After a court tossed out the confession, a California man pleaded down from a murder charge to voluntary manslaughter for killing his then-girlfriend’s 1-year-old daughter. Derrick Dimone Woods, 47, was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years and eight months in prison for killing Amanda Owens, 16 months, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced.

He also pleaded guilty to physical child abuse for hurting and injuring Amanda’s 3-year-old brother, Elijah, and to false imprisonment by force or violence regarding both children.

The boyfriend in a stomach-turning child neglect case pleaded guilty and was sentenced on Monday to his role in two children living in filth-ridden circumstances. Joel Manke, 40, is following the mother, Katie Koch, 36, with the same punishment: 10 years in prison, and 10 on extended supervision.

He had pleaded guilty to two counts of chronic neglect of a child (consequence is emotional damage), with the court dismissing two counts of false imprisonment

Koch pleaded guilty to two counts of chronic neglect of a child (consequence is emotional damage), and one count of false imprisonment. The court dismissed one count of false imprisonment, and two counts of neglecting a child (specified harm did not occur). As previously reported, cops in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, said they got 911 calls about two boys, ages 7 and 9, running naked through the street. They were covered in blood, feces, bruises, and red marks.

The teenager charged with accidentally shooting his friend in the head with a handgun during a session of gaming and smoking marijuana pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday, according to Cowboy State Daily.

Luka Wade Rasmussen, 18, must remain behind bars on $500,000 bond after the judge rejected a defense request to have his bail lowered to $100,000. Public defender Marty Scott reportedly noted that the teenager’s coworkers at Wendy’s wrote a letter attesting to his character. District Attorney Dan Itzen, however, noted the seriousness of the charge and alluded to the claim that one of the three guns located on the property and been reported stolen in summer 2024.

The victim, Riley Jacob Sears, 16, had joined Rasmussen and a teenager who lived in the home on Feb. 12, 2025, in Casper, Wyoming. They played video games and smoked marijuana, authorities said, but at one point, Rasmussen took out a gun, and it went off, authorities said.

An Ohio mother who was charged with killing her 8-year-old son in a house fire and injuring his 10-year-old stepbrother has pleaded guilty to endangering children and attempted endangering children, according to records out of Huron County.

In exchange, prosecutors dropped their involuntary manslaughter case against the defendant, Dakota Rae Jones, 33. She was sentenced on March 10 to five years of community control. The probation department also gets to decide how she will serve her 90 days in jail, with an option for her to be given house arrest.