Trenton Duckett case update: Police are following a slim lead that suggests Melinda Duckett, Trenton’s mom, might have arranged for her son to be taken to South Korea. Melinda, who was adopted from South Korea as a baby, reportedly talked with friends about sending Trenton there. Not sure how plausible that is, but any […]
Holy fracking SHIT, people. This very well might signal the End Times.
Shortly after I posted the story this morning about Shawn Michael Mohan, the dad who allegedly shot his 12-day-old son with a BB gun, commenter Mommy made a rather snide remark about how I’d gotten the facts of the case wrong. The boy, she […]
As if microwaving your baby wasn’t bad enough, Sharlyn Singh allegedly tried to do China Arnold one better. The 29-year-old Orlando, Florida mother has been arrested on charges of shoving her 11-month-old baby into a hot oven. The article’s a little ambiguous as to whether the baby was in any immediate danger of being baked, […]
Your votes are in, and it’s official: Melinda Duckett has been voted by Parents Behaving Badly readers as the Worst Parent of 2006. When I announced the awards originally, I had this to say about the deceased mama:
Holy shit…where to begin? The Florida mom offed herself after appearing on Nancy Grace and being grilled over […]
When I wrote for Blogging Baby, I found that there was a whole cadre of folks who are virulently anti-adoption. They believe that the adoption industry is an inherently evil, immoral entity that tears families apart. I hadn’t encountered these folks again, though, until today, when MCA alerted me to the case of Allison Quets. […]
Both Sinthyia and Charming Bitch get the head-nod for this unbelievably horrifying story about Charles and Tiffany Beattie. It is, according to Fruitland Park, Florida Chief of Police JP Isom, one of the worst cases of child abuse he’s ever seen. The couple, both in their early 20s, stand accused of multiple counts of abuse […]
Tony Camacho always told his estranged wife that one day, she’d come home and he and their kids would be gone. Well, the son of a bitch was true to his word. Weeks before his ex, Jennie Carter, was slated to take possession of their former marital home in Fort Worth Lake, Florida, Camacho told […]
Oh, Melinda Duckett defenders are gonna have a CONNIPTION over this one. Too fucking bad. It’s been the leading theory for weeks, and the best hope of finding her son Trenton Duckett alive. Police in Leesburg, Florida now say that a second pivotal lead gives them an idea about where Duckett may have handed her […]
Well, if this doesn’t beat all. Just when you think the Trenton Duckett case can’t get any more bizarre, reality steps up and proves you wrong. Hot tipper Amraan filled me in today on Beth and William Eubank of Lockport, New York, who are suing both CNN and Joshua Duckett over Melinda’s death. They’re also […]
[WARNING: Violence and profanity involving young children ahead.]
[NOTE: YouTube removed the video. Watch it here instead.]
It sure looks that way. Thanks (?) to Karen for this hot tip about a video that was distributed on Myspace under the title “Jr. Ghetto Street Fights”. It depicts two young boys, apparently pre-teens, slugging one another in the […]
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