L to R: Edgar Manuel Sanchez, Josie Navarro (Myspace) and an unidentified man
Pomona, CA - Edgar Manuel Sanchez was five years old. He’d done nothing wrong. But that didn’t stop his mother, Josie Navarro, from drowning him in a hotel bathtub on Monday. Police were called to the Pomona hotel by a desk clerk, who [...]
Josie Navarro Drowned Her Little Boy
October 22nd, 2008 · 51 Comments
Tags: Assault · Attempted Suicide · Child Abuse · Child murder · Drowning · Filicide · overdose
Happy Birthday To You, Vereen Taylor
July 2nd, 2008 · 28 Comments
CHARLESTON-Say hello to Vereen Edward Taylor. And while you’re at it, why not wish him a Happy Birthday. See, Vereen turned 36 on Tuesday. As you can see in the picture above, Vereen got a shiny new pair of bracelets for his birthday! How very thoughtful of the Charleston PD. What did he do [...]
Tags: Child Neglect · Drowning · Infanticide
Nicole Erdman Was Thirsty
June 4th, 2008 · 12 Comments
SUMMIT, Wash. - Ever have on of those days where you would just like a nice, cold beer? Nicole Erdman, 32, had one of those days and drove to a Circle K 3 miles from her home to go get one. No big deal except for the fact she left her two children, ages 1 [...]
Tags: Abandonment
The System Killed Leatrice Brewer’s Kids
February 25th, 2008 · 17 Comments
Leatrice Brewer, Jewell Ward and Michael Demesyeux
NEW CASSEL, N.Y. - The System systematically murdered Leatrice Brewer’s kids the other day. Officers were met at the two-story home by a Brewer [...]
Tags: Drowning · Familicide · Filicide · Stabbing
Kristina Fuelling Drowns Baby, Loses Faith
January 21st, 2008 · 53 Comments
11/18/08 UPDATE - Today, Kristina Fuelling pleaded guilty to child cruelty and the attempted murder of her newborn daughter Faith. However, a Placer County judge found that Fuelling was not guilty of Faith’s drowning murder by reason of mental disease or defect - specifically, post partum depression. The charges to which Fuelling pleaded guilty stem [...]
Tags: Child murder · Crime · Drowning · Filicide
Elizabeth McMurray Makes Great Decisions
January 16th, 2008 · 51 Comments
TYLER, Texas — Elizabeth Marie McMurray, 21, and Robert Ray Kassube, 46, are accused of placing 9-month-old Joshua Michael McMurray and his 19-month-old brother in a bathtub and then leaving the room on Saturday. The 9-month-old drowned. In addition to manslaughter, McMurray and Kassube were each charged with endangering a child [...]
Tags: Drowning · Infanticide · Negligence
Lam Luong Shows Kids Mobile Bay
January 9th, 2008 · 35 Comments
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. - One day after Lam Luong, 37, reported that his four children had not been returned to him by their mother, he has now admitted that [...]
Tags: Child murder · Filicide · Infanticide
Katherine Bodem Loves Shoes
October 10th, 2007 · 5 Comments
A Lakeville woman has been charged in connection with the Aug. 25 drowning death of her 11-month-old daughter.
After putting her 11-month old daughter, Cecelia, in the bathtub with her 2-year-old son, Katherine Bodem did what most parents do and left them unattended while she went downstairs to shop for shoes online. Surprisingly, the 11-month-old drowned.
Katherine [...]
Tags: Drowning · Infanticide · Negligence













