A 17-year-old Indianapolis boy has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting his parents, two teen siblings, and his 18-year-old brother's pregnant girlfriend in the family's home, a prosecutor announced Thursday. Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III, who was arrested Monday, was charged as an adult with six counts of...
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Authorities in Mississippi have released more information about the death of a 2-year-old girl in Scott County, and the picture emerging is significantly different than earlier reports.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, police are searching for the toddler’s father, James Harrison, who is believed to have abandoned his two-year-old daughter and her 7-year-old half-brother sometime late last week. According to a new report in WAPT, the children’s mother Amy Harrison was initially traveling with the family from their home in Salisbury, North Carolina, to Mississippi, where the children were allegedly abandoned.
According to the report, Amy and James had an argument on Thursday, when they were traveling on 1-20, and Amy got out of the car near exit 100. She then walked to a gas station and called a friend in Greenville to come pick her up. The older child is Amy’s from a previous relationship, and the toddler who died is James and Amy’s child.
The day after she separated from her family, Amy Harrison reportedly called both the Scout County and the Newton County Sheriff’s offices to report that she had been unable to contact her husband. According to the report, police found the abandoned vehicle off-road in a wooded area — and neither child was in the truck, contrary to earlier local reports that said the toddler was found dead in the abandoned vehicle. The 7-year-old and the 2-year-old managed to leave the truck, but were separated sometime after that.
Law enforcement officers are searching for James Harrison Jr., the father of the toddler and stepfather of the oldest child. https://t.co/M1nI7uuSOz
— Clarion Ledger (@clarionledger) January 25, 2021
Searchers found the toddler dead, apparently not far from where the car was found, of apparent hypothermia. A witness reportedly told police that they had seen and spoken with James Harrison on Friday, and that he seemed to be “delusional.” Police reportedly believe he may also have had hypothermia. The sheriff told the news station that the witness said James did not mention his children, and said he was looking for his girlfriend. According to the report, James is believed to be diabetic and did not have his medication.
The 7-year-old child reportedly encountered a hunter in the woods and asked for help. It is unclear from the report if the child spoke to the hunter before or after his mother contacted police on Friday, or how the siblings became separated.
The surviving child has been taken into custody of the state, and is currently staying with a sheriff’s deputy and his family.
Amy Harrison has reportedly been taken into custody on child neglect charges.
Police are continuing to search for James Harrison. According to the report, his cellphone has been off since Thursday.
Anyone with information about James Harrison’s whereabouts is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS (8477).
This is a developing story. CrimeOnline will continue to provide updates.
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A Florida teen who killed his mother after an argument about his grades has been sentenced to 45 years in prison, News4Jax reports. Gregory Ramos of Volusia County was 15 when he strangled his mother, Gail Cleavenger, to death in November 2018. Ramos, now 17, pleaded guilty last month to...The family of a young Missouri mother missing for more than three weeks is asking the public to help locate her, KFVS-TV reports.
Madisson Lambert, 24, of East Prairie, Missouri, was last seen on Dec. 26 at around 10:30 p.m.
Police later found her wrecked vehicle in a drainage ditch outside of the small town, according to the Standard-Democrat.
“She’s a mother. She’s a daughter. She’s a granddaughter. She’s an aunt. She’s a cousin,” Marsha Keene-Frye, Lambert’s aunt, told KFVS-TV. “Madisson is a beautiful young woman with a life ahead of her.”
The Mississippi County Sheriff’s Department has reportedly interviewed dozens of people and conducted 14 searches in multiple counties, so far to no avail.
Keene-Frye told KFVS-TV she believes someone knows what happened to Lambert and wants them to come forward.
“One or more people know where Madisson is and know what happened to Madisson,” she told the television station.
Mississippi County Sheriff Britton Ferrell has said that anyone with information about the case should contact authorities, even if the information might be minor.
“Nothing is too small in these cases, so regardless of how inconsequential somebody may think it is, let us know,” Ferrell told KFVS-TV.
Thus far in the case, investigators have processed Lambert’s vehicle for evidence but did not find anything in it or around it that suggests foul play, according to the Standard-Democrat.
Lambert is described as an adult female with blonde hair and blue eyes. She is approximately 5-foot, 1-inches tall and weighs about 106 pounds.
Keene-Frye told KFVS-TV that she wants her niece to know that her family will not give up searching for her.
“We love you. We miss you,” Keene-Frye told the television station. “If you’re still out there, you keep fighting and you don’t quit. We will find you one way or another.”
To report information about the case, call the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Department at 573-683-2111.
East Prairie is about 160 miles south of St. Louis near the Mississippi River and state border with Kentucky.
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A 17-year-old Indianapolis boy has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting his parents, two teen siblings, and his 18-year...
