75-year-old Lauren Burch Birk lives in a condominium in Largo, Florida. In 2017, she was arrested and convicted for driving under the influence.
Just before Christmas in 2020, Birk was with her 3 great-grandchildren. The children informed Birk that they wanted to look at the Largo Central Park Christmas lights display.
A daycare worker who tends to children in her residence was arrested after a baby died while in her care, and the authorities suspect she has abused several other children.
53-year-old Dana McNair lives in an unincorporated area of El Paso County. Though she reportedly does not hold a state license, she provides childcare in her house for several youngsters. The children reportedly range in age from 3-months to 7-years-old.
In early February, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office was notified about an infant at McNair’s home who was unresponsive.
A mother from Hialeah allegedly asphyxiated her 5-month-old daughter and shared a video of the incident with the baby’s father.
19-year-old Bryunna Joyce recently gave birth to a baby girl. She also has a 1-year-old. Joyce and the newborn’s father are no longer in a romantic relationship.
On June 6, Joyce and the baby’s dad had reportedly been arguing.
A father is facing charges for reportedly driving the car his child fired paintballs from, and the boy was shot and injured when someone returned fire with a real gun.
26-year-old Michael Williams lives in Opa-locka, Florida, and he has a 10-year-old son.
In the evening on May 30, Williams was reportedly approached by his son, who asked his dad to give him a ride to a nearby house.
Washington authorities have accused an adoptive mother of forcing her youngster to endure hundreds of reckless, medically unnecessary doctor’s appointments and procedures.
31-year-old Sophie Hartman lives in King County, Washington. The woman adopted a 6-year-old girl and her sister, who had been orphans in Zambia, Africa. The 6-year-old suffers from a neurological disorder called alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC), according to Hartman.
Based on her assertion that the child has AHC, since 2016, Hartman reportedly took her to nearly 500 doctor visits for various reported ailments.
A reportedly drunk woman arrived at an underage overnight birthday celebration and allegedly raped one of the teenagers in attendance while a young girl was watching.
43-year-old Jessica Rae Good resides in Punta Gorda, Florida, and works at a dental office.
On May 9, a group of underage children at Good’s friend’s Port Charlotte home were celebrating a birthday by having a slumber party.
The mother of a preteen girl allegedly whipped her with a belt and posted a video of the abuse online to try to shame her daughter.
Adrian Varner has a 12-year-old daughter, and they live in Monroe, Louisiana.
On May 3, Varner reportedly punished her child using physical force.
On the evening of April 19, police in Lafayette, Indiana, were called by a concerned parent about her 9-year-old girl that had been missing for over half an hour.
When speaking with the parents about the situation, they reportedly told the authorities that the only person who had mentioned seeing their daughter was their neighbor, James Brian Chadwell II.
A Missouri woman is facing murder charges after an 8-month-old she was sitting for died while in her care.
44-year-old Jennifer Anne Johnson lives in Fayette, Missouri.
On April 17, Johnson reportedly took responsibility for babysitting an 8-month-old and her three siblings while their parents were away overnight.
The mother of a young boy was arrested after police allegedly found cocaine and paraphernalia laid out on her child’s copy of The Cat in the Hat.
24-year-old Casey Quoka has a toddler and lives in Largo, Florida. She is reported as being employed as a bartender at a local Applebee’s Grill and Bar.
Quoka’s youngster reportedly owns a copy of the book “The Cat in the Hat.”
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