CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. — The three little graves are covered in artificial turf, bright green on a cold winter evening. The gravestones are hand-painted in swirls of purple and a darker green, with cloth butterflies centered above the names: Samarah, 9; Samantha, 10; and Samia, 13. Three little butterflies dead and buried, shot b their father, David Mora, with a homemade ghost gun one … [Read more...]
Sins of the Father
A small, good-natured boy named Pierce O’Loughlin was growing up between the homes of his divorced parents in San Francisco. Nine-year-old Pierce was accustomed to custody handoffs taking place at Convent and Stuart Hall, the Catholic school he attended. On changeover days, one parent dropped him off in the morning at the hilltop campus overlooking the bay, and the other picked him up in the … [Read more...]
Vancouver man accused of violating no-contact order with woman who’s now missing
A Vancouver man is accused of violating a no-contact order with his girlfriend, among other allegations, in a December drive-by shooting case. Vancouver police say the woman and her 7-year-old daughter are also now missing. Kirkland C. Warren, 28, appeared Monday in Clark County Superior Court on new allegations of tampering with a witness, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and a … [Read more...]
Four times in the span of a month children have been killed by a parent in Colorado
DENVER — It’s the type of tragedy that should never happen and yet, in Colorado, there have been four instances within the span of a month of children dying at the hands of their fathers in murder-suicides. …“We're going to have more kids murdered if you're not going to look at the domestic violence,” McLean said. She wants to see more training for court personnel who are making custody … [Read more...]
‘Greyson’s Law’ heading to final House committee approval
Hearing on law dedicated to murdered 4-year-old filled with harrowing stories, tears and emotion. A bill that would evaluate threats against an ex-partner or spouse in determining visitation and custody is heading to a final House committee stop. Democratic Rep. Hillary Cassel’s bill (HB 97) received unanimous approval from the Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee. Democratic Sen. … [Read more...]
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