CRIME

Steven Pladl of Wake County had given up his daughter Katie Pladl for adoption as a baby but when she turned 18, she contacted her parents via social media.

A 1-year-old boy died on Thursday (1 February) after his mother left him alone in a bathtub in Mathews County, Virginia.

Kim Cattrall asked via social media for help finding her brother Chris who has been missing since January 30.

Convict John Worboys was moved away from HMP Belmarsh after victims voiced concerns he was back in London.

Athletes and dancers at Michigan State University were molested by the disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor while a federal investigation was underway.

The boy, from Grimsby, north-east Lincolnshire, was only 15 at the time when he allegedly used a "computer within a computer" to access the notorious dark web.

Kevin Bond, 51, from Chislehurst, was investigated in connection with 26 attacks on women and children.

A 22-year-old man was found in a residential street in Tottenham with fatal stab wounds in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Mayor of Macerata said all victims in the Italian drive-by shooting are black and one has life-threatening injuries.

Around £90 billion that is illegally laundered in the UK each year will soon be within reach of government officials.

An accused rapist has been cleared of all charges after police revealed evidence of 233 Facebook conversations proving his acts were consensual.

A witness who woke up to the sounds of "oh my god! What did you do? What did you do?" told investigators that she found the baby "foaming at the mouth".

Patricia Cummings, a history teacher at a New York school, was discussing a lesson on slavery when she allegedly asked the three classmates to carry out the strange demonstration.

On one occasion, Cliffe purportedly videotaped portions of his sexual contact with the teenage girl "against her consent".

Ankit Saxena was in a relationship with a 20-year-old Muslim woman for the past three years, despite objection from the girl's family.

Cassandra Bjorge, 17, and Johnny Rider, 19, had murdered the victims before throwing a drug-fuelled house party in April 2017.

Erica Shyrock, 19, and her 18-year-old boyfriend, Charles Elliott, have been jailed for 5 years after their baby was bitten by rats in Magnolia, Arkansas.

Heavily pregnant 22-year-old Savanna Greywind bled to death after Brooke Crews, 38, cut the baby from her, the court heard.

Ashwin Daudia, 51, strangled Kiran Daudia using her own scarf. He stuffed her body in a suitcase andd dumped it in an alley.

Ginny Irovando Long and Robert Edward Long, from Fort Walton Beach, Florida, face 9 counts of fraud and one count of child abuse after being arrested on Thursday (1 February).

Ivo Poppe, a deacon and nurse, was jailed for 27 years in Bruges, Belgium, for killing five people. The 61-year-old had been accused of six murders.

Local media reported police alleging that a 16-year-old had thrown bleach at classmate, injuring herself and four others in the process.

Christopher Stevens said that his victim had kicked his sister in the face. A court heard how he repeatedly went back to punch and kick the man, leaving him in a critical state.

Dval Doh, 16, and Felou Abadji, 19, have been jailed for the manslaughter of Adam Chambers, 30, in Woolwich on 13 June 2017.

Long prison sentence faces Middlesbrough paedophile Victor Jeffery after jury finds him guilty of three counts of rape.

Maltreated chihuahuas, bulldogs and Jack Russells among puppies found living in cages in disgusting conditions in veterinary watchdog raid.

The school teacher was trying to find out whether one of the pupils had stolen money from a classmate.

Randall Margraves charged at Larry Nassar during the disgraced doctor's sentencing hearing but was restrained by courtroom staff.

Greater Manchester Police have asked parents to monitor the activity of their children on a popular gaming app, Roblox.