Two arrested for severe child neglect
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WOWO): Two people have been arrested and a warrant has been issued for a third person after police discovered a malnourished child with...
Tag : child abuse
Prosecutors: Defiance County couple treated child’s body in “outrageous” way
DEFIANCE COUNTY, Ohio (WOWO): More details are out on charges against a Defiance County couple over what prosecutors call the “suspicious” 2016 death of a...
Ohio couple charged after discovery of baby’s body
HICKSVILLE, Ohio (WOWO): A Hicksville couple is facing charges after the body of an infant was discovered on their property Wednesday. According to a press...
Huntington man arrested for infant’s death
HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WOWO): A Huntington man has been arrested for the death of a 2-month-old girl. The Huntington Police Department tells WOWO News they were...
Mom of slain toddler requests change of venue for neglect trial
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): A woman charged with neglect over the death of her two-year-old son is asking to be tried somewhere other than Allen...
Slain toddler remembered in nighttime ceremony
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): A special ceremony was held last night outside the Allen County Courthouse in downtown Fort Wayne. Malakai Garrett would have been three...
DCS investigation finds file problems, spike in abuse cases
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WOWO): A consultant group hired to look into Indiana’s child welfare system has found a couple of problems. The Child Welfare Policy and...
Court rejects appeal of man convicted in infant son’s death
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP): Indiana’s Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Muncie man sentenced to 72 years in prison for causing the death of...
Fort Wayne woman accused of trying to murder niece arrested in Michigan
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): A Fort Wayne woman accused of trying to kill her infant niece by putting pain relief medication in a bottle of...
Indiana high court rejects appeal in malnourished teen case
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP): The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a central Indiana woman who pleaded guilty to neglecting her 15-year-old...