Although the relationship started out amicably, Fotis Dulos began to fear his newfound friend Brad Ragaglia after he said “God put me in this situation to try to end this horrible drama quickly," according to police reports.
Kenneth and Kristy Manzanares were supposed to be celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary on an Alaskan cruise with their family when he flew into a violent rage after she told him she wanted a divorce.
“I don’t understand it. I thought he never would have hurt her,” alleged family killer Eugenio Severino's cousin said. “Because he loved this little boy and this little girl. But in the moment, I guess the devil got him.”
"They were literally begging for food at school, eating crumbs off of the table, eating out of the garbage cans, going under bleachers in the gym to try to find food," prosecutor Kerriann Kelly said in court of the horrific abuse allegedly suffered by Michael Valva's sons Thomas and Anthony.
Rachel Henry has been accused of killing her three children, all of whom were under the age of 4, while two other adults were in the home and unaware of what was happening.
“I felt like they wanted to be this large, perfect family and it was like they wanted the big house, the big family, the happy life,” Amanda Wildman said of Michael Valva and Angela Pollina, who have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva.