Mother Ashley Roland, 28, and Nathan Bridges, 33, face charges of capital murder, abusing a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and endangering the welfare of a minor after Roland's six-year-old son was found dead on Friday.
Prosecutors said Stephen Capaldi led investigators to the partial remains of his wife earlier this month after insisting for months that he had not played any role in her death.
Prosecutors allege that Leilani Simon killed her 20-month-old son Quinton during an assault with an unknown object, then claimed he had been abducted by a stranger, according to the indictment released Wednesday.
Michael Wayne Jones confessed to beating his wife to death with a baseball bat after she allegedly accused him of infidelity. In the weeks following, he then strangled or drowned their children — ranging from ages 1 to 10 — and stored their bodies in suitcases and totes.
Questions surround the recent arrest of Billie Jo Betterton — whose daughter, Leilani Simon, stands accused of murdering her 20-month-old son Quinton Simon — for contempt of court.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office investigated a 911 call of a suicidal subject who was "threatening to drive her vehicle into the lake with her daughter inside" hours before the vehicle was found.
Prosecutors have alleged that Jade Janks killed her former stepfather, Thomas Merriman, after stumbling on nude photos of herself on his computer while cleaning his apartment.
Michael Valva said he was "truly sorry" for making his autistic son, Thomas, sleep in an unheated garage as temperatures dipped into the teens. Home surveillance video showed the police officer taunting his son when he could no longer stand on his own.
Prosecutors believe mounting financial pressures and stress created the "perfect storm," causing Alex Murdaugh to shoot his wife Maggie and son Paul to divert attention from his own activities.
