A 31-year-old woman in Fulton, Mississippi has been charged with “depraved heart murder” in the death of her newborn son. Apparently “depraved heart murder” in Mississippi is when an act of “reckless disregard for the safety of others” results in death. Certainly a more poetic charge than “reckless homicide”.

“Every lead we had led us back to that house on Rich Drive where the child was found,” said Dickinson. “We still have a lot to investigate in this case, but we feel we have the right person in custody.”

The body of the infant boy was discovered Monday night by [Kristi Dawn] Sansone’s live-in boyfriend, according to Dickinson. It was found in a five-gallon bucket inside a 55-gallon drum sitting in the driveway near the entrance to the home. A woman who was at the home when the body was discovered notified authorities.

It’s unclear when the child was born or when it died. An autopsy report is expected to provide those details, but Dickinson believes the child was born sometime in March at the home.

Wow, talk about a fortunate circumstance — the mother is going to have quite a tale to tell at her next playgroup.

A baby blown onto railway tracks and run over by a train survived with little more than a bump.

The six-month-old child was sitting in a buggy when a strong gust of wind blew it off the platform and into the path of an oncoming train in the Swiss town of Moehlin.

“The train went over the child but luckily it had fallen between the rails,” said a police spokesman, adding that the driver made an emergency stop after seeing the buggy roll toward the edge of the platform.

This heartbreaking story is one more reason to make sure you officially become an organ donor before it’s too late.

With her mother desperately in need of a transplant, Laura Ashworth told family and friends she wanted to donate one of her kidneys.

So when the 21-year-old died after an asthma attack, it seemed that the tragedy would at least give Rachel Leake a chance of a healthy new life.

But because Laura had not begun the formal process of becoming a “living donor,” the authorities refused to let her mother receive her organs. Instead they went to strangers at the top of the waiting list.

Wow, one can only imagine how bad the sexual abuse was if a 13-year-old girl felt the only way to end it was to blast her father in the face with a 12-gauge shotgun.

The girl was 13 when she shot Matthew Booth Sr., 34, on July 30 in the squalid home they shared in Elizabeth Township, a rural suburb about 20 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Nightingale and the girl told authorities Booth had abused her since she was about 7.

The girl at first told police two masked men shot her father while ransacking their house, but soon after confessed to shooting him.

Allegheny County prosecutors initially charged her as an adult with criminal homicide, but agreed to move the case to juvenile court in August after District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. toured the home and described the living conditions as “incredible.”

An Allegheny County Health Department report showed the home had major health code violations, including no furnace or bathroom sink, holes in walls, a leaky ceiling, and flea infestation from neglected pets, including dogs, cats and rabbits. Much of the furniture was broken and police said the home smelled of animal waste.

What a bunch of hose-heads….

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father’s arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday.

On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into the Hollywood Video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a computer, Commerce City police Sgt. Joe Sandoval said.

After he ran out of the store, police were called and the 19-year-old was arrested at his home.

His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to.