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Etan Patz Suspect Under Suicide Watch

Pedro Hernandez taken to hospital

(Newser) - The suspect arrested in Etan Patz's disappearance and accused of the boy's murder was put under suicide watch last night, the New York Times reports. Pedro Hernandez was continually watched until 5:30am, at which time he was transferred to Bellevue Hospital Center, an official says. The official...

How Etan Patz's Soda Could Have Led Police to Suspect

He had a dollar to buy drink, and Pedro Hernandez worked at bodega

(Newser) - Exactly 33 years ago today, on another Friday before Memorial Day, 6-year-old Etan Patz convinced his mother to let him walk the block and a half to his school bus stop alone, for the first time. His mother told detectives Etan had a dollar with him so he could buy...

Killer Florida Mom Shot Her 4 Kids 18 Times

Tonya Thomas, children had troubled past

(Newser) - Tonya Thomas shot her four children 18 times in Tuesday's massacre , and two of them were shot as the gun pressed against their chests, according to the medical examiner's report. She used jacketed, hollow-point bullets, which cause more damage than full-metal jacket rounds, and used a single Taurus...

Cops: Calif. Dad Killed Kids, Put Bodies in Trash

Man arrested after cleaning crew finds bloodstains in apartment

(Newser) - Police in Los Angeles County have the grim task of searching a landfill for the bodies of a toddler and a baby they believe were killed by their father and dumped in the trash. Investigators believe Shazer Fernando Limas stabbed his boys, a 2-year-old and a 4-month-old, to death along...

Girl's Death From School Fight Ruled a Homicide

Joanna Ramos of Long Beach, Calif., was struck in an after-school fight

(Newser) - A coroner ruled today that the death of a 10-year-old Southern California girl in an afterschool alley fight is a homicide, the AP and Long Beach Press-Telegram report. Joanna Ramos of Long Beach apparently faced an 11-year-old girl in a fight without any weapons Friday, and never fell down—but...

Girl, 9, Dies After Forced 3-Hour Run

Savannah Hardin collapsed after extreme punishment

(Newser) - On Friday, Joyce Hardin Garrard found out her 9-year-old granddaughter Savannah Hardin had eaten a candy bar on the school bus, and allegedly punished her by making her run around the house, without stopping, for three hours. Savannah, who had a bladder condition that could have been aggravated by the...

Ohio Cops Find Remains of Girl Missing Since '99

Nicholle Coppler found in home of Glen Fryer

(Newser) - Police have found the skeleton of Nicholle Coppler, an Ohio girl missing since she ran away from home in 1999, officials announced this weekend. Coppler's remains were found earlier this month at the home of Glen Fryer, where she was last seen; Fryer had connections to human trafficking and...

Police Find Papers Powell Dumped Before Killing Boys

Volunteers also recover books, Utah map at recycling site

(Newser) - Authorities are poring over papers belonging to Josh Powell that were found at a recycling center over the weekend, along with books and a map of Utah. Volunteers sifted through more than 10 tons of paper to find items that Powell had dropped off the day before blowing himself up...

'Ahmazing' Teen Killer Sentenced to Life

Alyssa Bustamante tells Elizabeth Olten's family: I'm so sorry

(Newser) - A Missouri teen who pleaded guilty to murdering a 9-year-old girl in a killing she described in her journal as "ahmazing" has been sentenced to life with the possibility of parole, the News Tribune reports. Alyssa Bustamante, 18, made a statement before the sentence was handed down, telling the...

Prozac Made Teen Kill 9-Year-Old: Doctor

Alyssa Bustamante admitted to murder in her diary

(Newser) - A Prozac prescription may have led a teenager to murder a 9-year-old Missouri girl and describe it as "ahmazing," the News Tribune reports. Testifying today at the trial of Alyssa Bustamante—who has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder—defense witness Dr. Edwin Johnstone said that Prozac "needs...

Baby-Sitter Charged in Indiana Girl's Murder

Michael Plumadore could face the death penalty

(Newser) - Prosecutors in Indiana charged a baby-sitter with murder and two other felonies today after he told police he bludgeoned and dismembered a 9-year-old girl just days before Christmas. Michael Plumadore, 39, was charged in Fort Wayne with murder in the killing of Aliahna Maroney-Lemmon . He remains jailed without bond.

Babysitter Michael Plumadore Admits Beating Aliahna Lemmon to Death With Brick
Babysitter Admits Beating
Indiana Girl to Death
horrific new details
Dec 27, 2011 12:53 PM CST

Babysitter Admits Beating Indiana Girl to Death

Michael Plumadore confesses to killing Aliahna Lemmon, 9

(Newser) - Horrific new details in the murder of 9-year-old Aliahna Lemmon : The neighbor who was watching her and her two sisters has admitted to beating her to death with a brick before dismembering her with a hacksaw and hiding her body parts, according to an affidavit released today. It does not,...

Missing Ind. Girl Found Dead, Babysitter Charged

Investigators find Aliahna Lemmon's body after interviewing family friend

(Newser) - The 9-year-old girl who vanished from an Indiana trailer park last week has been found dead, and the family friend who was watching her and her two sisters has been charged with her murder. County police and FBI agents learned the location of Aliahna Lemmon's body after interviewing 39-year-old...

Toddler Dies After Being Locked in Washer

Boy was allegedly put inside as punishment

(Newser) - Tragedy in France, where a 3-year-old boy died after allegedly being locked in a washing machine on Friday. The boy’s 33-year-old father is accused of putting his naked son into the washer as punishment for flushing drawings belonging to a classmate down a toilet. The child died after his...

Boy, 11, Found Dead, Stepdad Held

Curtis Lopez killed the boy after murdering his mom, say cops

(Newser) - The body of a missing 11-year-old Maryland boy has been found in woods near his home. Popular athlete William McQuain was murdered by his stepdad shortly after the man killed the boy's mother, investigators believe. The grisly remains found by a police dog dashed the hopes of friends, family...

Guilty Verdict Stands for Vegans Who Starved Baby

Couple's baby died after being fed only soy milk, apple juice

(Newser) - In April 2004, the 6-week-old son of Jade Sanders and Lamont Thomas starved to death, and Georgia’s top court today upheld the couple’s murder convictions and life sentences from 2007. A court initially found the first-time parents guilty of murder after investigators discovered they fed the boy mostly...

Kletzky Family Sues Alleged Killer for $100M

Levi Aron, father sued over boy's murder

(Newser) - The father of Leiby Kletzky has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the man who has admitted kidnapping, murdering, and butchering his 8-year-old son. "The acts are horrific and horrendous and the level of damages should reflect what those acts were," Kletzky's lawyer tells the New York ...

Baby Thrown From Garage Dies

Charges against mom will be upgraded to murder

(Newser) - A tragic ending to a sad story: The 7-month-old baby boy allegedly thrown from the roof of a parking structure by his mother died today. Noe Medina Jr. fell from a California children’s hospital garage Monday, and mother Sonia Hermosillo has been charged with attempted murder and child abuse....

Cop Shot in Dad's Deadly Attack on Family

Baby girl found killed in father's truck at Calif. home

(Newser) - A California cop is hit in the neck in a dramatic video of a shootout outside a family home where a suicidal father killed his baby daughter and mother-in-law, according to investigators. Police officer Jarred Slocum can be seen sprinting to safety, clutching his neck, before collapsing on an El...

Breeann Rodriguez Body Found: Authorities Believe Remains Belong to Missing 3-Year-Old
 Body of Missing Girl, 3, Found 
Aug 17, 2011 8:08 AM CDT

Body of Missing Girl, 3, Found

Authorities believe remains belong to Breeann Rodriguez

(Newser) - Remains believed to be a 3-year-old Missouri girl who went missing more than a week ago were found yesterday near a series of ditches where authorities say a neighbor is suspected of dumping her body after suffocating her with a plastic bag. A Missouri State Highway Patrol officer searching by...

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