While I think it’s a bit to early for her attorney to be giving interviews, and I question the ethics of it, WSYX managed to speak with Tommy Stolly, who was appointed to represent Elizabeth, the mother of the 16 children recently rescued in Ohio.

Stolly said that Elizabeth does not consider herself a victim, despite the many narratives online speculating otherwise.

(I’ve read quite a fewof those speculations, and it makes me wonder if it’s because of the age she was when she began getting pregnant, but also about the power of mugshots—specifically how vulnerable, sad, and still young she still looks in hers, as opposed to her codefendants).

Elizabeth also said that she misses her children and wonders when she’ll can see them.

At least two of these children were in such terrible shape that they required hospitalization, and law enforcement said if they’d been a day or two later, it might have been too late to save them. And reportedly, none of the 16 children are developmentally on track.

6 family members found dead in apparent murder-suicide amid custody battle; grandmother suspected

MECHANICVILLE, N.Y. (TCN) -- Six people, including four children, have been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in which the grandmother is the suspect.

On June 23, authorities arrived at a residence to conduct a welfare check after neighbors were concerned they had not seen or heard from the residents in several days. 

Responding officers found six people deceased in the apartment. The Mechanicville Police Department identified them as 64-year-old Amy Steadman, 44-year-old Sarah Myers, 13-year-old Harper Harmon, 11-year-old Hudson Harmon, and 10-year-old twins Gavin and Gracelynn Harmon. Steadman was Myers’ mother and the grandmother of the children.

At a press conference on June 25, Mechanicville Chief of Police William Rabbitt announced that Steadman was suspected of intentionally poisoning the five other family members before taking her own life.  In addition, one of the children had also been stabbed. The New York Post reports syringes were found in the home and the children had been injected with drugs.

KSRO reports the mother, her children, and the grandmother all lived in the same apartment complex.

Rabbitt said evidence inside the apartment included prescription and over-the-counter medications. The family had been dead for a long time before they were found. WNYT reports that a handwritten note found at the scene led investigators to suspect Steadman, and a source told the outlet she resented that the children’s father had recently been granted joint custody of the children. 

WNYT reports Brady Harmon, the children’s father, had reportedly been trying for six years to be granted custody or visitation and had not seen them since 2019. He had been scheduled to bring them to his home in Utah for the summer on July 1 with the new joint custody agreement.

According to WPIX, Brady Harmon and Sarah Myers separated in 2019. He was reportedly supposed to FaceTime with his children on June 10, but Myers canceled the call because the children were sick. He told the outlet that after learning of the deaths, “There is no prepping for that whatsoever… let alone that you’re supposed to be there the following week to pick up your kids for your first parenting time in 6 1/2 years. … Two days after Father’s Day, I find out my kids are gone.”

6 family members found dead in apparent murder-suicide amid custody battle; grandmother suspected

'I just put him to sleep!': Dad whose baby was found 'hot to the touch' inside Escalade insisted child was sleeping inside his home, police say

✨✨ This child was found alive.

A Wyoming man who allegedly insisted to police that his infant son was sleeping inside his house — where he had "just put the baby to sleep" — was apparently shocked to find the child locked inside his hot car instead.

Jhadon Robert Michael Curry was questioned on June 16 by deputies from the Laramie County Sheriff's Office responding to a call that an impaired man was about to drive away with a child in the car, Cowboy State Daily reported.

Law enforcement reportedly arrived at the Cheyenne home shortly after 8:30 p.m. to find Curry insistent that the baby was sleeping on a bed inside the home. He allegedly called the child's mother and told her he had "just put the baby to sleep," police say.

The investigating deputy searched the home and came up empty — finding only an empty crib in the room where Curry said the baby was — and eventually discovered the child inside Curry's Cadillac Escalade, strapped into a rear-facing car seat.

The child, who was reportedly sweating and crying while inside the locked SUV, was "very hot to the touch, like he had a fever," according to the probable cause affidavit reviewed by Cowboy State Daily.

However, even after deputies found the baby, Curry allegedly insisted that the child was not in the car, and was actually inside the house.

"He is in there!" he reportedly told law enforcement when asked where the baby was. "I just put him to sleep!"

"He is in the house! What are you talking about?" he also allegedly said.

After deputies were eventually able to get Curry to unlock the Escalade — he apparently did not have his keys on him at the time — Curry reportedly expressed shock.

"Man, he's in my car?" the man said, according to the affidavit.

Deputies reportedly noted that Curry whispered to the child's mother that he was bringing the baby to her workplace so she could breastfeed him — but the mother told deputies that Curry had made that up and asked her to repeat it, the affidavit says.

The baby was determined to have been left inside the SUV for just over a half-hour. The car was locked and all the windows were up, deputies noted. The temperature was around 75 degrees when deputies arrived at Curry's home that night, Cowboy State Daily reported; when a car's windows are closed, the temperature inside can rise 20 degrees in 10 minutes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Curry has been charged with one count of misdemeanor child endangerment, Cowboy State Daily reported. His arraignment is scheduled for July 31.

The Laramie County Sheriff's Office listed Curry as a current inmate on Friday.

Dad swore baby found in hot SUV was sleeping in bed: Report

Son found with one of his legs 'bent 90 degrees in the opposite direction' at the knee after being left in bathtub for nearly 2 months by his dad: Police

An Arizona father allegedly left his disabled adult son in a bathtub for seven weeks, with cops saying the man "smelled like rotting meat" and was "only skin and bones" when they found him.

"Officers entered the residence and immediately noticed a strong, pungent odor," an arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime says about the home where Melvin Shimkus, 52, allegedly kept his 31-year-old son in a tub.

Police were conducting a welfare check on Monday, June 29, when they discovered the "extremely emaciated" victim, the affidavit says. His right leg was being held by "small ropes" and his right foot was "extremely deformed," according to police.

An officer said he moved the shower curtain in the bathroom and noticed that the son's right knee was "bent 90 degrees in the opposite direction," per the affidavit.

"From his knee to his foot, it appeared the muscles were gone, leaving only skin and bone," the document recounts. "Both his lower legs were purple."

The man was "covered in feces" and had been in the bathtub since mid-May, according to police and the man's uncle, whom Shimkus was living with.

Shimkus told officers he had been caring for his son "for approximately a year" and that he had a "nerve disease" in which he can't walk and had "very limited use of his hands," the affidavit says.

Shimkus claimed he placed his son in the bathtub a week before the welfare check. He told police he checked on his son and "noticed that one of his legs was bent 90 degrees in the opposite direction at the knee," according to the affidavit.

"The defendant offered to take his son … to the hospital, but the victim said no multiple times," the affidavit says, citing statements Shimkus made to police. The uncle also told cops that the son refused to go to the hospital but said Shimkus' timeline was off.

"At times he could smell feces from the bathroom where the victim was located," the uncle said. The man's aunt also stated that the victim had been in the bathtub for several weeks, but she did not know exactly how many.

"She could not keep track of time," the affidavit says. "She could not remember when, but at one point she was informed that the victim's leg was backwards."

The aunt told AZ Family that "everything was done that we could do," according to the outlet. She said that police and paramedics had been called on May 16 but they were unable to get the son to go to the hospital.

"Everyone tried to convince [the son] to go," the aunt said. "When the paramedics came, he said no. They turned around and walked off, said we can't touch him. He's an adult."

Shimkus is charged with vulnerable adult abuse and was being held this week in Maricopa County on a $12,000 bond. The son was hospitalized after the latest welfare check; his condition was not known as of Thursday.

Dad left his disabled son in a bathtub for 7 weeks: Police

Body of newborn found in porta potty at Electric Forest music festival

ROTHBURY, Mich. (TCN) -- The body of a newborn baby was found inside a porta potty at the camping area of the Electric Forest music festival. 

The Michigan State Police announced that an employee servicing the porta potties at the campground discovered the body on June 28. While the exact age of the infant is unclear, the announcement describes the baby as a neonate, which Variety reports means they were 4 weeks old or younger.

According to AEG, Electric Forest is a multiday music festival specializing in electronic and jam band genres. Attendees camp on-site while viewing live sets across seven stages. Variety reports that approximately 50,000 people attend the festival annually.

The investigation is ongoing.

Body of newborn found in porta potty at Electric Forest music festival

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Happy July 4th Everyone!!

So there are some theories out there that kidnappers targeted Nancy because she was the mother of Savannah. People speculate that this could be because the kidnapped assumes that he could extort Savannah for a lot of $$$ or because the kidnapped was obsessed with Savannah and wanted to intervene in some way.

My question is - Americans (I'm Australian) how well known was Savannah Guthrie? Was she like a household name?

Obviously I'm asking about her fame before the kidnapping not after.

Sam or Samuel of the Samuelites.
Self-proclaimed prophet Samuel Bateman has been convicted of child abuse in the US after girls were found in an unventilated trailer. 
He is already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children. 

Who followed this case?

This is horrific, this is *just* as bad as the doctor who removed a liver instead of a spleen! The doctor who removed the wrong organ is going to trial. What is the difference?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrCcQoXlq0o

Can anyone explain to me why it shouldn't be a criminal case?

Do you guys think this was some weird tactic that for each of the seven trial days this guy Blaise Taylor wore the exact same suit?!??? Is that weird??

Glad he’s found guilty but my family and I just kept thinking is this to keep the jury from looking at him too often since he has such a stone face psychotic killer look?

I’ve never seen a trial where the defendant has the same suit on every day…. Not trying to be insensitive in any way since this case is so much bigger than wardrobe — but I’m just thinking along with his messy defense team was this also some crazy ass advice they gave him??

there has to be a reason. I’m guessing to draw away attention.

Also when cocaine is put in a drink do you normally taste it or does it just taste super similar to the original drink? Rest in Peace to the young lady. Smh

For starters, the defense attorney’s contradictions are LAUGHABLE. I can only hope the jury sees right through them. At the beginning, the defense was all about: "Poor Blaise just had no idea... Jade was sleeping with other men and didn't know who the father was, so she just picked him." Now, the story has shifted to: "Blaise is free to date and sleep with whoever he wants because they weren't exclusive." So, he gets a pass for his h*e behavior, but Jade is expected to be pure as snow. Ew, it's giving red pill.

What disturbed me most, even from a pro psych perspective, was that text exchange where Blaise gives Jade a "moral lecture" on responsibility. This dynamic didn't make him look like he was "keeping it real". It made him look cowardly as he attempted to manipulate her stance. This is grooming 101. By shooting down her excitement about traveling with him and remaining stone-cold, he was training her to stop asking rather than being honest about his feelings for her. We’ve seen this pattern before... much like the stone-cold text exchanges Chris Watts used with his wife. These behaviors aren't random. They are HUGE red flags. Psychological games are often subtle, and the only thing Jade MAY have done wrong was wanting the relationship so bad to overlook signs that should have been major warnings regarding her safety. This "responsibility" act is just a performance and was means to an end for him.

It is a terrible look for a defense attorney to try & pedestal their client above the victim. That shady side dig, "Men who are about their business want women who are about their business," was insulting to the victim and her family. No woman who is about her business wants a serial impregnator who brings this much drama into their life. He is not a prize, and even setting aside the heinous nature of these charges, he’s barely a 5 on his best day. Calm down, and PLEASE stop gassing this dude up like he's a "catch".

What did you all think of the closing arguments? What are your predictions for the verdict?

Do you think he meant to kill Jade, or just his baby?