Miranda Crockett
10-year-old Miranda Crocket was tied up when she drowned in an ice cold bathtub, the culmination of months of abuse at the hands of her father’s girlfriend. Miranda lived alone with her father, Dan...
View ArticleTeddy Foltz-Tedesco and 2 siblings
Teddy Foltz-Tedesco, 14, was beaten unconscious by his mother’s boyfriend, Zaryl G. Bush. Bush then threatened Teddy’s younger twin brothers, 8, into helping him cover up the scene of the crime. Teddy...
View Article3 Children by William Flynn Walker
William Flynn Walker was charged with transporting three children out of Alabama and engaged in sex acts with them. Walker was a well-known member of the Shelby County homeschool community, and was...
View ArticleColin David Jones
Paramedics responding to a 911 call on Christmas Eve about an “unresponsive” child found that 6-year-old child had physical injuries that suggested foul play. The child was taken to the regional...
View ArticleChild by Malcolm Fraser
Malcolm Fraser, assistant pastor of a Sound Doctrine Church in Enumclaw, Washington, ordered a family in his church to allow him to move in with them. He lived with the family until they moved to a...
View ArticleChild of Daniel Ballard
When police went to a trailer park in Louisiana to evict Daniel Ballard, they found a malnourished 14-year-old boy who weighed only 60 pounds and had untreated infected injuries on his arms and foot....
View ArticleSarah Neely
11-year-old Sarah Neely’s teachers became concerned when she began losing weight. Then, in October 2004, her father, Jon Neely, removed her from school to homeschool her. Opting for a Home School...
View ArticleGirl by James Monson
A 16-year-old girl was raped approximately 10 times by her homeschooling teacher, pastor James Monson of Gaining Ground Community Church. Pregnant with her boyfriend’s child, the girl ran away from...
View ArticleBoy by Merideth Johnson Vincent
A 14-year-old boy was molested by his homeschool teacher, Merideth Johnson Vincent, over the course of a four-week period between September and October 2007. Vincent, a married mother of three, was a...
View ArticleMinnet and Jasmine Bowman, and 1 Sibling
Minnet (age 9) and Jasmine (age 7) Bowman were murdered in 2006 by their adoptive mother, Renee Bowman, and their bodies were stored in her basement freezer. The murders were discovered in 2008 when...
View ArticleShane Graham, Stephen, Jamel, and Tracey Wells, and 7 Siblings
Shane Graham, age 11, who had autism, Down’s Syndrome, and sickle-cell anemia, disappeared in 1999 or 2000. His adoptive mother, Judith Leekin, is believed to have murdered him and buried his body in...
View ArticleBryant, Alexis, and Johnathan Morris
Bryant (age 10), Alexis (age 8), and Johnathan (age 4) Morris were murdered by their father, Edward Morris, who also killed their pregnant mother Renee Lynn Morris. The murders were...
View ArticleAdam Lanza
In December 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot his 52-year-old mother Nancy in the face and then drove her car to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut, where he killed 20 young school...
View ArticleMatthew Liewald
On September 26, 2011, 15-year-old Matthew Liewald (center) called 911. The North Carolina teenager said he shot his father and stepmother. Matthew was being homeschooled by his father, 43-year-old...
View ArticleSon of Marilyn and Charles Long
After building an imaginative city in a sandpit near his home, a young boy from Burlington, Colorado went on a shocking killing rampage in his home. The boy was 12 years old in 2011 when he murdered...
View ArticleChristian Longo
On December 19, 2001, the body of a 4-year-old boy was found floating in a waterway off the Pacific Ocean in Waldport, Oregon. Two days later, divers found the body of the boy’s 3-year-old sister in...
View ArticleDavid Ludwig
On November 13, 2005, 18-year-old David Ludwig from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania murdered his girlfriend’s parents. “It was an intentional murder, I intended to shoot them, and I did.” Both David...
View ArticleMichael Mason
In June 2012, Michael Mason — a 16-year-old boy from Willard, Ohio — shot his mother in the back and left her for dead. Michael shot his mom Melissa around 11:30 am one morning. He then fled his home...
View ArticleJonathan McMullen
In September 2001, 14-year-old Jonathan McMullen from Elgin, Arizona killed his adopted mother and attempted to kill his adopted father and biological brother. Kristina and Andrew McMullen, Jonathan’s...
View ArticleBoy in Mentor, Ohio
In September 2013, a 17-year-old homeschooled teenager made an online threat of violence against Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio. The teenager had posted a Facebook status on September 12, talking...
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