March 20, 1991New York, New YorkConor Clapton (4) falls to his death The apartment Conor and his mother Lory Del Santo shared featured cantilevered windows. On March 20, a janitor was cleaning the windows as Conor was playing hide-and-seek with his nanny. The janitor cautioned the nanny about the open window, but “before she could…
“Monster of the Andes” arrested, eventually convicted of 110 child murders
March 9, 1980 (estimated)Ambato, EcuadorPedro Alonso López (31), the so-called Monster of the Andes, is arrested According to López in an interview after his arrest, his mother ejected him from their home at the age of 8, after he was caught sexually abusing his sister. He was taken in by a neighbor briefly but his…
Man beats 3 children with brick during robbery, fatally wounding a 2-year-old
March 7, 1866Paris, IndianaGeorge Washington Sage (34) beats three children — one fatally — during the course of a burglary Sage had been employed by William Todd Sr. for two or three days during the winter. He learned his former employer had recently sold his farm for $350 (about $5,800 today) and remembered Todd was…
Unsolved: Body of 8-year-old found 7 months after his disappearance
February 25, 1982Rogate, West Sussex, EnglandThe body of 8-year-old Vishal Mehrotra is found The Mehrotra family watched the Royal wedding parade on July 29, 1981, celebrating the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, before returning home. Later in the day, Vishal and his younger sister, accompanied by their nanny, went to a sweet…
10-year-old is abducted, mutilated, and killed
December 31, 2009Soshanguve, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa10-year-old Masego Kgomo is kidnapped, mutilated, and killed Kgomo was last seen on New Year’s Eve after informing her mother she was going to play with friends nearby. When she did not return home, a search was launched by family, friends, and members of the community. One of those…
