Emily Brown

A K-9 officer is being praised for finding a missing 3-year-old boy in a remote, wooded area of Michigan surrounded by swamps.

Vincent DeLorenzo was sentenced on Tuesday to serve one year in the Genesee County Jail.

Surveillance video shows the victim throw an unknown liquid at the suspect's car window just before the shooting, according to the prosecutor's office.

Justine Johnson reportedly told social workers she was told by Spongebob Squarepants to kill her daughter.

Authorities say the victim was stabbed multiple times in her back and midsection with an 8-inch knife.

A 3-year-old Michigan girl died Tuesday morning after battling influenza A, according to her family and friends.

Swanson said McMillian is also linked to similar cases in several different Michigan counties.

Anthony Dewayne Polite was convicted of one count of cruelty to animals involving four to 10 animals and two counts of killing or torturing an animal.