A Mother’s Promise, A Son’s Last Breath

Author: Wild | Wild About Trial In the quiet lakeside town of Holland, Michigan — where windmills turn and everything is supposed to smell like tulips and virtue — Katie Lee broke a promise that never should’ve been made. On the eve of her son’s 18th birthday, she ended his life — and whatever... Read More

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October 17, 2025

Unregistered Florida home care provider faces severe antifreeze allegations

Author: Elina Vaidya | Wild About Trial On February 12, 2025, an 11-month old baby entered a babysitter’s home perfectly healthy and wound up in the hospital later that evening. Anna Adamo, 59, was the caretaker responsible for the health and well-being of this 11-month old baby, and is now being charged with first-degree attempted... Read More

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March 9, 2020

Wisconsin mom sentenced in disabled daughter’s neglect death

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin mother convicted of neglecting her 13-year-old disabled daughter and causing her death has been sentenced to 17 years in prison. The girl, Brianna Gussert, was found dead in her bedroom in May 2017. An investigation found she died primarily of sepsis after she was left alone for days. Her... Read More

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Nicole Gussert

March 9, 2020

Mom of missing kids gets bond reduced to $1 million in Idaho

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge on Friday reduced bail to $1 million for the mother of two missing children after her lawyer contended at her first hearing in Idaho that the amount had been set too high because of media attention. Wearing faded orange-and-white striped jail garb and bright pink lipstick, Lori Vallow Daybell... Read More

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Lori Vallow

March 5, 2020

Mom of 2 missing kids to be sent to Idaho to face charges

HONOLULU (AP) — A woman was expected to be sent from Hawaii to Idaho on Wednesday to face charges in the disappearance of her young son and teenage daughter. Lori Vallow was arrested last month in Hawaii on Idaho felony charges of child abandonment in a bizarre case that has attracted worldwide attention with revelations... Read More

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Lori Vallow

March 4, 2020

Missing toddler’s mother denied request for lowered bond

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee mother accused of lying to authorities about her missing 15-month-old daughter has been denied a bond reduction. Bond for Megan Boswell, 18, will remain at $25,000, news outlets reported. Sullivan County General Session Court Judge Klyne Lauderback rejected her attorney’s request to drop the bond to $10,000 on Monday.... Read More

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Megan Boswell

March 2, 2020

Dad gets 72 years in death of boy found encased in concrete

DENVER (AP) — The father of a 7-year-old boy whose body was found encased in concrete in a storage unit in 2018 was sentenced to 72 years in prison on Friday in his death. Leland Pankey, 40, received the maximum sentence possible after pleading guilty in January to child abuse resulting in death and tampering... Read More

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Leland Pankey

March 2, 2020

Missouri man charged with murder in wife’s presumed death

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A grand jury on Friday indicted a Missouri man on first-degree murder and other charges in the disappearance of his Chinese wife, who is presumed dead. Joseph Elledge, who has a 1-year-old daughter with his missing wife, Mengqi Ji, had been in jail for months on two counts of child... Read More

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Joseph Elledge

February 27, 2020

Missing toddler’s mother, grandmother jailed in Tennessee

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The mother and grandmother of a 15-month-old girl who disappeared in Tennessee are both in jail after giving conflicting accounts of the toddler’s disappearance. Frustrated by the women’s multiple versions of what happened to Evelyn Mae Boswell, authorities said they charged the girl’s 18-year-old mother, Megan Boswell, with filing a false... Read More

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Angela Boswell

February 27, 2020

Mom of missing kids waives extradition; bail stays at $5M

HONOLULU (AP) — Bail will remain at $5 million for a mother arrested in Hawaii over the disappearance of her two Idaho children, a judge ruled Wednesday. Lori Vallow wore an orange jumpsuit in court on the Hawaiian island of Kauai for a hearing on her request to reduce bail. After the judge denied the... Read More

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Lori Vallow

February 26, 2020

Prosecutors seek death for man accused of killing wife, kids

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a man indicted on four counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his wife and three children at their Florida home near Walt Disney World. State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced during a news conference Tuesday that an Osceola County grand jury had formally... Read More

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Anthony Todt

February 26, 2020

Mom of 2 missing Idaho kids wants $5 million bail reduced

HONOLULU (AP) — A mother arrested in Hawaii over the disappearance of her two Idaho children wants a judge to reconsider her $5 million bail. A court hearing for her request is scheduled Wednesday on Kauai, where Lori Vallow was arrested last week on an Idaho warrant. She has been charged with two felony counts... Read More

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Lori Vallow

February 24, 2020

Case of missing children tied to doomsday beliefs, 3 deaths

HONOLULU (AP) — Family members used to describe Lori Vallow as an attentive mother who had her kids’ best interests at heart. But that was before she reportedly declared herself a god sent to prepare the world for an imminent apocalypse. Before three untimely deaths of people surrounding her. Before her children went missing. Seven-year-old... Read More

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Lori Vallow

February 21, 2020

Mom of 2 missing Idaho children arrested in Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — The mother of two Idaho children missing since September was arrested Thursday in Hawaii. Lori Vallow, also known as Lori Daybell,46, was arrested on a warrant issued in Madison County, Idaho, and was being held on $5 million bail, Kauai police said. Seven-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan haven’t been... Read More

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Lori Daybell, Lori Vallow

A Mother’s Promise, A Son’s Last Breath

Unregistered Florida home care provider faces severe antifreeze allegations

Wisconsin mom sentenced in disabled daughter’s neglect death

Mom of missing kids gets bond reduced to $1 million in Idaho

Mom of 2 missing kids to be sent to Idaho to face charges

Missing toddler’s mother denied request for lowered bond

Dad gets 72 years in death of boy found encased in concrete

Missouri man charged with murder in wife’s presumed death

Missing toddler’s mother, grandmother jailed in Tennessee

Mom of missing kids waives extradition; bail stays at $5M

Prosecutors seek death for man accused of killing wife, kids

Mom of 2 missing Idaho kids wants $5 million bail reduced

Case of missing children tied to doomsday beliefs, 3 deaths

Mom of 2 missing Idaho children arrested in Hawaii

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