Jaquisha Beasley was celebrating her birthday in New Orleans when she learned her 13-year-old son had been fatally shot in Memphis. Police charged a 15-year-old relative with reckless homicide in the killing.
On May 17 at about 5:45 p.m., officers responded to a shooting in the 2700 block of Ketchum Place. They found Ladarrius Payne suffering from a gunshot wound and pronounced him dead at the scene. The Memphis Police Department said the suspect is Beasley's nephew.
Two Illinois teenagers have been arrested in connection with the fatal shootings of five relatives in East St. Louis. The victims were all related to the 15-year-old female suspect.
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A 31-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder after police say he kicked down his ex-girlfriend's door and stabbed their son to death in Pineville, North Carolina.
A Missouri woman admitted to killing a 4-year-old boy she babysat in 2018 and then joining the search for him. Quatavia Givens, 33, pleaded guilty on Friday to second-degree murder, child abuse, and abandonment of a corpse.
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A 24-year-old man faces capital murder charges after a 4-month-old girl in his care died from blunt force trauma in Mesquite, Texas. The incident occurred on May 9 at an apartment complex east of Dallas.
A 34-year-old man in Huntsville, Alabama, faces a murder charge after his four-month-old daughter died from traumatic internal injuries. The child's mother died by suicide the next day. Mickele Kaipolai Ah-Nee remains in custody without bond.