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Chilling texts of ‘killer’ mom show she threatened to ‘illegally take’ daughter before she ‘slit her throat in woods’

October 31, 2022

A mom accused of slitting her daughter's throat and strangling her to death in the woods sent a barrage of alarming texts threatening to "illegally" abduct the girl years before the horrific murder. Melissa Towne, 37, allegedly admitted to taking her daughter Nichole Bradshaw, 5, into Spring Creek Park in Tomball, Texas, on Sunday and cutting her neck with a knife before suffocating her to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: abuse, child custody, child homicide, texas

Adam Montgomery charged with murdering his daughter, Harmony Montgomery

October 26, 2022

New Hampshire - Adam Montgomery has been charged with murdering his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony Montgomery. Attorney General John Formella made the announcement Monday at the Manchester Police Department, flanked by Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg and other law enforcement officials. "Earlier this morning, Adam Montgomery was arrested for the murder of Harmony Montgomery in 2019 and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: child custody, child homicide, Massachusetts, new hampshire

Preble County woman who lost 2 children in murder-suicide shares story of domestic violence

October 14, 2022

When Kellie Elliot’s son, Caleb, was born in 2008, he became her reason for living, she said. And when her daughter, Grace, was born three years later, Elliot’s felt her world was complete. In January 2022, Caleb and Grace became the victims of a murder-suicide by Elliot’s estranged husband, Shane, in a tragedy Elliot believes could have been prevent. “I’m coming before you today to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: abuse, child custody, child homicide, domestic violence, Family Court, suicide

3 Children and Their Father Dead in an Apparent Triple-Murder-Suicide

August 30, 2022

Trinity Littlejohn, 3, Aliyah Littlejohn, 4, and Kyren Littlejohn, 6, were shot to death by their father while sitting in a parked SUV Authorities say a domestic incident drove an Oklahoma father to shoot his three young children to death, before turning the gun on himself. Days before the killings of 3-year-old Trinity Littlejohn, 4-year-old Aliyah Littlejohn and 6-year-old Kyren … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: child custody, child homicide, domestic violence, gun violence, oklahoma

Help ProPublica and NBC News Investigate Termination of Parental Rights in the Child Welfare System

August 11, 2022

Journalists at ProPublica and NBC News would like to connect with people whose parental rights have been terminated in the past decade. We have received an outpouring of responses, and at this time, we are only looking for people with cases in Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. We want to understand how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alaska, arizona, Arkansas, child custody, media, michigan, minnesota, new mexico, news, oklahoma, parental rights, protective parent, texas, Utah, Vermont

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CJE is a nonprofit organization based in San Rafael, California. Our mission is to protect child abuse and domestic violence survivors in the U.S. family court system and to foster accountability throughout the judicial branch.

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