Boy Claiming to Be Timmothy Pitzen Told Kentucky Women He'd Been 'Running for Two Hours'

The children of Newport, Kentucky, are on spring break this week — so on Wednesday morning, when Sharon Hall spotted a scrawny teen in a hooded sweatshirt loitering outside her home at 7:30 a.m., she thought something wasn’t right. “My first thought was, ‘He’s not from around here,'” Hall tells PEOPLE, noting the boy seemed in a daze and she was worried he might try to break into her neighbor’s car....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 706 words · Michelle Cantu MD

Boy Collapses and Dies During His Little League Game a Day After Celebrating His 10th Birthday

Photo: FacebookLazar LaPenna, a fourth-grade student with Long Beach Public Schools in New York, died Friday during a baseball game, the district announced.Lazar “passed away suddenly” at the game, Dr. Jennifer Gallagher, the district’s Superintendent of Schools, said in a letter posted onsocial media.“It is with deep regret that we inform you about a tragedy in our school community,” Gallagher wrote. “Yesterday, Lazar LaPenna, one of our fourth-grade students at East School, passed away suddenly at a baseball game....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1251 words · Ryan Rose

Boy Creates Bow Ties for Shelter Animals to Help Them Get Adopted

“It helps the dog look noticeable, very attractive,” he told theToday Show. “It helps them find a forever, loving home … I love everything about dogs and cats.” Brown was diagnosed with comprehension delay, speech delay and fine motor skills delay when he was only two years old, and over time, his family encouraged his creativity as he developed his love for animals and fashion, according toToday. His mother, Joy Brown, 40, and 22-year-old sister Dazhai Brown-Shearz noticed a breakthrough for Brown when he turned eight while his sister was enrolled in cosmetology school....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Sharon Barnes

Boy Cries as He Thanks Football Coach in Sweet Video: 'You Help Me Love Football Again'

A young Indiana boy is melting hearts across the internet thanks to his touching, tear-filled tribute to his beloved football coach.Courtney Renee Wigginton shared video of her son Jayden growing emotional as he tells his coach just how much he means to him to Facebook earlier this week.In the clip, Jayden approaches his coach, whomYahooreported is Richard Nelloms, and presents him with a special gift in the form of a mug....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Crystal Bryant

Boy Died in Ritual on Remote Compound Where Kids Were Being Trained for Attacks: Prosecutors

Photo: Clayton County Police Department After the boy’s death, it was allegedly believed he would come back “as Jesus” to help guide his relatives, including other children,in attacking “corrupt institutions”such as schools and financial systems. These accusations — based on investigator testimony and prosecutor statements in court — expand on earlier suspicions, as laid out in court documents, that the kids were being trained “to commit school shootings.” The prosecution’s case so far describes a grim and insular world for the five adults and 11 children, ages 1 to 15, who were found living in “filthy” and allegedly dangerous conditions in Amalia on the northern edge of New Mexico....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1346 words · Alexandra Moore

Boy Dresses as Crocodile for Halloween with Help from Friends After Surviving Croc Attack at Resort

Charlie Buhl with his friends, Adlai and Nathan.Photo: Jennifer Buhl AsPEOPLE exclusively reported, Charlie was staying at Club Med Cancún on June 18 with his momJennifer Buhland his younger brother Johnny when the scary incident unfolded. Charlie Buhl after the attack.courtesy Jennifer Buhl Though it was a traumatic experience for the 12-year-old, Charlie says he was actually the one to propose the crocodile costume idea to Adlai and Nathan for Halloween....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 531 words · Gabriela Harris

Boy Dubbed 'Little Jacob' Identified 8 Months After Body Washed Ashore, Mom & Girlfriend Arrested

Eight months after a little boy’s body washed ashore in Galveston, Texas, police have identified him and arrested his mother and her girlfriend. The boy known to police asLittle Jacobwas identified as 4-year-old Jayden Alexander Lopez of Houston, Texas, Galveston Police Chief Vernon Hale said Wednesday ina press conference. Jayden’s body was found at a Galveston beach last year. Since then, Galveston Police and the FBI spent hundreds of man-hours attempting to locate relatives or any possible clues leading to who he might be....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 483 words · Albert Hughes

Boy Executes Woman Who Raised Him Then Blames Alternate Personality Based on 'Jeff the Killer'

Photo: Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch/APNo one disputes how Heidi Taylor died — after more than five dozen stab wounds and with a final, fatal shot to the head — but more than a year later, the teenage boy convicted of murdering her in their home maintains he is not to blame.“I am so scared. I didn’t want to kill her,” Donovan Nicholas, then 14, told an emergency dispatcher in a shaky voice last April from his kitchen in Urbana, Ohio....

March 16, 2025 · 12 min · 2498 words · Shelby Green

Boy Finds Electric Shaver and Goes Wild, Giving Himself and Siblings Now-Viral Haircuts

Hair today — gone tomorrow!A mother of three got quite a surprise last month when she found out that while she had been taking a quick shower, her eldest son had found an electric shaver and proceeded to give himself and his sibling some interesting — and extensive — haircuts.Recording the entire sagaon her Instagram Story, Stephanie Plucknette couldn’t hide her emotion as she first encountered the sight of her children and their patchy new ‘dos....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1118 words · Karen Hodge

Boy Finds Metal Blade in McDonald's Happy Meal and Mistakes It for Toy

Photo: Skodonnell/Getty One Wisconsin family got an unwelcome surprise after their latest outing to McDonald’s. Scot Dymond of Columbus, Wisc., took to acommunity Facebook groupto express his anger after he claimed to have found his four-year-old son playing with a sharp razor blade—which he says his son initially mistook for a toy—that came out of his McDonald’s Happy Meal. Dymond says he went back to the McDonald’s location, where the on-duty manager allegedly offered him a free meal in response to the situation....

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Heather Bennett

Boy Found Asleep on Stranger's Porch Shortly Before Cops Discover Burnt-Out Car with Remains Inside

Photo: Buffalo Police Department Buffalo police are searching for answers after a little boy was found sleeping on a stranger’s porch just hours before a burned car with human remains was discovered a mere mile away. Since the two mysterious events unfolded on Monday, western New York authorities have kicked off an investigation and are attempting to locate the three-year-old boy’s parents, whom they have identified as Nicole Merced Plaud and Miguel Anthony Valentin-Colo, while they examine the badly-burned vehicle and charred remains,WKBW reports....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 722 words · Shawn Trevino

Boy Found Dead After He Was Swept Away with Brother Trying to Cross the Rio Grande River

Photo: Robert Alexander/Getty The dead body of a young migrant boy was discovered Thursday on the Rio Grande. Mexican authorities made the discovery on the south side of the river after Border Patrol agents encountered his parents earlier in the week, according to astatementfrom U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The parents were taken into custody as the Del Rio Station’s Boat Patrol unit searched the river with assistance from officials in Mexico....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Dr. Zachary Golden

Boy Found Dead in Hot Car on College Campus After Dad Forgets to Drop Him at Daycare

Photo: Getty A three-year-old Indiana boy died after being left in a car on the University of Southern Indiana campus in Evansville for several hours Tuesday. The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office said Oliver Dill was found unresponsive in a child safety seat around 1:45 p.m.. Police believe the father, a university employee, forgot to drop the boy off at the school’s daycare center and accidentally left him in the car,WFIEreports. The sheriff said the father realized the boy was still in the car when he went to get him from the day care, according to WFIE....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Joseph Harper