Tag: girl

Georgia Police Arrest Mother of 7-Year-Old Girl Whose Body Was Found Decaying in Closet

ATLANTA—Police in Georgia have arrested the mother of a 7-year-old girl whose body was found decaying in the closet of a vacant apartment. Alondra Hobbs, 27, was charged with felony murder and cruelty in the second degree, DeKalb County police said on Facebook. It was not immediately clear whether she had an attorney. A police…


Sheriff: Girl, 16, Fights Off Mother to Save a Sister From Being Drowned After 2nd Sister Killed

COLUMBIA, S.C.—A mother drowned one of her daughters in their South Carolina home and was trying to kill another child when the oldest daughter was awakened by screams and managed to save her sister, a sheriff said. Jamie Bradley Brun, 37, was charged with murder and attempted murder after the attack early Friday in their…


Convicted Murderer Faces Retrial in 2nd Tucson Girl’s Death

TUCSON, Ariz.—A man already convicted of murdering a Tucson teenager in 2014 is scheduled to be retried in the kidnapping and death of a 6-year-old girl. Pima County prosecutors said the retrial of 41-year-old Christopher Clements is scheduled to begin on Sept. 12 and last four weeks. Clements has been charged with first-degree murder, burglary…


Police Arrest 2 Injured in Shooting That Killed Girl, 12

HARTFORD, Conn.—Hartford police said Wednesday that they have filed criminal charges against two teenagers who were wounded in a drive-by shooting that also killed a 12-year-old girl who was an innocent bystander. The shooter or shooters, meanwhile, remain at large. Authorities disclosed new information alleging one of the teens, 18-year-old Jeremy Francis, exchanged gunfire with…


Family With No Daughters in Almost 140 Years Is Over the Moon to Welcome Baby Girl

An overjoyed Michigan family has welcomed a baby girl into their clan for the first time in almost 140 years. When lash artist Carolyn Clark of Kentwood, Michigan, met analyst Andrew Clark of Manchester, Michigan, she had no idea that his family had a history of no girls being born in their family since 1885….


Couple Faces Murder Charges in Crow Girl’s 2019 Death

BILLINGS, Mont.—A Montana couple faces charges of murder and tampering with evidence in the 2019 disappearance and death of a 6-year-old girl on the Crow Indian Reservation, according to court documents. Mildred Alexis Old Crow was physically assaulted and left in a bathtub to drown before her body was wrapped in plastic and concealed inside…


Sheriff: Missing Texas Girl Found Locked in North Carolina Outbuilding

LEXINGTON, N.C.—A missing 13-year-old Texas girl was found locked in an outbuilding near a North Carolina home, authorities said Monday. Investigators with the Dallas police and the FBI say a 34-year-old man enticed the girl to leave her home while communicating with her on social media, then picked her up in his vehicle, Sheriff Richie…


Sheriff: Missing Texas Girl Found Locked in Outbuilding in NC; Suspect Charged With Human Trafficking, Rape

LEXINGTON, N.C.—A missing 13-year-old Texas girl was found locked in an outbuilding near a North Carolina home, authorities said Monday. Investigators with the Dallas police and the FBI say a 34-year-old man enticed the girl to leave her home while communicating with her on social media, then picked her up in his vehicle, Sheriff Richie…


2 Men Arrested in 1975 Slaying of Indiana Girl, 17

Two Indiana men have been charged with murder nearly a half-century after a 17-year-old girl failed to return home from her job at a church camp and was found dead in a river, state police announced Tuesday. Fred Bandy Jr., 67, of Goshen, and John Wayne Lehman, 67, of Auburn, were arrested Monday on one…


Thérèse

A spoiled girl enters a monastery at the early age of 15. There she learns to deal with the joys and rigors of monastic life and discovers a “Little Way” to become a saint. The true story of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower. …