2024年3月に4歳のタミー・ヘルナンデスちゃんが浴槽で溺死した事件をめぐり、父親のネイサン・ペルー容疑者が長年にわたり娘を虐待し、放置していた実態が新たに公開された報告書で明らかになった。
後に公判を待ちながら警察官に射殺されたネイサン・ペルー容疑者は、ツーソンの自宅で、ニコチンパウチを取りに車へ向かう間、当時4歳だった娘を浴槽に一人残していた。アリゾナ・デイリー・スター紙が入手した刑事訴追状によると、同容疑者は捜査当局に対し、シャワーヘッドで浴槽に湯をため、5分ほど外に出たと供述している。ペルー容疑者は、戻った際に「ドスン」という音が聞こえ、娘がうつ伏せになっているのを発見したと主張していた。
Joan Reyes de Jesus was sentenced to two life terms in prison after a jury convicted her of murdering two 1-year-old twins she was babysitting in Odessa, Texas. The infants drowned in a bathtub after the 34-year-old left them unattended to watch television and fell asleep. She faces parole eligibility after 35 years.
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An Arizona woman has been charged with murdering her 15-month-old son after she allegedly threw the child into his crib and later concealed the body in a hotel freezer. Ochra Manakaja, 31, called police from a Flagstaff hotel room and confessed to the killing.
A Memphis woman faces charges of child abuse and neglect after allegedly beating a child with a switch during a hot shower. The incident occurred on Thursday at a home in the city.
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A 34-year-old California woman has been sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison after pleading no contest to manslaughter and child abuse in the death of her 8-year-old daughter. Samantha Johnson forced Sophia Mason to live in a backyard shed before the girl's body was found decomposing in a bathtub. The sentencing came as part of a plea deal that dropped a murder charge.