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The article focuses on Joey Slaight, an American boy who was shot in the head by his mother, Morgan Slaight, at age eight on January 2, 2015. Topics include Morgan's schizophrenia and methamphetamine addiction, Joey's time spent at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison and the pediatric brain-rehabilitation center Timber Ridge in Arkansas, and his younger brother Jaxon who was killed by their mother.

The article discusses allegations that Lacey Spears killed her five-year-old son Garnett by poisoning him in January 2014. Topics include how she wrote about her son's illnesses, which started when he was an infant, on her blog and other social media websites, why investigators think it may be a case of Munchausen by proxy, a form of child abuse, and how she was investigated for medical neglect in 2011.

The article discusses the death of Josh Powell and his children, Charlie and Braden, in a house explosion following the disappearance of Josh Powell's wife, Susan Powell, in 2009. Police investigators say that Josh Powell, who had been suspected of murdering his wife, hit both children with a hatchet before setting fire to the house in a murder-suicide. The article examines the arrest of Steve Powell, Josh Powell's father, Josh Powell's attempts to regain custody of his children from his father-in-law, Charles Cox, and the reactions of residents of Puyallup, Washington, where the boys lived.

This article is focused on David Smith, whose estranged wife Susan murdered their two sons on October 25, 1994. Susan drove three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex into John D. Long Lake in Union County, South Carolina, then claimed that she had been carjacked. Smith married Tiffany Moss in 2003 and has two children by her, Savannah and Nicolas. He authored the 1995 book "Beyond All Reason: My Life with Susan Smith."

The article looks at Julie Schenecker, a mother accused of murdering her two children, Calyx and Beau. The author considers early-warning signs of Schenecker's violent behavior that may have been witnessed by her neighbors in Tampa, Florida. The homicide investigation into the deaths of Calyx and Beau Schenecker by Tampa detectives are discussed. Schenecker's background as U.S. Army sergeant is mentioned. The author also comments on the reaction of Parker Schenecker to the death of his children and the charges against his wife.

The article looks at the murder of teenagers Beau and Calyx Schenecker by their mother, Julie Schenecker. Topics discussed include family arguments, Julie's intensive care treatment of an undisclosed condition, and Julie's husband Army colonel Parker Schenecker. The author comments on an incident where Calyx claims to have been slapped by her mother.

This article announces the marriage of Rusty Yates to Laura Arnold in Houston, Texas. Yate's ex-wife, Andrea, made headlines after drowning their five children. The marriage took place in the Clear Lake Church of Christ which is the same church where the funerals were held. Both Yates and Arnold work for NASA. Guests were asked to make donations to the Mental Health Association of Greater Houston in memory of Yates's children or Arnold's mother. Andrea will begin her capital murder trial on June 22.

This article reports on a ruling that released Andrea Yates from prison, sending her to a psychiatric ward at Rusk State Hospital where she will await her second trial for the 2001 drownings of her children. Her conviction for that crime was overturned in November 2005. There are fears that a second trial will harm her psychological state.

The article reports that Andrea Yates, a mother who was sentenced to life in prison for drowning her five children, will be getting a new trial. Yates's criminal attorney is George Parnham. Yates is at Skyview prison psychiatric facility in Rusk, Texas. Yates is supported by her ex-husband, Rusty Yates. Andrea Yates has a history of mental illness. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals threw out Andrea's first conviction and set the date for a new trial.

Presents a photograph from the funeral of the six children of Khoua Her, a Hmong refugee from Laos, in Minnesota. Her to have allegedly taken the lives of her six children; Brief background information on Her.