Author: Mariah Wheeler

The boy’s mother, Joan, was sentenced for beating her 5-year-old son to death before burying him in a shallow grave and reporting him missing. According to prosecutors, the boy, only identified as AJ, died alone in the dark two weeks later, his head prominently marked by the outline of the shower head Joan beat him with as he stood under the freezing shower. He was supposedly being punished for soiling himself. Pleading for mercy, Joan told the judge: “I had the privilege of having AJ as my son. I loved him, I miss him.” Her words were a stark contrast to the…

A second-grade teacher is accused of a very strange and disturbing method of discipline. One parent, Martin, found out when his son came home and complained that he’d had a bad day. “And I said you’re an 8-year-old in the second grade,” said Martin. “How bad could your day have really been?” That’s when Martin’s son told him how bad it really was. “I don’t understand how anybody would make a child do that,” said Martin. “It is unacceptable.” Students were sent home with a note informing parents that they may have been exposed to bodily fluids while at school. The teacher in…