The parents of a 7-year-old Michigan boy who weighed 255 pounds (116 kilograms) when he died have been charged with murder, torture and child abuse, prosecutors said. “Clearly the parents were feeding the child improperly, to say the least,” Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said Monday. “He wasn’t getting the nutrition he needed.” Casper O’Brien … Read more
Two Flint Township, Michigan, parents, are facing several charges, including second-degree murder, in the death of their 7-year-old son, who was 255 pounds and abused and neglected, according to the Genesee County prosecutor. Paramedics responded to a home in Flint Township on Nov. 4, 2025, for a report that the boy, identified as Casper O’Brien, … Read more
A Michigan couple have been charged with murder in connection with the death of their 7-year-old son, who was 255 pounds when he died, according to Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Damien O’Brien and Jessica O’Brien were arrested last … Read more
DALLAS — A former FedEx driver was sentenced to death on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl he took from her Texas home while delivering a Christmas gift. Jurors in a Fort Worth courtroom decided on Tanner Horner’s punishment after hearing about a month of testimony and evidence that included audio … Read more
A former FedEx delivery driver who pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl in Texas was sentenced to death Tuesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The jury handed down the death penalty for Tanner Horner after a court proceeding that lasted more than two weeks. … Read more
A Tarrant County jury sentenced Tanner Horner to death in the 2022 kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand on Tuesday. Horner pleaded guilty to the crime just moments before his trial began last month. The judge ordered that the trial transition into the sentencing phase, in which the jury had been hearing emotional testimony, watching and listening to … Read more
An Alabama inmate, who had previously escaped jail twice, was charged this week in the July 1996 cold-case abduction and murder of a 7-year-old Kentucky girl, authorities announced at a news conference. Robert Scott Froberg was charged Thursday in a federal criminal complaint with kidnapping resulting in death in connection with the murder of Morgan … Read more