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Amanda Sherland Was Selfish

May 8th, 2008 · 20 Comments

Alyssa and Ryan Sherland
INDIAN TRAIL – Conrad Sherland had been divorced from his wife Amanda Sherland, 43, for 4 years. He was supposed to pick up his two kids 9-year-old Ryan Sherland and 7-year-old Alyssa Sherland on Friday to spend the weekend with him at his home. After not being able to contact them over [...]

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Tags: Filicide · Murder-suicide · Shooting

Mark Castillo Killed His Kids

March 31st, 2008 · 99 Comments

Baltimore, MD - At 1:15 Sunday afternoon, the desk at the Marriott Inner Harbor in Baltimore got a disturbing phone call from tenth-floor guest Mark Castillo.  Castillo, 41, told the front desk clerk that he’d killed his children and was thinking about hurting himself, as well.   Security staff entered the room to find three dead [...]

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Tags: Child murder · Filicide · Murder

Terence Potts Spanked His Son To Death

March 26th, 2008 · 39 Comments

 
DeSoto, TX  -    Jonathan Potts, 12, died Tuesday because his father, Terence A. Potts, 40, spanked him to death.     Terence Potts called police from a gas station in Dallas at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday to report that his son, who was riding in a minivan with him, was not breathing.
When paramedics arrived to assess [...]

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Tags: Beating · Child Abuse · Child murder · Filicide

Celeste Minardi Gives Awful Gifts

March 23rd, 2008 · 31 Comments

Largo, Florida - During a court appointed, supervised visit with her 15-year-old son, Celeste Grace Minardi, 55, pulled two knives from her purse and stabbed him multiple times.
Minardi was married to Gulfport City Attorney Timothy Driscoll until three years ago when they divorced. The teen lives with him. Since that time, Minardi has been allowed [...]

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Tags: Attempted Murder · Filicide · Stabbing

Rockland Stephens Was Selfish

March 22nd, 2008 · 7 Comments

FORT STEVENS STATE PARK, Ore. - Rockland Stephens committed a real asshole move by taking his 10-year-old son, Shane Davis, on a camping trip during one of his weekend visits with his son. Instead of campfires, S’Mores and father-son bonding, this guy fed a hose from the tailpipe of his van into one of [...]

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Tags: Filicide · Murder-suicide