In Undercover Child Sex Sting At NJ Hotel, AG Says
All Bruce Drelich's family knew on Friday, May 2 was that he'd gone to New Jersey to meet an "online acquaintance" before he disappeared, according to a missing person's post on social media. And then, they learned why. The Philadelphia resident is facing multiple charges, including human trafficking, after authorities say he tried to meet a 12-year-old girl in a Bordentown, NJ hotel for sex. That girl was actually an undercover agent, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said on Tuesday, June 10. So, on May 2, when Drehlich arrived at the hotel, he was taken into custody by authori…
Police & Fire
NJ Teacher, 35, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Student She Tutored: Prosecutor
A 35-year-old Morris County high school teacher has been arrested on accusations she sexually assaulted a 17-year-old child she'd been tutoring, officials said. Alyssa Perry, of Rockaway Township, a teacher at Morris Knolls High School, became the center of an investigation when school administrators reported her inappropriate behavior to Denville police in March, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said. Perry, who is suspended from the school, was charged on Friday, June 6, with two counts of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said. At Morri…
Police & Fire
Virginia Father Smuggled 17-Year-Old Honduran Girl To Help Raise His Kids, Feds Say
A Virginia man who allegedly paid to smuggle a 17-year-old Honduran girl across the border so she could help raise his kids has been charged with conspiracy, federal officials announced. Luis Alonso Argueta-Diaz, 35, was arrested without incident on Monday, May 19, in Virginia, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Agents say Argueta-Diaz arranged and partially paid for the unaccompanied teen to be illegally transported into the United States from Honduras. On May 3, she was apprehended by US Border Patrol near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, after unlawfully crossing the bo…
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‘He Wanted A Boy’: Husband Who Murdered Pregnant Wife, Attacked 2 Daughters In NY Gets Decades
A New York man who admitted to brutally stabbing his pregnant wife to death and severely injuring their two young daughters will spend the next three decades behind bars. Drew Garnier, 33, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in Delaware County Court on Tuesday, May 13, for the death of his 29-year-old wife Samantha. The September 4, 2024, attack occurred inside the family’s home on Houck Road in Masonville. Garnier repeatedly stabbed Samantha and the children, according to prosecutors. Samantha died while the two young girls, though gravely injured, survived the attack. While reading his …
Schools
Kindergartener Hands Out Alcohol In Jell-O At PA School: Superintendent
A Pennsylvania kindergartener handed out alcoholic Jell-O cups to classmates at school, alarming parents and prompting a hospital visit, school officials said. The incident happened at Johnstown Elementary School in Cambria County earlier on Wednesday, May 14, according to a statement from Greater Johnstown School District Superintendent Dr. Amy Arcurio. Three students reportedly ingested alcohol from the Jell-O shots before staff intervened. All affected children were evaluated by the school nurse and then taken by EMS to a local hospital for further treatment. Parents met their children t…
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MD's Foster Care System Ranked Outside US Top 10, New Study Says: Here's Why
Northeast and mid-Atlantic states showed wide disparities in foster care quality, with some ranking among the nation's best and others falling behind, according to a new study. SmileHub released its 2025 list of States With the Best Foster Care Systems on Tuesday, April 29. The study analyzed every state using 19 key foster care metrics, from adoption timelines and high school graduation rates to monthly stipends. The ranking used a weighted scoring system across three categories: foster youth baselines, community environment and support systems, and legal support. …
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Dad Murders Mom Before Plummeting To Death From Hudson Valley Bridge, Orphaning 2 Kids: Cops
A Hudson Valley father murdered his wife before jumping to his death from a bridge, orphaning their two toddlers, police said. Emergency crews in Ulster County were called to the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge for a report of a jumper at around noon Wednesday, April 23. A short time later, investigators located the body of Caleb Smith, 45, of Kingston. When officers went to his Fair Street residence to notify his family, they found his wife, 37-year-old Kaleigh Smith, dead from stab wounds, police said. Detectives concluded that Smith stabbed his wife to death before taking his own life, po…
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Father Of Missing Maryland Mom Launches Fundraiser To Continue Desperate Search
The community is rallying around the family of a Maryland woman who has been missing for weeks under suspicious circumstances. Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra, 23, of Waldorf, was last seen on Monday, March 31, inside her Adams Court home, where she lived with her boyfriend — the father of her two children — and several others, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said Monday, April 7. He reported her missing two days later. But as detectives started digging, they discovered “unusual and suspicious activity” at the home the very next day after Guerra was last seen. Investigators now sus…
Police & Fire
Trapped For 20 Years: Police Detail Life Of Man Held Captive By Stepmom
The numbers are chilling. A 32-year-old man, standing five feet nine inches tall and weighing just 68 pounds, was forced to live in an 8-by-9-foot room for 20 years. All because his 56-year-old stepmother said so, Waterbury police said. Kimberly Sullivan was arrested this week and charged with first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons, and first-degree reckless endangerment, police said. She was released from jail on Thursday after posting a $300,000 bond. Original Report: Waterbury Woman Held Stepson Captive For 20 Y…
Police & Fire
Connecticut Woman Held Stepson Captive For 2 Decades In 'Horrific' Conditions: Police
A Connecticut woman has been arrested after police say she held her stepson captive for over two decades, subjecting him to extreme neglect and abuse before he allegedly set fire to their home in a desperate bid for freedom. Kimberly Sullivan, 56, of Waterbury, was arrested on Wednesday, March 12, and charged with multiple felonies, including first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons, and first-degree reckless endangerment, police said. New Report: Stepmom Accused Of Holding Man Hostage Posts Bond; Police Detail Victim's Lif…
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DC Man Brutally Beats Ex, Uses 5-Year-Old Son To Silence Her: DOJ
A jealous DC man brutally attacked the mother of his child, beating her unconscious in her own bathroom—then spent months trying to manipulate her into dropping the case, even using their 5-year-old son, officials said. John Brown III, 32, was found guilty of assault with significant bodily injury, obstruction of justice, and contempt after a trial in DC Superior Court, prosecutors announced on Wednesday, Feb. 26. It all began on July 4, 2023, during a game night at the victim’s Southeast DC apartment, where Brown was among the guests. But when the party ended, Brown was waiting in her bedr…
Police & Fire
Suspect Commits Suicide After Shooting At Mother, Toddler In Baltimore County: Police
A suspect was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a double shooting involving a child during a custody exchange in Baltimore County, police say. Detectives were called to investigate a double shooting at around 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17 in the area of Deer Park Road and Wards Chapel Road. According to the Baltimore County Police Department, the incident occurred shortly after the woman and a man exchanged custody of their 2-year-old son. As the mother and child were driving away, the suspect reportedly forced them to stop, approached the vehicle, and began shooti…
Police & Fire
Murder Charge Dropped For Maryland Mom Keeping Kids In Filth: Authorities
A murder charge was dropped for a Maryland mom after her teenage daughter died and five of her other children were found living in filth, authorities said. Cynthia Moore, 41, of Montgomery Village, was found guilty by a judge of six counts of child neglect following a seven-day bench trial, the Montgomery State's Attorney's Office announced Wednesday, Oct. 16. Moore was initially indicted on charges of second-degree depraved heart murder, involuntary manslaughter, and child neglect, as was her husband, Dominique Moore, 46. Domonique is scheduled to go to trial next month. …
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Shooting Suspect Charged With Murder At Maryland High School Football Event, Police Say
A 29-year-old man has been identified and charged in connection to a fatal shooting during a dispute at a football event at a Prince George's County high school that also left a child with a gunshot wound. Bowie resident Dajuon Meniefield is facing multiple murder charges for his alleged role in the death of District Heights resident Christopher Mozee, 33, over the weekend at Potomac High School in Oxon Hill. At approximately 11:20 a.m. on Saturday, June 15, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department responded to the school on Boydell Avenue to investigate the shooting, wher…
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