She starved her daughter. She beat her with a belt, a spatula and a change purse. She forced her to run in place with weights far too heavy for any 3-year-old to carry, and once Emma Grace Cole ...

The mother and stepfather of Emma Grace Cole, the toddler whose charred remains were found in a Smyrna softball field nearly three years ago, “particularly targeted” the girl “for torture,” according ...

Emma Grace Stephenson is an Australian pianist and songwriter who has shared the stage with prolific musicians and bands such as Ingrid and Christine Jensen (Canada/US), Gian Slater, the Sirens Big ...

A woman accused of child abuse in the death of her 3-year-old daughter, whose charred remains were found at a Delaware softball field in 2019, has now been charged with the girl's murder. Kristie Lynn ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last of a three-part series on the life and death of Emma Grace Cole, who was born Jan. 10, 2016, in Bloomington, where she spent much of her short life. Her burned remains ...

The girl’s upper lip was thin, her plump bottom one protruding slightly over her rounded chin. Like most young children, her small nose was button-shaped, not yet developed into its adult form. Her ...

In September 2019, a dog walker found the remains of a young girl in a Smyrna softball complex. For about a year, she remained nameless until her grandfather identified her from a forensic sketch, ...

Tanya Axsom, Emma Grace's great aunt, begins caring for the baby full-time. For several months, Kristie Cole and Axsom had passed the infant back and forth. Kristie, who has wrestled with addiction ...

Emma Grace Findley lived for 13 years with inexplicable grace and full of life until Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, when she left this world much the same way she came into it on July 16, 2001, held by her ...