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According to the court documents, the 48-year-old mom, Denise, was found guilty of second-degree murder and child abuse in connection to the death of her 1-year-old daughter Miriam.

Denise was found guilty on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. The defendant faces a mandatory sentence of at least 23 years behind bars and a maximum sentence of life in prison, court records say.

During the trial, the woman told the jury that her religious beliefs kept her from seeking medical care despite the child weighing only 9 lbs and suffering from a rare condition that affects bone development in children (Rickets) at the time of her death. Read the full story here ▶

Police officials said the 29-year-old man, later identified as Jose, was taken into custody and later charged with open murder and tampering with evidence after he reportedly killed the 35-year-old trans woman Sherlyn. Per reports, the victim and the suspect were previously involved in a se-ual relationship.

On September 17, 2023, the 35-year-old trans woman finished a show and was never heard from again. On September 25, 2023, Sherlyn’s body was found near a ditch. During the investigation, authorities discovered that Jose was the main suspect.

During an interview with investigators, the 29-year-old man reportedly admitted to being in a secret affair with the 35-year-old trans woman. The suspect also told investigators that he compensated Sherlyn for her silence regarding their relationship. The 29-year-old man also told investigators that he was blckmailed by the trans woman.

He reportedly gave Sherlyn undisclosed amount of money, before she asked for an additional $5,000. Sherlyn also threatened to disclose their relationship to his wife if she wasn’t paid, Jose told investigators. The 29-year-old man then beat the trans woman to death. Jose then tied Sherlyn’s body and dumped it in a ditch. This incident remains under investigation.

According to the police officials, the suspect, later identified as 29-year-old Caleb, was arrested and later charged with multiple charges, including: kidnapping — false imprisonment, battery, aggravated assault and se-ual assault.

Police officials also said the man was taken into custody after he reportedly held captive a woman, who was not identified, he met online. Caleb reportedly held captive a woman he met online.

The 29-year-old man reportedly kept the woman in his home against her will for days while he beat and se-ually assaulted her. When deputies arrived on scene, the woman reportedly told them that she needed medical attention. Read the full story here ▶

According to the court documents, the 44-year-old woman, later identified as Peggy, was found guilty of home invasion and attempted first-degree murder after she reportedly went to her boyfriend’s other girlfriend and stabbed the woman. The defendant’s lawyer, David, reportedly said that his client was invited inside the home when Peggy went there in May 2022, attempting to make amends with the woman, who was not identified, who had just had a baby with her boyfriend.

David also said that Peggy was let inside the house before the women got into a tussle. After she left, the woman was taken to a hospital and treated for injuries. But, prosecutors claim that Peggy reportedly broke into the victim’s home and attacked the unidentified woman while she was sleeping in her bed. After the alleged incident, Peggy reportedly called a pastor, who was also working a a Major for the Sheriff’s Office.

The defendant’s attorney also added that his client voluntarily spoke with investigators because she believed she had only defended herself. During the conversation with her pastor, another deputy was also present in the room, court records say. Per reports, Peggy reported admitted to going to the house to try to catch her fiancé with the other woman.

David also said that the pastor must be a member of the cloth and the conversation has to be one where a person is seeking spiritual guidance. He also added that the conversation with the pastor must be in confidentiality. But, officials argued it wasn’t in confidentiality since another deputy was in the room. The judge ruled there was no expectation of privacy since she wasn’t alone with her pastor. Peggy will be sentenced on Feb. 27, 2024.

Police officials said the 32-year-old dad, later identified as Malcolm, was taken into custody last week and later charged with aggravated child abuse after he reportedly shook his 3-month-old baby so hard the baby was left fighting for his life. Now, 8 months after the incident, the baby remains at the hospital on a ventilator, police officials said. Malcolm is being held on $150,000 bond.

In January 2023, officers responded to the victim’s home after Malcolm called 911 and told the dispatcher that when he picked up his baby son, the child went limp and was unresponsive. Doctors told investigators that the boy was suffering from a brain bleed and alerted authorities of possible abuse.

Doctors also said that the baby went into cardiac arrest and his heart stopped for 16 minutes. He also suffered a possible arm fracture. Doctors told investigators that it’s impossible for the baby to suffer injuries like that on his own, because they are are immobile.

Hospital staff told investigators that the boy’s injuries were reportedly caused by abusive head trauma, likely from someone shaking him, L&C reported. During an interview with investigators, the boy’s older brother said that Malcolm sometimes became frustrated with the baby and had shaken him in the past, including the morning of the incident. The father took care of the baby while the mother worked, police officials said. The baby’s injuries would be comparable to being in a car crash, police said.

Prosecutors said the 37-year-old defendant, Andrew, was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences after he was found guilty on multiple charges, including: aggravated murder, abduction, child neglect, child abuse, aggravated malicious wounding, assault and possession of methamphetamine.

According to the court documents, the 2-year-old child, Harper, was beaten to death by Andrew while Harper’s mother, Amanda, was at work.

On April 16, 2020, the then-boyfriend arrived late to pick up Amanda from work. During an interview with investigators, Amanda reportedly said that she wanted to take her girl to a hospital.

Andrew wouldn’t let her and put a gun to her head to dissuade her, court records say. Harper got medical attention after Amanda called Andrew’s mom, who called 911.

First responders rushed the child to the hospital. Per reports, the girl had a visible mark on her forehead and was taken off life support later that week. During an interview with investigators, the 37-year-old man gave multiple excuses, such as: the child fell out of a shopping cart. Andrew also said Harper fell off a four-wheeler. He also added that Harper reacted poorly to something she ate because of a nut allergy and her condition worsened as the day passed.

During the trial, the prosecution called Christopher s a witness. Per reports, he was in jail with Andrew when he was first taken to jail. Christopher reportedly told prosecutors that while in jail, Andrew reportedly told him he would get high on meth while watching the children and believes Harper may have gotten into his bag of methamphetamine and was later unresponsive. Detective Austin said during the interview an argument had started over a potential breakup between Amanda and Andrew, and that injuries to Amanda could be from se* or wrestling with the children.

According to the police officials, the suspect, later identified as 25-year-old Lakiri, was taken into custody after she reportedly shot and killed 29-year-old woman, Laurielle, and left the victim’s 7-year-old daughter with her mother’s body for hours.

Officers, who responded to a shooting call, made contact with the 7-year-old child, who opened the door for them. The girl, who was not identified due to her age, told the officers that her mom was sleeping on the sofa.

The responding officers removed the blanket and realized that the woman was not sleeping, but was shot in the head and dead. Read the full story here ▶

Police officials said the 25-year-old man, later identified as Clayton, reportedly killed his 74-year-old dad, Jorge, after an argument.

During an interview with investigators, the father reportedly admitted to killing his father by repeatedly kicking the elderly man in front of their house. Clayton was taken into custody and later charged with open murder and tampering with evidence.

The 911 caller told the dispatcher that an elderly person was on the ground and someone was yelling for him to die. The responding officers found the 25-year-old son washing his feed with water. Read the full story here ▶

A young boy faced severe neglect and nearly lost his life before being found emaciated in his home.

At the time, Jordan lived with his dad, Brad Bleimeyer, his step-mother, Tammi, and seven step-siblings.

An odd one out as the only child from Bleimeyer’s other relationship, he was treated extremely poorly by his parents.

While all his step-siblings were treated well, Jordan lived in a tiny closet beneath the stairs and was repeatedly starved, hit, and abused.

The small cupboard that Jordan had to call home was completely unsafe for living. Bare nails and wires sticking out of every corner, and it was extremely cramped.

Thankfully, there was someone looking out for him – Cody, one of Jordan’s step-siblings. The 16-year-old was extremely concerned about his young brother.

Cody spoke to teachers, but they didn’t know how to help.

He spoke to police, and they took trips to the house again and again but ultimately told him that there wasn’t anything they could do.

Even when at his door, the police couldn’t come in because Cody didn’t own the house and was underage.

Cody and one of his sisters, Allison, worked hard to try and talk to their parents about Jordan.

But this enraged their mother and father, who would punish them physically and berate them verbally while tossing threats around.

Then, one day, after a big fight Cody had with Bleimeyer, his parents both went outside. Knowing the fight already landed him in trouble, Cody made a brave decision.

He hadn’t seen Jordan in about a week at this point. So, he hurried to Jordan’s closet and wrenched open the door – and what he saw absolutely shocked and horrified him.

Jordan was naked except for a diaper, and he was covered in marks and bruises. He was foaming at the mouth and his face appeared caved in.

He was mere skin and bones, completely pale, and smelled awful. Cody stared in horror for a few seconds then launched into action, knowing Jordan may not survive very long.

He passed Jordan to Allison and rushed outside to confront his parents.

Allison, then 14, notes that Jordan was so light that he felt like he wasn’t even there. He was also terrified as she did her best to comfort him.

Meanwhile, Bleimeyer and his wife were furiously yelling at Cody, shoving him around and telling him that it wasn’t his business to open the closet.

Cody tried to attract attention, and when that failed, he used a prepaid phone – thankfully one he still had even though his mom had confiscated his normal one – and rang the police.

As he did so, Tammi was packing up and getting all the kids ready to leave. Luckily, this time, there was something that the police could do.

Jordan finally received justice in December 2018. Bleimeyer received a 15-year prison sentence and Tammi received one for 28 years.

The rest of the children wound up in foster care, and Jordan now lives happily and healthily with his biological mother.

According to the statement, the 27-year-old mother, Jessica, reportedly subjected her 3-year-old daughter to medical child abuse and lied to medical staff in an alleged case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

Officials said that the mother reportedly had many unnecessary medical procedures performed on her daughter for an unknown amount of time. She was taken into custody on suspicion of injury to a child, according to reports.

Prosecutors said the 27-year-old woman reportedly falsified her 3-year-old daughter’s condition to medical providers, causing them to draw the child’s blood 28 times, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by WFFA.

An investigation into Jessica’s alleged abuse began few months ago, when a doctor with the Children’s Hospital told authorities about suspected medical child abuse after learning Jessica had been seeing multiple doctors for her child at about a dozen medical facilities in three different states. The medical professionals reportedly accused Jessica of doctor shopping.

During one hospital visit in March, the 3-year-old was given a feeding tube after Jessica allegedly told medical staff that her child was not eating and losing weight, despite providing the girl with a sufficient amount of calories, the affidavit states. However, doctors became suspicious of Jessica because the child was still not gaining weight after some time. According to the affidavit, the mother also claimed her daughter had Ketotic Hypoglycemia, a blood sugar illness. In another instance, the mother and her daughter reportedly flew through a company called Miracle Flight, which provides flights to children with medical complications. She claimed her child had gastroparesis, a condition that prevents proper stomach emptying.

Several doctors later ruled out both of those diagnoses according to Fox 4 News. The affidavit states Jessica also created a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to take her daughter for medical treatment. During the alleged abuse, authorities said Jessica chronicled her child’s health journey on social media. She had about 24,000 followers on TikTok, where she reportedly posted videos multiple times a day about the victim’s medical journey and frequently interacted with her viewers, per the affidavit.

Jessica reportedly made similar posts on her Facebook and Instagram accounts. Gasser is also accused of sending‘messages to a friend stating she would delete all social media posts about her child’s health, including private messages. The child is now thriving after months of separation from her mother according to the affidavit.