May 31st, 2008
In Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Michal James, 27, is facing homicide charges in the death of her three-year-old daughter, Patricia Elaine James.
James is accused of ongoing physical abuse including hitting her daughter with a belt and tying her hands to bedposts with scarves. When emergency crews responded to Michal James’ 911 call, they found that the little girl was [...]
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May 27th, 2008
In Winter Springs, Florida, Kevin Randy Legendre, 31, was arrested for beating his seven-year-old son for getting bad grades. He’s been charged with cruelty toward a child.
Legendre has joint custody of his son along with his ex-wife. After spending time with his father, the child went home to his mom. He told her and police that his dad [...]
By Former Blogger -- 34 comments
May 20th, 2008
Today, I received an email from a reader, Jane, about last weekend’s story “Katherine Bunnell Murders Three-Year-Old Nephew. (Look at the comments under the post for more from Jane.) She wrote,
I wanted to point out an error to you on a recent posting on Parents Behaving Badly. This is regarding the Katherine Bunnell case in RI. [...]
By Former Blogger -- 21 comments
May 18th, 2008
We don’t report on too many aunt and uncle stories here at PBB mostly because we blog about parents. However, we’ll make an exception with this story since Katherine Bunnell was taking care of her nephew, Thomas ”T.J.” Wright while his mom was in prison.
Seems that Bunnell beat her three-year-old nephew to death after she came home from [...]
By Former Blogger -- 102 comments
May 17th, 2008
I don’t know what’s worse in this story - the fact that Maurice U. Hall Jr., 32, was having sex with a girl half his age. Or that he shook their eight-week-old son Jeremiah so violently that he’s blind and probably will never walk, talk or feed himself.
I guess the judge agrees with me because he found [...]
By Former Blogger -- 3 comments
May 11th, 2008
In Kokomo, Indiana, Mary Deakyne, 4, and her cousin, Justin Leonard, 4, were abused daily by their mothers, who are sisters. The youngsters were bound and kept in a closet for weeks at a time. They were also bound with zip ties to door knobs and other household items to restrict their movements.
The children are being treated at [...]
By Former Blogger -- 5 comments
May 10th, 2008
In Aztec, New Mexico, Crystal Rios, 22, plead guilty to child abuse. She was arrested earlier this year after her two-year-old son was found wandering in the snow wearing only just his diaper.
When police showed up they found that the boy and his eight-month-old sister had bite marks and bruises on their bodies. One of the children also had an untreated broken [...]
By Former Blogger -- 5 comments
May 4th, 2008
In Foothills, Arizona, Trina Rae Carroll was arrested for child abuse, child endangerment, and involving a minor in drug abuse. Methamphetamine was found in the system of her two-year-old son. The charges are considered felonies and Carrol has two priors.
She’s currently in jail with her bond set at $11,105
Carroll took the toddler to hospital when he began crying uncontrollably and complaining of stomach pain. [...]
By Former Blogger -- 14 comments
May 3rd, 2008
Parents Behaving Bady originally posted about the Griffins last December. Five months later, an autopsy has been done, the parents are still in jail, and their kids are in foster care.
However, John’s defense attorneys have asked to lower his bail. And now investigators believe that they abused another one of their children. Here’s the update:
In Rodgers Forge, Maryland, John J. Griffin, [...]
By Former Blogger -- 3 comments
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