Dad Charged With Murder Of Son, 5, Found Dead In DC Apartment: Cops
A DC father has been indicted for murder months after his 5-year-old son, Deandre Pettus Jr., was found unresponsive in their apartment, police said.
Officers with the Metropolitan Police Department responded at 9:44 a.m. on Sunday, October 6, 2024, to the 4500 block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, for a report of an unconscious child inside a DC home, officials said.
United States Secret Service officers arrived first and began CPR on the child, according to police. DC Fire and EMS personnel then took over, but lifesaving efforts failed, and the child was pronounced dead by first re…
Boy, 3, Dies Days After Drowning Incident In Northampton County, Coroner Says
A 3-year-old boy who was found unresponsive in a swimming pool in Northampton County has died from complications of drowning, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio announced Friday, July 11.
Colonial Regional Police were dispatched to a home in Northampton County around 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2025, after receiving reports of a young boy drowning, according to the release.
Emergency crews removed the child from the pool and performed CPR before transporting him to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, authorities said.
Despite medical efforts, the boy died on Monday, July 7, 2025, at 1…
Toddler Suffered Blunt Force Injuries, Broken Ribs Before DC Mom's Murder Conviction: DOJ
A mother from DC has been convicted of murdering her 16-month-old daughter Rhythm Fields, who was found lifeless and cold inside a Southeast apartment in 2017, federal prosecutors announced.
Faneisha Scott, 39, was found guilty Wednesday, June 11, of murder and other offenses following an incident that claimed the life of Fields, according to the US Attorney's Office.
Specifically, Scott was found guilty on Wednesday of first-degree murder, first-degree cruelty to children (willful maltreatment), and second-degree cruelty to children.
The verdict came eight years after Scott’s daughter was…
