Poisoning The Porridge | True Crime Podcast

Creating a "party atmosphere in motels" was the method of operation for the woman convicted of sex trafficking.

A 44-year-old woman was recently given a prison term of little more than 17 years for sex trafficking minors across Northern California and southern Oregon.

After receiving information that a runaway female juvenile from Modesto, California, age 15, was possibly staying at a Motel 6 in Medford, Oregon on May 10, at around 5:13 a.m., police responded to the motel. It was stated that the adolescent went missing on April 29, 2019.

The missing girl, along with another female of the same age, Lucious James Roy, and Dawniel Santangelo, both of Stockton, California, were located in the room, according to the police.

The inquiry led detectives to believe that Roy and Santangelo conspired to traffic the "lost girl from California to Oregon, furnish her with marijuana, and engage her in prostitution," as police put it.

The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California has stated that there were numerous victims. At trial, evidence revealed that between September 2018 and May 2019, "Santangelo enlisted teenage girls in Northern California and southern Oregon for prostitution. These girls were between the ages of 15 and 17. Santangelo threw parties in motels in Stockton and Salinas and plied the girls with wine and narcotics in order to get them to engage in sexual acts with random men."

They say she would put up advertising of the victims online and drive them to truck stops and motels where they would have sexual encounters with males for cash.

The Attorney General's Office announced Santangelo's sentence on three charges of child sex trafficking and one count of transferring a minor for the purpose of illegal sexual behavior on Monday, August 29. He was given a total of 17 years and seven months in prison.

Philip A. Talbert, the United States Attorney, issued a statement in which he said, "Santangelo's behavior in this instance was appalling. She was crucial in recruiting the girls into the plot by promising them freedom and enjoyment. Soon after she had them in her grasp, she put them to work, exploiting three young children over the course of more than nine months and hundreds of kilometers."

Roy pled guilty to conspiracy to participate in sex trafficking of a child and was given a sentence of 17 years and 7 months in prison on April 12, 2021, according to the Attorney's Office.

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During a custody battle, a woman in Indiana was found guilty of poisoning her ex-oatmeal boyfriend's and then strangling him to death with his favorite tie.

A 42-year-old mother was convicted guilty of murdering her child's father last week by poisoning his porridge and strangling him with his favorite necktie.

According to the court documents, on Tuesday, August 23rd, Heidi Littlefield was convicted guilty of murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder.

On March 25, 2021, Littlefield, her daughter Logan Runyon, and Runyon's boyfriend, Robert James Walker, were all arrested in connection with the killing of Francis Kelly. The 22-year-old Runyon and the 29-year-old Walker were both charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit murder, while the murder case against Runyon was dropped.

Carmel Police say that on January 18, 2021, they responded to a death investigation at a residence in the 14000 block of Howe Drive, where they discovered Kelly dead. According to the autopsy results, he was murdered.

According to the Indianapolis Star, Kelly was murdered by Littlefield during a heated custody battle for their 2-year-old son. As part of her deal with the prosecution, Runyon testified against her mother at her trial. She admitted to participating in a plot to kill someone and was given a 26-year prison term as a result of her guilty plea.

Reports say that Littlefield paid Walker $2,500 to hire a hit man to kill Kelly, but that Walker and Runyon instead spent the money on drugs and other stuff.

According to Runyon's testimony, Littlefield instructed her to acquire fentanyl from Ohio drug dealers and then mix it with his oatmeal. The lady apparently also added some to his miso soup. Kelly was allegedly given fentanyl three times.

At Kelly's house, Littlefield and Runyon discovered him struggling for breath on January 14th, 2021. According to reports, Littlefield ordered Runyon to break his neck, but the latter was unable to do so due to the man's excessive bulk. In his room, Littlefield allegedly found his victim's favorite tie and used it as a makeshift noose.

He was found to have died of strangulation, according to the coroner.

WKRC-TV reports that Walker admitted to participating in a murder plot and pled guilty. A 10-year prison term was imposed against him.

The court has set Littlefield's sentencing for the month of October.

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Mom gets 5 years for abandoning baby in hot bath

Last Monday, a 35-year-old lady was given a five-year prison sentence for abandoning her newborn daughter in hot water, resulting in severe burns.

According to court records from Wichita County, Texas, on August 25 Jessica Brashear was sentenced after pleading guilty to child endangerment. She will serve the remainder of her sentence in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, where she was given credit for 54 days already spent there.

The accusation against Brashear states that on June 29, 2017, she "failed to verify the water temperature" before placing her daughter in the bathtub. The indictment claims that Brashear's "failure to thrive" is the result of her "failure to voluntarily deliver the kid to a certified infant care facility provider" after she saw her daughter in the boiling water.

The youngster had second-degree burns all over her body, so she was taken to the hospital and then flown to the Parkland Burn Unit, according to KFDX/KJTL-TV. Her buttocks, legs, feet, and ankles made up 17% of her burned body, according to reports.

Brashear allegedly stated that she submerged her daughter in hot water after turning on both the hot and cold water taps to the baby tub. She says she pulled her kid out of the pool when she started making noises, but physicians are putting the time at just one or two minutes.

KFDX/KJTL state that the girl was 7 months old at the time of the event.

As for Brashear's other four kids, they've all been taken away from her. In 2005, she lost custody of her first kid after the father was accused of smearing feces on the infant's face. It has been stated that Brashear's then-boyfriend, who was a meth dealer, caused the removal of a kid born in 2007.

The child's health was questioned in 2010 due to rapid weight loss, three years later. And Brashear was found guilty of forgery around the same time.

Since she allegedly failed to appear in court in 2012, her fourth kid has been taken from her.

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A former superintendent in Ohio is being accused of kidnapping four students.

Last week, a former school superintendent was arrested after he allegedly kidnapped two kids and offered them money to babysit his 4-year-old son.

On August 25, investigators from the Huntington Police Department, SWAT Team, Huntington Violent Crime/Drug Task Force, and the Barboursville Police Department arrested 59-year-old William Morrison III on two charges of kidnapping, as stated in a joint release.

Morrison, according to police in Huntington, "lured two children into his vehicle" on August 17. Both Morrison's Huntington home and his Barboursville flat were searched by investigators acting on search warrants.

Court filings obtained by WBNS-TV state that Morrison approached a boy and girl, ages 9 and 12, in his black SUV and offered them $20 to watch his child. After putting the kids in the car, Morrison allegedly pretended to check the tire and ordered the boy out. As soon as the child exited the vehicle, Morrison allegedly took off.

The youngster reportedly began sobbing and pleading with the driver to get her out of the vehicle. According to the accusation, Morrison doubled his babysitting fee from $100 to $200.

According to the documents, which are cited by NBC News, police said, "The male refused the girl's demands to be allowed out of the vehicle, but the girl was able to open a passenger door and flee the vehicle a few streets away."

The purported kidnapping did not result in any harm being done to either child.

It was reported in 2017 by the Columbus Dispatch that Morrison, the superintendent of the Hamilton Local School District in Columbus, Ohio, was fired after police discovered crack cocaine in his car. In exchange for his guilty plea, Morrison received a sentence of 180 days in jail, with 176 days suspended, for the misdemeanor offense of possession of a counterfeit controlled substance.

For the time being, Morrison is a prisoner at the Western Regional Jail.

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