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A 19-year-old man has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend. Felicia Jones was 9 months pregnant at the time of her murder.

A South Carolina woman arranged for her kidnapping, but a child was shot and killed during the botched attempt. She will now head to prison for decades.

A Texas father allegedly slit his young son’s throat with a kitchen knife and then called police to report the child appeared to be dead, authorities said.

A mother is under arrest nine months after her son and daughter were found murdered and decapitated in their Los Angeles-area home, authorities said.

A Louisiana man has been arrested after he allegedly killed his 11-month-old daughter. He told police he struck her too hard and now faces a murder charge.

On Sept. 27 around 11:45 a.m., Esther Callejas, 24, allegedly shot the children at their home in Phoenix. One child died and another was injured, Arizona police said.

A 24-day-old baby was recently killed in Texas. Police say the teenage father was worried about paying child support and now has been charged with murder.

A man was arrested after his 2-year-old stepdaughter went missing in Louisiana and was found dead days later in Mississippi, police announced.

A Louisiana mother is accused of throwing her two young children off a bridge, killing a 8-month infant son and leaving a second boy, 5, seriously injured.

A Texas man has been charged with capital murder after police say the man allegedly killed a 2-year-old boy after he wiped his feces on the suspect.

A man in Iowa Falls, Iowa, has been charged with murder in the death of a 6-month-old baby. Autopsy results show the cause of the baby's death was homicide.

A mom in Ohio was sentenced for killing her son as she tried to abandon him and other children in the woods. The boy's body has not been found.

Scott Peterson, the California man who was sentenced to death in 2005 for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, must be resentenced, a judge has ruled.

A Florida man will spend life in prison for killing his girlfriend and daughter. He also tried to kill his son and burn down the family's home.

An 8-month-old baby was found dead with violent trauma to the head and neck. Police say the baby's father has been charged with the child's murder.

A 1-year-old baby died from head trauma in Louisiana. Police now say the foster parents of the baby have been arrested and charged with her murder.

A Michigan mother who police alleged appeared “unemotional” when finding out about the discovery of her 3-year-old daughter’s body has been charged with murder.

A Georgia man was pulled over by police when he fled the scene in his car. The pursuit that followed ended in a crash that killed a child inside the vehicle, police say.

A 2-year-old Indiana girl was killed by blunt force trauma. Now, police say the father's girlfriend has been arrested and charged with murder.

Two teenagers have been charged in connection with a shooting death at a Five Guys in Memphis. The victim, 17, was taking out the trash when he was shot.

A man has been arrested in connection with a cold case murder dating to 1993 in Texas. Emily Jeanette Garcia was found nude, strangled and sexually assaulted.

A 14-year-old was shot in the parking lot of a laundromat in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Police say they've identified the shooter and another person of interest in the case.

A Florida mother and daughter were shot and killed in a vehicle. Now police say a man that was staying with them is wanted in connection to their murders.

A prisoner in Oklahoma admitted to killing his cellmate earlier this month. The victim was a convicted child killer. The suspect was serving a sentence for rape.

A foster mother in Florida has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a 4-year-old girl in her care. Police say the child had multiple signs of a beating.

A Chicago woman upset a memory card was missing allegedly fatally shot her 12-year-old son after he said he didn’t know where it was, prosecutors said.

A California mom charged in connection to one child's death has now been accused of murder in another child's killing, prosecutors announced.

Police said a North Carolina man was speeding in a school zone when he hit and killed an 11-year-old middle school student crossing the street with her younger brother.

Two young children were shot, one fatally, after multiple people opened fire on a house in North Carolina, police said. More than 150 rounds were fired.

A 19-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly shot and killed a child he was babysitting while unloading his gun. He is charged with involuntary manslaughter.

A mother in New York allegedly gave birth to a baby boy when she was 38 weeks along and then killed her newborn son a short time later, prosecutors said.

A Miami woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly drowned her daughter in the bathtub. She feared COVID and said Jesus was coming, according to witnesses.

Police in Iowa charged a man with first-degree murder in connection to a toddler's death. The suspect was arrested a year after the child died.

Police say a shooting near Lakeland, Florida, left four people dead. A suspect has been charge and police say he did not know the victims, which included a baby.

A newly adopted 5-year-old girl hospitalized for 10 days with a brain injury has died, police said. Now, a couple faces charges in connection to her death.

A woman has been arrested and charged with second degree murder after a child died in her daycare. She stated that she was being firm with the boy when he wouldn't go down for a nap.

An Arizona mother and her boyfriend disappeared after the death of her toddler, and police are searching for the couple who are now accused of murder.

A Maine man has been accused of killing his one-month-old son, police stated. A report says the suspect cried during his first court appearance.

An Indiana babysitter who was taking care of an 11-month-old girl who then went missing is now charged in connection to the baby’s death, officials announced..

A mother in Maine is charged with counts of murder and manslaughter nearly three months after her 3-year-old daughter died at a hospital, officials said.

A performer known as "Silly the Clown" was charged with homicide in connection to the death of a newborn. Police say he's been abusing women for years.

A Missouri woman faces first-degree murder charges for killing a child in 2018 and hiding the body in the woods, prosecutors said. The charges were increased recently.

Georgia police say a mom drunkenly crashed her car in to a tree and killed her 12-year-old son. She now faces several charges and was arrested.

An 18-month-old Alabama baby was brought to the hospital and died. Now, police say a man has been arrested for murder after the child's death was ruled a homicide.

A trucker has been arrested after a 4-year-old boy died in Indiana. The man says he was engaging in "horse-play," but the boy's injuries are more severe, police claim.

A 3-month-old baby in Louisiana died after the mother consumed meth and smoked marijuana before breastfeeding the child. Police charge her with murder.

A hearing for an Ohio man who was reportedly pleading guilty to multiple charges in connection to the murder of his girlfriend’s 6-year-old son was postponed.

Authorities in Louisiana said 2-year-old Ryatt Hensley died of heatstroke in a car in September 2019. His mother, Natalie Broussard, was charged with second-degree murder.

The parents of a baby boy who drowned in the Florida Everglades after a car accident are now charged in connection to his death. The charges happened about a year later.

Investigators located the body of an infant who went missing and the little girl’s parents and babysitter are now all under arrest, Indiana authorities say.