(Murfreesboro, TN) We now have more details about the murder of two children inside a Cason Lane home on Thursday and the suicide of their father. An undisclosed source told WGNS News that 46-year-old Jamie Lepore of Hazel Green, Alabama allegedly killed his wife inside their Alabama home well-over a month ago and fled the area with his two children. In an attempt to go unnoticed, he traded his … [Read more...]
Child shot, killed by her father in Georgia after he gained custody following mother’s death
BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — A grandmother is voicing her anger with the Tennessee Department of Children's Services after her granddaughter was killed by her father in October 2022, according to the Barrow County Sheriff's Office. In 2016, Angel Ahearn's mother died in a car crash in Monroe County. Since then, her grandmother, Monica Dunning, said that she was fighting for custody. After Angel was … [Read more...]
Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.
Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem to apply to her or the other adults in charge. This disturbing investigative piece from ProPublica shows how racism in a Nashville, TN area juvenile court has damaged the lives of thousands of … [Read more...]
Williamson County Family Exchanges Litigation Over Accusations of Child Abuse, Murder
Gracie Solomon, a brave young woman and abuse survivor is speaking out about her abusive father, sharing her belief that her father killed her older brother Grant, her protector. She is also a survivor of the corrupt and inept family court system that ignored her abuse and forced her into the full custody of her violent father, despite her mother's attempts to protect her and her brother … [Read more...]
Jacob Shaffer Pleads Guilty in Five Lincoln County Murders, Including His Estranged Wife and Stepson
Jacob Shaffer, 32, was sentenced to five life sentences without the possibility of parole in a Fayetteville courtroom Friday. His guilty plea comes just over two years after a two-state killing spree that left six people dead. Shaffer pleaded guilty Friday to fatally stabbing his estranged wife, Tracie Hall Shaffer; her 16-year-old son, Devin Brooks; Brooks' 16-year-old friend, Robert … [Read more...]