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A witness in the Doomsday mom Lori Vallow trial claims the 'cult mom' complained her son had 'evil spirit in him' before he was murdered, officials said.

A 3-month-old baby was found dead in a Nashville apartment, along with six other children who were left alone in the babysitter's apartment, police say.

Doomsday Mom Lori Vallow trial continued, as prosecutors played phone call between Vallow and Chad Daybell when investigators were searching for kids' bodies.

A mother in North Carolina allegedly shot her three children while on a Facetime call and then turned the gun on herself in a murder-suicide, police say.

An 11-year-old boy in Pennsylvania was strangled to death and now police say his mother has been arrested and charged with his murder after she tried to flee.

A man in Virginia is accused of driving into oncoming traffic during a fight with his girlfriend, killing her and her 5-year-old daughter.

A father in Kansas was found guilty of murder in connection with the malnutrition death of his 2-year-old daughter, officials said.

The trial of Doomsday mom Lori Vallow continued, as detectives described finding the bodies of Vallow's murdered children.

A New Mexico man was 'heavily intoxicated and not fit to supervise children' when he killed his 5-year-old stepdaughter, according to federal prosecutors.

The trial for Doomsday mom Lori Vallow began and prosecutors said she killed her kids for 'money, power and sex,' according to officials.

A third teenager is now under arrest in a chain of suspected teen murders in central Florida.

The parents of a 5-year-old girl in Ohio were recently placed under arrest in connection with the starvation death of the child, authorities said.

A Minnesota man was sentenced to prison after he killed his newborn daughter, who suffered horrific injuries during a five-minute beating, officials said.

Jurors heard a confrontation between Gannon Stauch's father and stepmother, as he questioned if she killed his son, according to authorities.

A missing 2-year-old boy in Florida was found dead in an alligator's mouth, and police say his mother was fatally stabbed and suffered over 100 wounds.

A Virginia registered sex offender is accused of fatally beating his girlfriend’s 2-year-old girl while he was babysitting the victim and her infant sibling.

Jury selection is beginning for an Idaho woman charged with murdering her two children and a former husband. But her current husband's murder trial has been postponed.

A newborn baby was found dead in a cardboard box in a field in Wisconsin. Now police say the mother has been charged with murder.

A mother in Nevada left her children home alone to go register for college classes. Now, her 3-year-old daughter died in house fire while gone, cops say.

An 18-month-old boy died in Michigan after being found unresponsive. Now police say his death ruled a homicide and his babysitter charged with murder.

What first seemed to be a deadly fall by a toddler in Washington is now a murder case, with a live-in babysitter accused, according to officials.

A mother in Virginia has been convicted of fatally shooting her two daughters, as officials say she did it in a plot to get revenge against her ex-husband.

A 3-month-old baby in South Carolina reportedly was 'tortured' and died from abuse, as officials say his father has been arrested in connection.

A man in South Carolina allegedly killed his three children and another man before turning the gun on himself in a suspected murder-suicide.

A woman in Texas allegedly gave birth to a baby in a toilet, wrapped it in a towel, placed it in a mop bucket and then put it outside, police said.

The final sanity report for the Colorado stepmother accused of killing Gannon Stauch has been released and claims she was in a 'psychotic state' at the time.

The attorneys for a Georgia woman accused of killing her toddler son and throwing his body in a dumpster asked the judge to dismiss murder charges against her.

A woman in Alabama is behind bars after police say she fatally stabbed her 8-year-old son and left her father in critical condition.

A Utah man could face murder charges after allegedly crashing his car into a horse corral and hitting two three-year-old boys, according to authorities.

A 4-year-old boy was stabbed to death by his mother as his grandma watched, and both have been arrested in connection with the murder, police said.

An Iowa father and daughter are accused of killing a newborn boy by placing him in a garbage bag and leaving him in a ditch.

A 3-year-old girl grabbed a loaded gun and accidentally shot and killed her 4-year-old sister while their parents were in another room, police said.

A Louisiana couple has been arrested for murder 31 years after a newborn baby was found in a dumpster behind a restaurant in Mississippi, officials said.

Two women in Missouri arrested after "hogtying" a 5-year-old child to a futon and stuffing their mouth with a sock to stop them from stealing food, police said.

A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to killing a 9-year-old girl who was fatally shot while playing on a trampoline almost two years ago.

A 17-year-old boy is accused of entering his girlfriend’s home and killing her and two other people in what police called a “domestic-related” incident.

A jury convicted John Affourtit, 37, of first-degree murder of a victim under 12, child abuse causing death, and reckless endangerment.

A Texas woman stabbed her five children, killing three, after a Child Protective Services worker looked into claims she had unsupervised visits with the kids.

A Michigan man is facing a felony murder charge after a 1-year-old girl who was in his care died after she was abused, authorities said.

A Colorado babysitter was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a 23-month old girl she was watching last month, police said.

A 2-month-old baby died after she was discovered not breathing, and now her mother has been charged with murder, police said.

Two people were charged with murder after a baby ingested crystal meth and died 10 days later at a hospital, officials said.

A 5-week-old baby girl died from blunt force trauma in North Carolina, and now her father has been charged with murder, authorities said.

A New Jersey aspiring YouTube star was sentenced to life behind bars without parole for the brutal killing of her toddler son four years ago.

A couple in Louisiana was arrested in connection with the death of their severely underweight and malnourished 12-year-old son last year.

An unlicensed child care provider in Chicago is accused of killing a newborn baby girl who was in her care, authorities said.

A 3-year-old girl was found unresponsive in a bathtub. Now the Philadelphia woman taking care of the baby has been arrested for abusing her own kids.

A man is suspected of killing three teenagers and then himself at a home in what authorities believe was a murder-suicide in Texas.

An Arkansas man who sodomized his 6-year-old son with a stick and yanked teeth for eating cake has been found guilty of the child's murder for the third time.

An 11-year-old girl was repeatedly stabbed and then dumped in a bathtub. Now a jury has convicted her father's girlfriend of the brutal murder.