February 27th, 2007
Rosie M. Costello has been charged with coaching her son and daughter to act mentally retarded. Costello has been “training” them since 8 years of age; that was over 20 years ago.
During interviews, her son, 28 year old Peter J. Costello, would fake mental retardation. Peter would pretend he could not talk or […]
By joelnet -- 17 comments
February 27th, 2007
Charalletta Hernandez, 37, and Manuel Hernandez, 40, of Fort Myers, Fla. are charged with multiple counts of child neglect. Their six children were removed when one of them told a neighbor about the abuse. When police arrived they found that the home lacked electricty and food, and smelled of human waste.
One of the children, a 10-year-old girl, was […]
By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 15 comments
February 26th, 2007
Judy Gratton, 48, of Cortland, NY got15 years behind bars for assault, drug possession, and nearly starving her five-year-old son with Downs Syndrome and his siblings to death.
During a drug bust, they found the boy, Harley Morgan, in a playpen, covered with body lice, and wearing a soiled diaper. He only weighed 15 pounds and was near death. A […]
By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 10 comments
February 24th, 2007
53-year old grandmother Carol Lynn Pappas was found not guilty on friday by reason of insanity.
In her sons home, after fatally stabbing her 21-month old granddaughter (Madison Pappas), she called 911 and told police, “I flipped … the baby was crying and I couldn’t handle it.”
Police arrived to find Carol Lynn Pappas, still covered in […]
By joelnet -- 20 comments
February 24th, 2007
June Candelario, 61, of Commerce City, Colo. pleaded guilty to child abuse charges. She kept her grandson locked inside a dog kennel for up to 10 hours a day while she was at work in the evenings.
The grandson told police he had no way to go to the bathroom while he was in the kennel, […]
By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 16 comments
February 23rd, 2007
Sonya Smith, 39, and Joseph Smith, 47, of Mableton, Georgia were found guilty of abusing and murdering their son, Josef Smith in 2003. They will serve life in prison and be eligible for parole in 30 years.
The Smith said they spanked then eight-year-old Josef repeatedly but harmlessly, based on what they believe the Bible teaches about corporal punishment. […]
By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 14 comments
February 22nd, 2007
Trevor Duane Moreno, 30, and his wife Irene Garcia, 23, of Bishop, Texas were charged with child abuse when their two-month-old daughter Rayden was diagnosed with brain damage, broken legs, knees and ankles. She’s currently in intensive care.
San Juanita Garcia, Irene’s mother, told deputies she went to her daughter’s home and saw that Rayden was grayish pale and […]
By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 15 comments
February 22nd, 2007
30 year old foster mother, Liz Carroll, made plans to leave her 3-year old developmentally disabled boy alone, while she attends an out of state weekend family reunion with her husband David and their live-in companion Amy Baker. In a seriously major lapse of judgment they decided it best to wrap him in a […]
By joelnet -- 30 comments
February 21st, 2007
Vondrea Denson, 24, along with her boyfriend Robert Moss, previously charged with child endangerment have had the charges against them upgraded.
Her son, only 8 months old, was admitted to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center the week of Feb 3rd with multiple life threatening injuries. Injuries commonly found on abused children.
Sadly enough, police are […]
By joelnet -- 32 comments
February 21st, 2007
Stephanie Plainbull, 22 of Billings, Mont. pleaded no contest to participating in abuse that temporarily blinded Preston Littlemouth and left him with permanent disabilities. She received a 15-year term with all but three years suspended and a warning that she would serve the rest of her term in prison if she violates parole.
Stephanie and her mother, […]
By Anne-Marie Nichols -- 7 comments
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