#child-murder

#child-murder

A man found guilty in the 1979 rape and murder of a six-year-old girl was executed in Florida on Thursday. Bryan Frederick Jennings was pronounced dead at 6.20pm local time after being administered a three-drug lethal injection. Jennings was sentenced to death for the killing of Rebecca Kunash, whom he drowned in a canal, according to reports. Jennings said no after being asked whether he had a final statement. Kunash's relatives did not comment publicly following Jennings' execution. The execution took place without incident.

A stepmother who left her four-year-old stepson with injuries that would typically be associated with car crashes or serious assaults has pleaded guilty to the child's murder on the fourth day of her trial.

A man charged with murdering Sophia Mason the 8-year-old Hayward girl whose gruesome death nearly four years ago highlighted numerous failings in Alameda County's child safety net accepted a plea deal earlier this month and was released from jail. Dhante Jackson was released from jail in Merced County on Oct. 6 after pleading guilty to an accessory charge in Sophia's death, his attorney and the Merced County District Attorney's Office confirmed this week.

Rest in peace Isabelle, fly high little girl. Forever two.

There is a dangerous myth that drug addiction only has a single victim - the drug addict. Sadly, today's new case and new charges demonstrate there are many victims, including those who never intentionally ingest an opioid.