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Genevieve Springer Murders Twin Boys

Genevieve Springer is a woman from North Carolina who has been charged with the murder of her twin four year old boys

According to police reports the father of the twins would arrive at the home and find the twin boys dead inside of the home. Police are trying to determine when the twin boys would have died as the father had not seen them since late February 2024

Genevieve Springer would be arrested and charged with two counts of murder

Genevieve Springer News

A Murphy woman has been charged with first degree murder in the death of her twin 4-year-old sons, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said late Sunday night, March 3.

Genevieve Ellen Springer, 44, was taken into custody Sunday, March 3, by the sheriff’s office at around 3:46 p.m. She was not given the option for bond.

According to officials, the sheriff’s office and Cherokee County Emergency Services responded to a 911 call at 75 Gooseberry Road in Murphy on Saturday, March 2. The caller was a Cherokee County father who arrived at the home of his separated wife to exercise custody of his 4-year-old twin sons around 10 a.m. that day.

Upon arrival to the home, he found his twin sons deceased, officials said

An investigation was launched by detectives with the sheriff’s office, agents with the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation and assistant district attorneys from the office of District Attorney Ashley Welch.

Officials said Springer, who has been named as the mother of the deceased twin boys, was hospitalized in North Georgia and charged with two counts of first degree murder by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office. Springer was released from the hospital on March 2 and subsequently arrested in Union County, Georgia. She waived extradition and was transported to the Cherokee County Detention Center on March 3, where she is currently held without bond.

The date of Springer’s offenses was listed as Monday, Feb. 26, but the date and time of death is still being determined. Officials said the twins’ father said he last saw his sons alive on Feb. 26. Currently, the date of Springer’s offense on the warrants is listed as a range of Feb. 26 to March 2. The sheriff’s office said it is hopeful autopsies will narrow down the date and time of the twins’ passing.

Springer’s court date is listed at Thursday, March 7.

On Saturday, March 2, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office made a post on Facebook that it was investigating a homicide in the Harshaw community of Murphy and that there was no danger to the local community.

https://wlos.com/news/local/woman-arrested-charged-2-counts-first-degree-murder-murphy-cherokee-county-sheriffs-office-genevieve-ellen-springer-

Corrinne O’Connor Charged In 5 Yr Olds Death

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Corrinne O’Connor is a woman from Kansas City Missouri who has been charged in the death of her five year old son Grayson O’Connor

According to police reports five year old Grayson O’Connor would fall from a seventeen story window to his death. Apparently Corrinne O’Connor had taken off the safety latches on the window and left it wide open

Neighbors would tell police they had seen five year old Grayson O’Connor on multiple occasions wandering around the building on his own and that neighbors would feed and care for the child

When questioned by police on what happened to Grayson O’Connor Corrinne O’Connor replied he went out the window. The Kansas City woman did not call 911 when the fall occurred and someone else would discover the body and call police

Corrinne O’Connor would be indicted by a grand jury and charged with Class A felony of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree which carries a life sentence

Corrinne O’Connor News

A grand jury has indicted the mother of five-year-old Grayson O’Connor, who fell to his death from a Downtown Kansas City apartment building in November.

Corrine O’Connor, was indicted with the Class A felony of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.

She was initially charged back in January with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

The indictment states that O’Connor acted in a manner that created a substantial risk to the life, body and health of a child.

It also stated she failed to supervise while her and Grayson were together in a 17-story apartment with a fully open window that was accessible to him, and that resulted in the death of the child.

Charging documents say investigators saw an open window on the top floor of the Grand Boulevard Lofts apartment building, noting it was the only open window on the entire wall.

Investigators were called to the 17th floor and found Corrinne O’Connor inside and laying in front of the open window. Court documents say when she was asked where her son was, she said, “went out the window.” They say she didn’t call 911, and Grayson was found by someone walking out of the building.

The range of punishment for a Class A felony in Missouri is no less than 10 years and not to exceed 30 years or life imprisonment.

https://fox4kc.com/news/mother-indicted-for-death-of-5-year-old-who-fell-from-kcmo-apartment-window/

Corrinne O’Connor More News

The mother of a 5-year-old boy, who died after falling 17 stories from a Kansas City apartment, was indicted Friday by a grand jury in connection with his death.

Corrinne O’Connor, 27, of Kansas City is accused of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child leading to the death of Grayson O’Connor, according to Jackson County court records. The Class A felony carries a maximum term of life in prison under Missouri law.

On Nov. 27, police responded to an alley near the Grand Boulevard Lofts, where a 911 caller had found Grayson.

Officers noticed an open window on the 17th floor and questioned O’Connor in her apartment. She allegedly told police her son had gone out the window, according to court documents. Authorities said she didn’t call 911 to report his fall.

O’Connor allegedly removed safety devices from the window of her apartment that would’ve prevented the window from opening more than a few inches, according to an eviction petition from the apartment building.

Grayson’s death upset neighbors, who said they had seen signs of neglect over the time the boy and his mother lived in the building. At times, they stepped in to feed and house Grayson when they found him wandering the building, neighbors said.

Police were called to the apartment at least eight times since 2018, according to a Star analysis of police records. The reports were for general disturbances and to check the welfare of a person threatening suicide.

Neighbors also said they reported their concerns for Grayson’s welfare to Missouri’s Child Abuse & Neglect Hotline.

O’Connor was officially charged in December, but the records remained under seal until late January. She was booked in jail on Jan. 25 and made her first court appearance the following day via video.

O’Connor’s arraignment is scheduled for Monday at 2 p.m. She remains in Jackson County jail on a $100,000 bond.

https://news.yahoo.com/mother-boy-5-died-fall-171936591.html

Dustin Duren Charged In Caitlyn Naffziger Murder

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Dustin Duren has been charged with the murder of his wife Caitlyn Naffziger in New Hampshire

According to police reports Dustin Duren allegedly shot Caitlyn Naffziger inside of their apartment in Berlin New Hampshire and then would take their two children and flee

An Amber Alert would be issued as police feared for the safety of the two children aged 4 and 1 years old

Thankfully the children would be found safe and unharmed and Dustin Duren would be taken into custody

Dustin Duren has been charged with murder and remains in custody

Dustin Duren News

Two young children, who prompted an Amber Alert in New Hampshire, are safe, and their father is in custody after police said he shot and killed their mother.

According to the New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella, 37-year-old Dustin Mark Duren was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 31-year-old Caitlyn Naffziger.

Police said that Duren allegedly shot his wife, Naffziger, on Thursday night in the couple’s shared Berlin, New Hampshire apartment.

The discovery of Naffziger’s body prompted state police to issue an hour-long Amber Alert for the couple’s two daughters, 4-year-old Elowyn Duren and 1-year-old Vaelyn Duren.

Attorney General Formella said that the girls had been last seen in Berlin, New Hampshire, around 8 p.m. Thursday with their father, Duren.

They said Duren “may possibly be armed and dangerous,” but did not offer any additional details.

At 10:30 a.m. on Friday, New Hampshire State Police announced that Elowyn and Vaelyn had been found safe at an Applebee’s restaurant in Keene, which is about three hours south from Berlin.

Authorities said that Duren was taken into custody without incident at the restaurant

On Friday evening, Formella announced that the Amber Alert issued had been canceled.

“The Department of Justice greatly thanks the public for their assistance in this matter and their responsiveness to the alert issued earlier by the New Hampshire State Police,” the attorney general said in a release.

The New Hampshire District Attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hampshire-father-triggered-state-wide-045339771.html

Shawn Cranston Charged In Rebekah Byler Murder

Shawn Cranston has been charged with the murder of Amish woman Rebekah Byler

According to police reports Rebekah Byler was shot and killed at her home in Sparta Township Pennsylvania earlier this week. Byler was six months pregnant at the time of her death

Police in Pennsylvania announced today that they have arrested and charged Shawn Cranston with criminal homicide, criminal homicide of an unborn child, burglary and criminal trespass.

Rebekah Byler body was discovered by her husband and her two young children were inside of the home when she was killed. Along with a gunshot Byler also had trauma to her neck and head

This story is still breaking so information is limited

Shawn Cranston News

Police have announced an arrest in connection to the death of 23-year-old pregnant Rebekah Byler that has shaken an Amish community in Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania State Police announced early Saturday morning that Shawn Cranston — a 52-year-old man from Corry, Pennsylvania — has been arrested in connection with the murder of the Amish woman and is now facing multiple charges, including criminal homicide, criminal homicide of an unborn child, burglary and criminal trespass.

Cranston was arraigned Saturday morning and is currently being held without bond at the Crawford County Jail.

On Feb. 26, police responded to a home in Sparta Township, where they found Byler dead, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Byler’s cause of death has not been released.

Sparta Township is a small township in Crawford County, just outside of the borough of Spartansburg and about 35 miles southeast of Erie, Pennsylvania.

“Everyone is stunned — this doesn’t happen here,” Charleen Hajec, a pharmacist who was born and raised in Spartansburg, told ABC News. “Everyone is talking. It’s scary and frustrating.”

Hajec said she couldn’t believe a murder would happen in Sparta Township, which she called a “tight-knit community.”

“The outside world doesn’t get in,” Hajec said. “To have something this tragic … it doesn’t happen here.”

https://abcnews.go.com/US/arrest-made-murder-pregnant-amish-woman-found-dead/story?id=107740010

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The five-day investigation into the death of a pregnant Amish woman in Crawford County has ended with the arrest of a Corry man on charges that he killed her and her unborn child after breaking into her home Monday.

The suspect, Shawn C. Cranston, 52, was charged Saturday in the death of 23-year-old Rebekah A. Byler, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release. He is charged with homicide, homicide of an unborn child, burglary and criminal trespass.

Titusville District Judge Amy Nicols arraigned Cranston at 4:24 a.m. Saturday and ordered him held without bond at the Crawford County Correctional Facility because he is charged with homicide, according to court records.

Nichols scheduled Cranston’s preliminary hearing for March 15.

Byler was found dead Monday afternoon at her residence in the 21800 block of Fish Flats Road, west of Route 89, in Sparta Township, Crawford County. Her husband and a friend returned to the residence and found Byler lying on her back in the living room and called 911, according to case documents.

Byler had wounds to her neck and head, according to investigators. Two toddler-age children were also inside the home were not injured, state police said.

Details on what led police to identify Cranston as a suspect in Byler’s death, and information on a possible motive in the killing, were not immediately available Saturday.

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/crime/2024/03/02/pregnant-amish-woman-killing-arrest-rebekah-a-byler-spartansburg-pa/72818049007/

Brandie Gotch Runs Over Group Of Kids

Brandie Gotch is a woman from Arizona who has been charged with attempted murder after she attempted to run over a group of kids

According to police reports Brandie Gotch was driving a vehicle to a playground where she would see her children fighting with another group.

Brandie Gotch would get out of her vehicle and threaten one of the kids with a sharpened stick and would tell the fourteen year old that ‘I am going to kill you and run you over,’. Gotch would get back in her SUV and attempted to do just that

One of the girls in the group would break her ankle when the SUV ran it over. Brandie Gotch would quickly take off from the scene however Arizona police would track her down and arrest her

Now Brandie Gotch is facing attempted murder, six counts of endangerment, four counts of aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon

Brandie Gotch News

A Peoria mother is accused of attempted murder after police say she drove her pickup truck through a park, running over a child.

Brandie Gotch, 30, confronted a group of kids who were fighting with her children at Westgreen Park, near 87th Avenue and Butler Drive, on Feb. 27, court documents said.

Gotch reportedly grabbed a 14-year-old boy by the hair and chased another teen with a stick. Police say Gotch then got into her truck and drove recklessly through the park, while yelling, “I am going to kill you and run you over!” Gotch struck one child, running over her leg, before fleeing the scene.

Police were able to identify Gotch as a registered owner of the truck. Officers went to Gotch’s home and took her into custody.

During an interview with investigators, Gotch claimed she saw the victims fighting with her children at the park. Gotch allegedly admitted to driving through the park but did not believe she hit a child.

“Brandie continued by stating her children are being bullied at school and have had issues with this group of kids before and reported it to the school and police but nothing has been done,” court documents read. “[Gotch] thought the bullying was being continued at the park when she drove up and saw her daughter get hit by one of the other juveniles.”

Gotch also claimed her children were wearing seatbelts while in her truck, but investigators say her children told police they were unrestrained and “bouncing all over the vehicle” as Gotch drove through the park.

Gotch was arrested and booked into jail. She is accused of multiple charges, including attempted murder and endangerment.

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-mom-drove-through-park-threatened-kids