Killer Parents

The mother and grandmother of baby Evelyn Boswell are behind bars as the investigation continues into the little girl’s death, law enforcement said. More

March 30, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman called authorities and admitted to killing her child nearly a decade ago, police say. Zohal Sakwall, 40, told Nashville detectives that she suffocated her 4-month-old daughter, Natalie, with a plastic bag in June 2010, according to a news release Tuesday from the police department. Sakwall called the Metro Nashville Police […] More

March 25, 2020

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors have formally charged a Colorado woman suspected of killing her missing stepson.   Letecia Stauch appeared in court for an advisement hearing in Colorado Springs on Wednesday on several charges, including first-degree murder of a child, in the presumed death of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch. The document laying out the […] More

March 13, 2020

The remains found Friday are those of Evelyn Mae Boswell, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Leslie Earhart said. More

March 12, 2020

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors said Monday that a special grand jury on Long Island will investigate the case of an 8-year-old boy who died of hypothermia while in the custody of his father, a New York Police Department officer. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said the panel will issue a special report […] More

March 10, 2020

Other clothing, diapers and toys that would have belonged to the child were also found on the property, a TBI agent testified. More

March 10, 2020

The discovery appears to end a 17-day search across three states for the missing toddler. Her mother, Megan Boswell, is in custody. More

March 9, 2020

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge on Friday reduced bail to $1 million for the mother of two missing children after her lawyer contended at her first hearing in Idaho that the amount had been set too high because of media attention. Wearing faded orange-and-white striped jail garb and bright […] More

March 6, 2020

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin mother convicted of neglecting her 13-year-old disabled daughter and causing her death has been sentenced to 17 years in prison. The girl, Brianna Gussert, was found dead in her bedroom in May 2017. An investigation found she died primarily of sepsis after she was left alone for days. Her […] More

March 6, 2020

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A woman suspected of killing her missing stepson was returned to Colorado on Thursday to face charges after being arrested in South Carolina. Letecia Stauch was arrested Monday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on a warrant for charges including first-degree murder of a child in the death of 11-year-old Gannon […] More

March 6, 2020

By Court TV Staff The FBI is requesting more information about the woman dubbed the ‘cult mom.’ She is awaiting extradition to Idaho to face charges in the disappearance of her two young children. 46-year-old Lori Vallow was arrested on felony charges of child abandonment in the disappearance of her two kids, JJ, 7, and […] More

March 5, 2020

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A woman accused of giving birth and then leaving her infant to die beside a South Carolina highway has been arrested more than a decade after the child was found dead. Jennifer Sahr, 32, of Pensacola, Florida, was expected in court Wednesday for a bond hearing in the death of the […] More

March 5, 2020

Lori Vallow will be sent from Hawaii to Idaho to face charges in the disappearance of her two children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan. More

March 4, 2020

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The adult niece of an Idaho woman whose two children have been missing for five months is cooperating in the FBI’s investigation into the disappearance, undergoing three interviews with agents and surrendering her computer, the niece’s lawyers have said. Melani Pawlowski was accused by her ex-husband of […] More

March 3, 2020

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The stepmother of a Colorado boy missing for over a month was arrested Monday in connection with his disappearance and presumed death, authorities said. Letecia Stauch was arrested in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and is expected to be extradited to Colorado on charges including first-degree murder of a child in […] More

March 3, 2020

Lori Vallow was ordered to be held on a $5 million bond as the search continues for her missing children, J.J. and Tylee. More

February 27, 2020

Court documents from Megan Boswell’s arraignment accuse her of initially telling state investigators that Evelyn was with the child's father. More

February 26, 2020

Lori Vallow, the mother of two children missing since September, faces charges of child endangerment after fleeing from Idaho to Hawaii. More

February 24, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A mistrial has been declared in the first-degree murder trial of an Oklahoma City man, charged in the 2018 death of his 3-month-old son. Court records show the jury deadlocked early Saturday on the murder charge against Deion Reed, 23, but found him not guilty of child abuse in the death […] More

February 17, 2020

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — A California father about to be freed from prison has been taken into custody in connection with the decades-old killings of five of his infant children in a case a sheriff said has haunted his agency for years. Paul Perez, 57, a convicted sex offender with […] More

January 28, 2020

Rachel Henry has been arrested on suspicion of killing her three children, who were found dead inside the family's home. More

January 22, 2020

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A physical therapist charged with killing his wife, three children and dog in a home near Walt Disney World and leaving their bodies there for days was being investigated in Connecticut for health care fraud motivated by his need to pay off personal loans, according to […] More

January 17, 2020

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — DNA testing has helped police identify the mother of an infant who was found frozen to death in a Connecticut parking lot in 1988, but she is not expected to face charges because of how long ago the crime was, authorities announced Tuesday. Meriden Police Chief Jeffry Cossette said the mother […] More

January 15, 2020

  KEMPTON, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are linking the mother of two young children found hanging in a Pennsylvania home to internet searches for suicide and crime shortly before their deaths, according to court documents filed in support of murder charges against the woman. Lisa Snyder, 36, was charged with first- and third-degree murder, child […] More

December 3, 2019

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police say violence erupted on Thanksgiving Day in a North Carolina apartment when a mother shot and killed her daughter. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a news release that officers were called to the apartment shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday. There they found a woman with a gunshot wound who […] More

November 29, 2019

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman accused of suffocating her three sons out of jealousy at the attention given them by her husband — who was once her mother’s boyfriend — pleaded guilty Tuesday in the boys’ deaths and was sentenced to 37 years to life in prison.   Defendant Brittany Pilkington had been […] More

November 20, 2019

Jury selection is underway for Mark Sievers, who is accused of hiring hitmen to kill his wife, who was murdered with a hammer. More

November 19, 2019

DENVER (AP) — Olivia Gant’s mother brought her to the emergency room when she was 2, saying the girl was having trouble eating. Kelly Turner, who had recently moved to Colorado from Texas with her three daughters, told the doctor she had problems nursing and other complications feeding Olivia since she was born. Over several […] More

October 24, 2019

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado mother who sought donations to cover medical treatments for her daughter and promoted the girl’s “bucket list” of dreams to fulfill before she died has been indicted on a murder charge in the 7-year-old’s death that was previously believed to be from a terminal disease. In a grand jury indictment […] More

October 22, 2019

Omar Long will be released from prison on October 20, 2019, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. Long has been serving a 12-year-sentence for the death of his 23-month-old daughter Arianna.   Arianna Long died of heat hyperthermia. Reports say Long worked a late shift and spent time with friends before driving his live-in […] More

October 16, 2019