Jeffrey Baldwin (January 20, 1997 – November 30, 2002) was a Canadian child whose death from septic shock and bacterial pneumonia after years of mistreatment by his grandparents, Elva Bottineau and Norman Kidman, led to significant changes in policy by children’s aid societies in the granting of custody of children to relatives. Jeffrey was born on January 20, 1997 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Yvonne Kidman and … Read more
On May 7, 2008, 23-year-old Rachel Morningstar Hoffman (December 17, 1984 – May 7, 2008), was murdered by two drug dealers, 23-year-old Deneilo Bradshaw and 25-year-old Andrea Green after being pressured to act as a police informant in a botched drug sting by the Tallahassee Police Department. Her body was recovered two days later near Perry, Florida. Hoffman’s death led to the implementation of “Rachel’s Law”, which … Read more
A teenage Ohio girl was convicted of murder, accused of intentionally killing her boyfriend and his friend by crashing her car into a brick building going 100 mph. Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, was found guilty in a bench trial on 12 counts: four of murder, four of felonious assault, two of aggravated vehicular homicide, one of … Read more
A 13-year-old Michigan boy armed only with a slingshot, a marble, and a rock is being hailed a hero after hitting a 17-year-old suspect in the head and stopping his 8-year-old sister from being kidnapped. In a remarkable interview with 9 & 10 News, Owen Burns revealed that he was playing video games after school … Read more
A Rhode Island man jailed for 260 years in prison for producing child pornography involving prepubescent children fainted in court when the judge read out his sentence. Thomas Goodman, 45, was told his crimes showed “depravity beyond comprehension” by Judge John McConnell at the US District Court in Providence. The paedophile pleaded guilty to eight counts of production … Read more
A 36-year-old mother in Texas accused of abusing her husband and physically and emotionally torturing her children — even trying to put one of them in a hot oven — was arrested this week following a standoff with a SWAT team. Lul N. Top was taken into custody on Monday and charged with six counts of aggravated assault with a deadly … Read more
A 21-year-old Mississippi mother was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after she admitted to repeatedly slamming her 2-month-old daughter on the concrete in what the district attorney said was an “unexplainable and heinous crime.” Multiple witnesses reported seeing Makaylia Shaylynn Jolley “grabbing a baby by the ankles and slamming the … Read more
A 39-year-old attorney in Texas will spend less than six months behind bars after admitting to sneaking abortion-inducing drugs into his soon-to-be ex-wife’s beverages for weeks after learning about her pregnancy. Harris County District Court Judge Andrea Ball on Wednesday ordered Mason Herring to serve a sentence of 180 days in jail and an additional 10 years of probation, court … Read more
“The time lost with my 14-month-old child, who would come home exhausted and nearly unresponsive, is particularly heartbreaking,” one mother tells Inside Edition Digital. She says that she even took her daughter to the doctor because of her exhaustion. A former daycare director will serve six months in prison after admitting that she gave toddlers … Read more
A mother and father in Pennsylvania are being accused of physically and emotionally torturing their 6-year-old daughter, allegedly leaving her bound in a locked dog cage for hours at a time, starving her for days in a row, and having the other children in the home assault her. Jacob William Weight, 37, and Mimi Ann Frost, 33, were taken … Read more