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.
A Florida man accused of attempting to murder his ex-girlfriend with a gun reportedly yelled out declarations of love while being detained by deputies.
39-year-old Aaron James Thayer reportedly works in Connecticut since 2002, but he had a long-term relationship with a woman in Flagler County, Florida. The pair first united when the woman was 13-years-old, and they have a young daughter.
According to his girlfriend, for the previous few months, the couple has not been getting along. The woman reported that things had always been toxic between the pair and that Thayer had become physically abusive after she turned 18. They recently reportedly ended the relationship.
A 5-year-old boy lost his life after his babysitter allegedly horrifically abused him causing trauma to his brain and internal organs.
Laurren Jeanette Courtney is a 22-year-old self-employed entertainer in Las Vegas.
Since August, Courtney has supplemented her income by providing sitting services to a family with a 5-year-old son and a 7-year-old daughter. Courtney reportedly sat for the children between 3 and 5 days per week.
A judge has released a mother to a treatment facility after she was jailed for two years on a $2M bond for allegations that she murdered her stillborn child by using drugs while pregnant.
26-year-old Chelsea Becker is the mother of three children.
In the late fall of 2019, Becker gave birth to a fourth child, Zachariah Joseph Campos.
38-year-old Leslei Kuykendall lives in Hopewell with her 7-month-old son.
On the morning of January 11, Kuykendall allegedly took her baby to a shallow part of the Appomattox River. The temperature of the water was assessed to be 46 degrees.
57-year-old Darryl Vinson is from Marrero, and he currently has a home in Gretna.
On January 25, Vinson allegedly brought home an unwilling house guest.
40-year-old Vincent Lee Howard Jr. lives in Orlando with his wife, and he has a 3-year-old child with his ex-girlfriend.
On January 3, Howard and his former flame reportedly got into a heated three-way argument on the telephone with the woman’s new boyfriend.
James and Mary Mast live in Stover, Missouri, with their three children. Their 4-year-old daughter recently lost her life, purportedly at the hands of their neighbors.
The Mast family reportedly attends the same church as their neighbors, Kourtney Aumen and Ethan Mast. (Ethan is not related to the Mast family.)
30-year-old Jennifer Jackson and her father Charles live in Topeka, Kansas, but they do not share the same residence.
On December 11, Jennifer showed up at her dad’s apartment, and she was charged with two counts of criminal trespass.
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