A man convicted of fatally beating his girlfriend’s 22- month-old baby in Indio nearly a decade ago was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in state prison. An Indio jury deliberated three days last October before finding Esteban Alamo, 34, guilty of second-degree murder and assault on a child resulting in death for the […]
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Closing arguments are set to get underway Thursday in the murder trial of a Blythe man accused in the death of his roommate’s 18-month- old son almost five years ago. Jordan Bracamonte, 25, could face a life sentence if found guilty of causing the death of the toddler by allegedly intentionally letting go of the […]
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The man who was holding his young granddaughter when she slipped out of his grasp and fell to her death from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship said he thought there was glass in the window where they were standing. “It’s like it disappeared. It’s like the glass disappeared.” In July, Salvatore “Sam” Anello was playing with […]
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An 11-month-old boy was shot multiple times after his father allegedly took him to a Philadelphia drug deal as a “human shield,” believing the baby’s presence would forestall violence, an official with the district attorney’s office said Tuesday. Nafes Monroe was arrested over the weekend in connection with the Oct. 19 shooting, Anthony Voci Jr., the chief […]
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Troopers say a North Carolina mother, whose 4-year-old son died in a crash without a child seat, is now in custody after she allegedly fled following the child’s funeral. Around 3:10 p.m. Oct. 12, Shannon Hudson, 33, was driving a Jeep Liberty on Settle Bridge Road when the Jeep ran off the road to the […]
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Adam Smith said he’s known about the white cardboard box in his mother’s freezer his entire life. He assumed it held a wedding cake topper or another memento that his mother was holding onto and left it at that, he told CNN. Now that he knows what was really in the box, he said he […]
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A 6-year-old Utah girl who went to the golf course with her father died Monday after she was struck in the neck by a ball he hit, police said. The girl was hit while sitting in a golf cart on a course in Orem, a city south of Salt Lake City, just before 10:30 a.m. […]
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Mother Killed Her 17-Month-Old Son Because He Was Getting in Way of Extramarital Affair: Prosecutors
Prosecutors say a New Jersey mother killed her 17-month-old son because she felt he was getting in the way of her extramarital affair. The allegation came Wednesday during a detention hearing for Heather Reynolds. The Gloucester Township resident is charged with murder and child endangerment in the May 2010 death. Camden County prosecutors say Heather […]
