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Blount County, Alabama · Blount County“This unfortunate child, laboring with a genetic defect, required that he be fed through a feeding tube ... They made herculean efforts to seek medical treatment and nourish him.”See the Story
Blount County foster parents charged in 18-month-old’s death are wrongly accused, lawyers say
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Blount County, Alabama · Blount CountyBlount County Sheriff Mark Moon said the death of an 18-month-old foster child and the investigation that followed has been devastating. “This is a heartbreaking case where everyone who was involved in any way, whether it be the initial report, the further investigation, the medical staff…we were all touched tragically by this case,’’ Moon said. “This precious child was a victim and had been treated in a way that no human should be treated.”See the Story
18-month-old boy who died in care of Alabama foster parents was ‘skin and bones,’ sheriff says
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Blount County, Alabama · Blount CountyAn Alabama couple is facing multiple charges – including capital murder – in the death of their toddler foster child.Brooklyn Paige Posey Grimes, 31, and Mason John Grimes, 36, are charged with capital murder of a child, murder, felony murder and aggravated child abuse under the age of 6, according to court records made public Wednesday.See the Story
Blount County foster parents charged with capital murder of emaciated 18-month-old: 'This child deserved to be loved'
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Church · Blount CountyAn Alabama youth minister accused in the repeated rape and sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl who attended his church has been denied bond.Terry Lewayne Murphree, 39, is charged in Blount County with 17 crimes: nine counts of a clergy member having sexual intercourse with a child, three counts of sexual abuse, and one count each of first-degree rape, electronic solicitation of a child, human trafficking, traveling to meet a child for sex, and fi…See the Story
Alabama minister charged in rape of teen, fathered child of another teen, authorities say; bond denied
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