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A Massachusetts couple was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for their roles in the death of their 10-month-old foster son, whom they neglected to seek medical care for despite clear signs of serious illness. Superior Court Judge Tracy Duncan ordered Matthew Tucker and Cassandra Barlow-Tucker, both of Adams, to serve three to five years in a state correctional facility after convictions for involuntary manslaughter and reckless child endangerment.

April 03, 2026 Iniulat ng AI

A Wisconsin judge has ruled that Tylor Birch is competent to stand trial for reckless homicide in the drowning of 13-year-old Jakob Bowerman. Birch and teenager Peyton Carnot allegedly swung the boy, who could not swim, off a pier into a lake last year. Both face charges in connection with the August 2025 incident.

Angel Lovely and Nicholas Bergdoll face felony neglect charges after Lovely's 4-year-old son, Malichi, was found dead in a cluttered basement closet in Indianapolis. The boy, who had cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus and could not walk, talk or feed himself, was discovered unresponsive on March 23. Court records detail siblings' accounts of him being routinely kept there.

March 26, 2026 Iniulat ng AI

Amy Lynn Mickelson faces three counts of second-degree murder after driving her BMW across the center line of U.S. 93 in Arizona and colliding head-on with a minivan, killing three occupants. The crash occurred on December 7, 2024, near milepost 175 in Congress, Arizona, when authorities say Mickelson was impaired. She fled to Utah and was arrested there on March 19, 2026.