Internet, Social Media, & Facebook Crimes

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 When Victims Meet The Wrong People Online It’s relatively rare for people to be assaulted, raped, or murdered by people by people met online. Theft and cyber crimes are far more common.  Here are some stories of what happens when people befriend the wrong people online. Teen Raped By Three Men She Met Online In New Castle County, Deleware, 3 people have been charged with raping a 15 year-old girl that she met through social media.  The 3 men, ages … Continue reading →

Kids Who Are Electrocuted

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Electrified Lamp Posts In Peoria, Illinois, an 8-year-old boy was electrocuted when he touched a light pole during a girl’s softball tournament in July. In a lawsuit filed by the family, Annette Rees of Jacksonville says the Limestone Girl’s Softball Association knew about the faulty lights but went ahead with the tournament anyway. Her son, Camden Belfield, was playing at the time while attending a game. (USA Today, 9-19-2008, p. 10A) Shocked By a Boat In Burlington, Vermont, authorities said … Continue reading →

Parents Gone Mad: The Crazy Things Parents Do

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Woman Gives Away Daughter for Drugs In Pleasant Plain, Ohio, a woman stands accused of giving her 11-year-old daughter to Cincinnati drug dealer in exchange for some heroine.  She was indicted on 27 counts.  (3/23/15)  Believe it or not, cases of parents trying to sell or trade their kids for drugs are not that uncommon. Reliving Your High School Days In Madison, Wisconsin, an appeals court upheld the sentence of three years confinement in a mental health facility for a … Continue reading →

Parents Who Murder Their Children Claiming Devils, Demons, or Ghosts Made Them Do It

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The type of ritualistic satanic child murders that created hysteria in the 1980s and 1990s were based on myth. But there ARE cases almost every year that involve parents murdering their children because they claim the devil told them to do it, or because they believe they were speaking to God or some other supernatural force. Flushing the Devil From Your Child In Portales, New Mexico, a 25-year-old mother was set to go on trial in the killing of her … Continue reading →

Children Murdered by their Parents in Custody Disputes

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Man Drowns 3 Kids in Hotel Bathtub In Baltimore, Maryland, 41-year-old Mark Castillo apparently drowned his 3 young children in a bathtub at Inner Harbor Hotel. He was involved in a custody dispute with his estranged wife at the time. Court documents say he confessed to killing Anthony, 6, Austin, 4, and Athena, age two, in March. He pleaded not criminally responsible. (USA Today, 5-20-2008, 6A)

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Parents Murdering Their Children To Punish A Spouse or Former Lover

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Father Kills Kids to Punish His Ex Thirty-eight-year-old Everett George, a former corrections officer, was sentenced to life in prison for killing his two children. He apparently murdered the kids – one of them a toddler who was in her high chair when she was shot – to punish his ex-wife for seeing another man. (USA Today, 11-25-2008, p. 3A) Microwaving Your Baby In Dayton, Ohio, 28-year-old China Arnold was sentenced to life in prison without parole for burning her … Continue reading →

Parents Who Murder Their Children

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Sadly, thousands of kids are murdered each year by their mother or father, making parents as a group several thousands of times more dangerous and deadly than sex-offenders. Though we couldn’t possibly document every case, here is a sampling of the different circumstances under which parents kill their kids, giving you a well-rounded view of how (and why) it happens. See also: – Children murdered to punish a partner – Children murdered in custody disputes – Children murdered for God, … Continue reading →

Children Who Murder Their Parents

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Boy Shoots Father for Being Too Strict In Belen, New Mexico, a 10-year-old boy was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his father. The boy apparently used his own rifle to shoot Byron Hilburn, 42, and then phoned police to tell them what he’d done. Authorities say that the boy told them the reason he shot his father was that he disciplined him too often and too harshly. (USA Today, 8-31-2009, SA) Boy Kills His Mother In … Continue reading →

Children Killed by Trains

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Boy Falls on Tracks In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a 12-year-old boy was killed while crossing the train tracks at Tecumseh Street and U.S. 75. Richard Brow apparently slipped and fell, and was unable to get up in time before he was struck by the train. (USA Today, 3-9-2012, p. 5A) Autistic Boy Hit By Train In Graham, North Carolina, a 10 year old boy with autism wandered away from his home and was then struck and killed by a train.  Police … Continue reading →

Stray Bullet Narrowly Misses Toddler

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In Tanola County, Mississippi, a toddler was injured by flying glass as a stray bullet shattered the window of his family’s truck as they drove down the road.  But it could have been much worse, Nicole Morris, the boy’s mother says the bullet narrowly missed her two-year-old son hunter, passing through the headrest on the passenger side before ending up on the driver’s side rear view mirror.

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