January Sad Stories 2018 Part II

Child abuse allegations put Michigan doctor under ICE scrutiny, official says

CNN

(CNN) A Michigan doctor came under scrutiny from immigration authorities because of child abuse allegations, which were among his 18 … His lawyer Russell Abrutyn said about the abuse allegations: “From what I understand, the Michigan State Police investigated this allegation and found it to be …

Michigan doctor’s arrest by ICE linked to child abuse allegations – MLive.com

Child abuse allegations put Michigan doctor under ICE scrutiny, official says – WFMZ Allentown

Child abuse claim led to ICE arrest of Kzoo doctor – WOODTV.com

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Channel NewsAsia

ISLAMABAD: U.S. publication Newsweek said it was reviewing ties with its Pakistan franchise after the magazine’s local editor made offensive remarks about child abuse and rape. Twitter posts by Fasih Ahmed, the scion of a wealthy family that owns the local Newsweek Pakistan magazine, sparked …

Newsweek reviews ties with Pakistan franchise after child abuse comments – Reuters

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Independent.ie

A combination photo of David Allen Turpin (L) and Louise Ann Turpin as they 1 A combination photo of David Allen Turpin (L) and Louise Ann Turpin as they appear in booking photos provided by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in Riverside County, California, U.S., January 15, 2018.

Parents chained 13 malnourished kids to furniture, taunted them with food – USA TODAY

‘Human Depravity’: Couple Accused of Holding 13 Siblings Captive Charged With Child Abuse … – NBC Southern California

Parents of 13 Southern California children charged with years of torture, abuse – Santa Rosa Press Democrat

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Marine Corps Times

A Marine reservist has been charged with child abuse, and allegedly imposed military training on a 14-month-old child. … “He acted more or less like a drill instructor of sorts, trying to get the child to do push-ups and calisthenics, having him lead off with his right foot all the time, rather than his left foot,” …

9NEWS.com

The state of Colorado received a record-breaking number of calls to its child abuse and neglect hotline in 2017, data shows. Coloradans made 211,554 calls to the hotline throughout the year — an average of nearly 580 calls each day. The number increased from 206,107 calls in 2016, according to a …

Colorado received record-breaking number of child abuse reports in 2017 – The Coloradoan

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Hundreds of journals found in home with 13 captive children

USA TODAY

The children’s parents, David and Louise Turpin, now face life in prison for multiple counts of torture, child abuse and false imprisonment that lasted for years. While describing the case Thursday, prosecutors revealed the Turpin children’s only freedom was writing in journals. Authorities have recovered …

A look at the lives of 13 siblings held captive in a house full of chains — and what comes next – Washington Post

The alleged abuse of 13 children in Perris is an indictment of our neighborhoods, say readers – Los Angeles Times

Perris torture case: Outline of accusations against Turpin parents – KABC-TV

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Palm Beach Post

When authorities spoke with the child in October, they noted that the child’s story never changed. The child had injuries that appeared to have come from being punched, records indicate, and the child’s hands had marks on them that indicated the child had been handcuffed. The child also showed signs …

Wall Street Journal

A Michigan doctor whose arrest by federal immigration officials last week has drawn national attention came under the scrutiny of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after 18 encounters with local law enforcement, the agency said Tuesday. ICE didn’t provide details of the encounters, or the …

U.S. News & World Report

State officials say they need more caseworkers to deal with child abuse in South Carolina. … newspaper reported that Department of Social Services Director Susan Alford told a Senate panel said Wednesday that there has been a 68 percent increase in child abuse and neglect cases in South Carolina.

The News Tribune

New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is calling for new legislation that expands the duty to report child abuse or negligence. Balderas on Monday endorsed a bill that aims to close a loophole in the New Mexico Abuse and Neglect Act. He says current law makes it a duty to report abuse by …

Top New Mexico Prosecutor Sees Loophole in Child Abuse Law – U.S. News & World Report

Top New Mexico Prosecutor Sees Loophole In Child Abuse Law – KRWG

New Mexico attorney general sees loophole in child abuse law – WRAL.com

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National Home Education Research Institute

During the past few years, some news stories have implied a special connection between child abuse, child neglect, or child fatalities and homeschooling and whether those who choose home education for their children should be more controlled (regulated) by the government. One major newspaper …

World News – Tomato Timer

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is holding public evidence hearings to examine how the internet allows sex offenders to target youngsters….

KMIR

On Thursday David and Louise Turpin plead not guilty to dozens of charges including torture and child abuse. Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin said the couple held their 13 childre…

Heartwise Ministries

It leaves scars that can last a lifetime, and it’s on the rise. Around 2000 children each year die in their homes from it. Dr. Gregory Jantz, founder of The Center, A Place of HOPE, shares insights from his latest book on child abuse and healing its health-destroying scars. (aplaceofhope.com) …

Research Review: Infant Safe Sleep and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Prevent Child Abuse America

Welcome to the Research Review! Each month join our Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Dr. Bart Klika, as he does a quick run-down of emerging research related to child abuse and neglect prevention. In today’s review, Dr. Klika briefs us on some recent research into two topics of interest to the child …

Rooster Teeth

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Palladium-Times

OSWEGO — A defendant in an ongoing child abuse case pleaded guilty Tuesday in Oswego County Court.

SABC News

Thato Molosankwe has called for 10 000 men from all provinces to join him for the last 100 kilometres of his marathon walk on the 27th of this month from Smithfield to Bloemfontein in the Free State. Molosankwe started his more than 4 000 kilometre walk across all nine provinces in July last year to raise …

WI child abuse victim has hope for California siblings

WEEK.com

Chelsea Vosters is living her life to the fullest now, but decades ago, she was rescued from her home in Brillion, Wisconsin in 1997 after her parents kept her prisoner in a dog cage for seven years.

Net News – Tomato Timer

New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is calling for new legislation that expands the duty to report child abuse or negligence….

Seattle Times

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s health department on Friday announced a new effort aimed at reducing deaths due to child abuse and neglect. Sheila Hogan, director of the Department of Public Health and Human Services, is expanding a home visiting program for expectant mothers and young …

Montana launches new effort to reduce child abuse, deaths – Great Falls Tribune

State Starting New Effort to Reduce Child Abuse, Deaths – U.S. News & World Report

DPHHS announces program to reduce child abuse, neglect, and deaths – KRTV Great Falls News

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U.S. News & World Report

Kansas Biker Group Helps Victims of Child Abuse. A Kansas biker group is helping victims of child abuse as they face their alleged attackers in court in Kansas and Missouri. Jan. 15, 2018, at 12:00 p.m.. Kansas Biker Group Helps Victims of Child Abuse …

Kansas biker group helps victims of child abuse – Topeka Capital Journal

Kansas biker group helps victims of child abuse – fox2now.com

Kansas biker group helps victims of child abuse – WIBW

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Los Angeles Times

After 13 children were found emaciated and imprisoned in their Perris home on Sunday, the gruesome Turpin family story made international headlines — no doubt in part because it seemed so extreme, so unusual. But it fits a pattern of abuse cases involving homeschooled children. As homeschool …

WIRED

Both were referred to CYF by a mandated reporter, a professional who is legally required to report any suspicion that a child may be at risk of harm from their caregiver. Pat and I are competing to see if we can guess how a new predictive risk model the county is using to forecast child abuse and neglect, …

The Independent

More than 1,000 people face preliminary charges of sharing child abuse images in Denmark, in a major case. Police say that the huge number of people have shared the material, which shows two 15-year-olds having sex. The videos being shared over Facebook Messenger could constitute distribution …

HuffPost

But this story isn’t just one of child abuse and endangerment; it’s also one about an education system that allows home-schools to operate with relatively … David Allen Turpin, 57, and his wife, Louise Anna, 49, were jailed in lieu of $9 million bail after police found 13 children and young adults living in …

Marion Star

MARION – A Marion fugitive wanted on suspicion of child abuse is dead after a standoff with law enforcement in Arizona. Raymond B. Norton, 33, of Marion, killed himself after U.S. Marshals found him and his wife Tuesday at a campground outside Quartzsite, Ariz., said Lt. Donald Schlecht of the La Paz …

NBC4i.com

WAVY’s Jason Marks reports deputies in Isle of Wight arrested the boy’s mother, 32-year-old Jaye Lynn Hadley, for child abuse. Deputies were called to a home on Yellow Hammer Road on Jan. 8 for a 5-year-old who was not breathing. The child was flown to Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters …

Child seriously injured, mother arrested for child abuse – 13newsnow.com

Deputies collect shoes and drywall after Isle of Wight officials say child was abused by parent – wtkr.com

5-year-old boy on life support at CHKD; Mother charged with child abuse – WAVY-TV

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The Guardian

Patrick McGorry has warned bullying can be as damaging for youth mental health as child abuse, while calling for a major expansion of support services following Amy “Dolly” Everett’s death. McGorry, a former Australian of the year and youth mental health expert, said the behavioural and cultural …

FOX 10 News Phoenix

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – A Lake Havasu City is man was arrested and charged with child abuse after police say a 2-year-old girl was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. On Thursday, police and fire crews responded to a report of a female child who was not breathing in the 2800 block of …

Lake Havasu man arrested for child abuse, 2-year-old in critical condition – ABC15 Arizona

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KASU

Good morning, here are our early stories: — Couple Arrested After Children Found ‘Shackled To Their Beds’ In California Home. — On Visit To.

FlowingData

[T]he decision to screen out or in was not Byrne’s alone. In August 2016, Allegheny County became the first jurisdiction in the United States, or anywhere else, to let a predictive-analytics algorithm — the same kind of sophisticated pattern analysis used in credit reports, the automated buying and selling …

KMIR

David Allen Turpin, 56, and his wife, 49-year-old Louise Ann Turpin, were arrested Sunday on suspicion of committing multiple acts of torture and child abuse. Both are being held in lieu of $9 million bail at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside. According to Riverside County sheriff’s officials, …

PracticeLink.com

Pediatrics – Child Abuse and Neglect Jobs. Search physician jobs in all specialties nationwide. Find jobs by city and state in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and hundreds more specialties. Find permanent or locum tenens physician jobs plus nurse practitioner and physician …

PracticeLink.com

Pediatrics – Child Abuse and Neglect Jobs in Texas. Search physician jobs in all specialties nationwide. Find jobs by city and state in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and hundreds more specialties. Find permanent or locum tenens physician jobs plus nurse practitioner and …

2GB.com

Patrick McGorry AO said bullying can be as damaging for youth mental health as child abuse, and wants support services increased in the wake of Amy “Dolly” Everett’s death. Download this podcast here. Mark Braybrook. Advertisement …

Prevent Child Abuse America

Kids need to learn how to deal with emotions. Today’s Parenting Tip is all about helping your little ones deal with the difficult emotion of frustration.

Sierra Vista Herald

SIERRA VISTA — A Sierra Vista man charged with selling methamphetamine from a West End apartment while living there with his 3-week-old baby is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Jan.

Elton High

Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect. How can I report child abuse or neglect? Call 1-855-4LA-KIDS (1-855-452-5437) toll free 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Nottinghamshire Police

A Mansfield man has been locked up for 25 years after being found guilty of abusing children. Dean William Burden, 34, carried out the abuse over a period of about 12 years. He was sentenced yesterday (Monday 15 January 2018) at Nottingham Crown Court having been found guilty of 24 sexual …

The Guardian

Jon Venables, one of the killers of the toddler James Bulger, has been charged with offences related to indecent images of children and his trial is to be held in private at an unnamed court, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Venables was returned to prison in November after he was allegedly …

James Bulger killer Jon Venables charged over child abuse images – The Sun

James Bulger killer charged over child abuse imagery – RTE.ie

James Bulger’s killer Jon Venables charged over child abuse images – Independent.ie

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ABC News

Romania’s interior minister has urged the prime minister to fire the police chief after a traffic officer was detained on suspicion of sexually abusing two children. Interior Minister Carmen Dan said Tuesday she had asked Premier Mihai Tudose to dismiss police chief Bogdan Despescu after a traffic officer …

Romania PM urged to fire police chief over child abuse case – Fox News

Romania PM urged to fire police chief in child abuse case – New Zealand Herald

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The Denver Post

A former Jefferson County Human Services caseworker fabricated records in a dozen child abuse and neglect cases claiming she investigated the cases when she had not, authorities say. Richelle Schultz, 53, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony counts of falsifying information in child abuse and …

Former Caseworker Pleads Guilty In False Reporting Of Child Abuse Cases – CBS Local

Former child abuse caseworker accused of fraud pleads guilty – Colorado Springs Gazette

Former child abuse caseworker accused of fraud pleads guilty – FOX21News.com

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Gainesville Sun

Dustin Anthony Bungart was arrested and charged with child abuse, according to an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. A Gainesville man was arrested and charged with child abuse, according to an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. Dustin Anthony Bungart, 29, was arrested …

The News Herald

2, 2017. Two independent sources corroborated the accusation to police, and the child’s mother told investigators she witnessed the abuse, officers reported. The child’s mother said she personally witnessed it happen twice between August and September but did not report it “due to fear of an argument …

The Northwest Florida Daily News

A Sheriff’s Office investigation conducted in October found Friend, a lunchroom monitor at Kenwood, had mistreated a student to the extent that child abuse charges would have been filed if the child’s mother — who left the state to avoid criminal prosecution — had signed paperwork authorizing them.

The Northwest Florida Daily News

13 with four felony counts of child abuse without great bodily harm. On the same day, longtime school district investigator Arden Farley (four) and former Kenwood principal Angelyn Vaughan (three) were charged with multiple felony counts for failure to report suspected child abuse. Trials for all three are …

State to train district investigators; Gov. Scott reviewing child abuse allegations – Crestview News Bulletin

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Springfield News-Leader

The retired Spokane superintendent and the Spokane High School principal — who is on leave — were in a Christian County courtroom Tuesday. Both the men, Daryl Bernskoetter and Chris Kohl, were indicted in late 2017 on two counts of failure of a mandated reporter to report child abuse stemming …

Medical Xpress

Especially for the very young child, maltreatment can result in a variety of serious issues, including physical injury; cognitive delay; disruption of the stress response system that may result in long-term problems with emotion regulation and health; and even death, said Melissa Jonson-Reid, the Ralph and …

Ocala

All Marion County school employees must take annual child abuse reporting training, effective immediately. The move comes just a few weeks after an elementary school principal was demoted for not promptly handling a child abuse allegation. Superintendent of Schools Heidi Maier ordered the training …

KETK

PALM BAY, Florida (WESH) – The details are horrifying, according to investigators in Brevard County, Florida. Police arrested a mother at a Palm Bay home with 58 dogs and cats inside, some of them were dead. Michelle Murray was charged with one count of child abuse and was initially ordered to be …

1199SEIU

1199SEIU League of Registered Nurses Office of Continuing Education fosters the professional growth and development of its RN members and the nursing community at large. We are committed to providing quality need-specific continuing education programs that are reflective of current issues and …

Southern Door County School District

Child Abuse & Neglect and Procedures Policy. Southern Door County School District » District » Departments » Pupil Services » Child Abuse & Neglect and Procedures Policy …

Department of Justice

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted in two separate trials of three counts of Child Abuse, three counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Receipt of Images Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of Minors was sentenced on …

Oyster Bay-East Norwich

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Ticonderoga Central School District

Quick Links. Home · District News · District Events · Superintendent’s Message · Board of Education · Athletics · School Tax Collection · Forms & Links · Photo Galleries · Employment · Budget Information · Child Abuse Hotline Information …

Mass Legal Services

Each year, the Children’s Bureau produces the Child Maltreatment report using state statistics on child abuse and neglect that were gathered through the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS). National and state statistics about child maltreatment are derived from the data collected …

TN.gov

Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect. This section offers details and frequently asked questions on reporting child abuse and neglect in Tennessee. You also can click straight to the reporting page.

The Wenatchee World

WATERVILLE — An East Wenatchee woman convicted of assaulting one of her children was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in jail. Nicol Robin Acton, 35, suffers a “diminished ability to appreciate the wrongfulness of her conduct,” according to court records. That led Judge John Hotchkiss to …

PracticeLink.com

Pediatrics – Child Abuse and Neglect Jobs in Ohio. Search physician jobs in all specialties nationwide. Find jobs by city and state in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and hundreds more specialties. Find permanent or locum tenens physician jobs plus nurse practitioner and …

The Denver Post

The Denver Post recently published a shortened version of an Associate Press article about a mother from Lakewood who was indicted by a federal grand jury on misdemeanor child abuse charges. (The Denver Post, ‘Lakewood Mom Assaulted Son on Flight to Salt Lake City,’ complaint says. December …

Burlington Record

The Denver Post recently published a shortened version of an Associate Press article about a mother from Lakewood who was indicted by a federal grand jury on misdemeanor child abuse charges. According to the AP story, the mother continually hit, shoved, shook, kicked and verbally abused her …

Chicago Tribune

A few pages after yet another story about the latest in the Harvey Weinstein saga, I read a Tribune editorial entitled: “The toughest job in state government,” and came upon a paragraph that reduced me nearly to tears. It read: “The mother of a 2-year-old toddler from Charleston allegedly left him alone for …

KKTV 11 News

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) — Children are being locked up in their own home or found in filthy living conditions. A shocking 11 Call for Action investigation has revealed Colorado parents can’t even face jail-time for it. Local law enforcement officers are telling 11 News the law needs to change.

fox2now.com

The child was rushed to the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center to be treated for a brain bleed, collapsed lung, broken ribs, and bruising all over her body. Police detectives made contact with the child’s mother and live-in boyfriend, identified as Damien Gaylor. During interviews, Gaylor admitted to …

Poplar Buff man arrested on child abuse charge after admitting to throwing 6-year-old – WPSD Local 6

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HPPR

It has a post office, a museum, and a church – but other than that, it’s mostly just homes, dorms, and school buildings. Boys Ranch, Texas is home to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, a residential community for at-risk children. It’s been serving this purpose for close to 80 years. But now, some former residents …

Vanguard

In its bid to check various kinds of child abuse in the society, BNA links venture in conjunction with Agege Local Government and Medical Woman Association of Nigeria yesterday held a public presentation of four moral education comic series, all focusing on implication, prevention of sexual abuse of …

WNEM Saginaw

Police said McCulloch admitted to pulling the child’s leg after getting frustrated while changing a diaper. Then when the child woke up crying, McCulloch squeezed him out of frustration, police said. The child was taken to McLaren for treatment. His next court date is scheduled for January 5. He is out of …

WOWT

MILLARD, Neb. (WOWT) — Millard South High School Assistant Principal Matt Fedde was arrested Thursday on two felony charges. Fedde was arrested and booked in Douglas County Jail for felony child abuse/neglect and felony sexual assault of a minor. District officials said the arrest was part of an …

Millard South Assistant Principal arrested for sexual assault, child abuse – 1011now

Millard South assistant principal accused of raping 15-year-old student – Omaha World-Herald

Millard South Assistant Principal arrested – KETV Omaha

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BBC News

A former Southampton Football Club youth coach has pleaded not guilty to 50 counts of child abuse. Bob Higgins, 64, is accused of carrying out indecent assaults on 24 boys between 1970 and 1996. Mr Higgins, of Litchfield Road, Southampton, was the youth development officer at Southampton in the …

Bob Higgins: Ex-Saints coach denies child abuse charges – BBC News

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PracticeLink.com

Pediatrics – Child Abuse and Neglect Jobs in California. Search physician jobs in all specialties nationwide. Find jobs by city and state in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and hundreds more specialties. Find permanent or locum tenens physician jobs plus nurse practitioner and …

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Pediatrics – Child Abuse and Neglect Jobs in Arizona. Search physician jobs in all specialties nationwide. Find jobs by city and state in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and hundreds more specialties. Find permanent or locum tenens physician jobs plus nurse practitioner and …

Prevent Child Abuse America

As kids run around in the winter wonderland, we’ve put together some tips for parents to help you make sure your children are playing in a safe way.

PracticeLink.com

Pediatrics – Child Abuse and Neglect Jobs in Pennsylvania. Search physician jobs in all specialties nationwide. Find jobs by city and state in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and hundreds more specialties. Find permanent or locum tenens physician jobs plus nurse practitioner …

Office for Equity and Diversity – UW-Madison

No UW-Madison employee making a report of suspected child abuse or neglect to child protective services or law enforcement, in good faith, may be discharged from employment, disciplined or otherwise discriminated against in regard to employment, or threatened with any such treatment, for so doing.

St. Andrea

Find the latest information on Child Abuse from True Crime Report. doi: 10. – One Oklahoma woman is accused in what one DHS specialist described as the worst case of child neglect she has ever seen. 47. Koc F(1), Oral R(2), Butteris R(3). McClare G. There is also evidence that only a small proportion …

Rwanda National Police

Police have cautioned parents and the public in general against injustices to children in the name of punishment, warning of “criminal liability” to whoever will be caught in any form of child abuse. The warning follows an incident on Monday in Kacyiru Village of Ntendezi Cell, Ruharambuga Sector in …

WLFI.com

Hockey game raises awareness for child abuse, neglect. Spiderman, Superman and Wonder Woman all took a break from saving the world in order to enjoy a little bit of hockey…. Posted: Dec. 29, 2017 12:14 PM. Updated: Dec. 29, 2017 12:59 PM. Spiderman, Superman and Wonder Woman all took a …

KPTM

A Millard South High School administrator is behind bars Thursday.An e-mail from the high school was sent out to parents regarding Assistant Principal, Matthew Fedde, 45, who police say had inappropriate relations with a student who attended the school. Fe.

RocketCityNow

Two Geraldine residents are facing charges ranging from drug trafficking to child torture.

Captive children suffered years of abuse, starvation and cruelty by parents, authorities say

Los Angeles Times

David Turpin, 56, and Louise Turpin, 49, whose 13 children ages 2 to 29 were discovered Sunday after one of them escaped and called 911, punished their children by beating and choking them, tied them to beds for weeks or months at a time, deprived them of food and forced them to stay up all night …

Calif. couple who tortured, starved and held their 13 children captive formally charged – New York Daily News

California Girl’s Escape From ‘Human Depravity’ Led to Rescue of 12 Siblings – New York Times

Turpin family: Horrifying conditions the 13 siblings allegedly lived under revealed – The Independent

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Independent.ie

The parents, who were charged with multiple counts of torture, child abuse and false imprisonment, gave little food to their children, ranging in age from two to 29 years old, according to prosecutors, who said the abuse may have gone on for years. The couple even taunted their offspring by displaying …

What Happens Next to the 13 ‘Tortured’ California Kids Who Escaped Their Parents? – VICE

After the rescue: what does the future hold for California’s Turpin children? – The Guardian

Officials: The kids were starved. The dogs were well-fed. – CNN

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FOX 5 DC

SILVER SPRING, Md. – A childcare worker who ran her business inside her Silver Spring home for 10 years has been arrested after authorities said she beat and abused a child. Montgomery County police said they received a video on Jan. 12 showing the woman, identified by officials as Christina …

Police: Montgomery County Child Care Provider Arrested For Beating Toddler – CBS Baltimore / WJZ

Silver Spring day care worker accused of beating toddler – WTOP

Childcare Worker Arrested for Beating Child After Police Receive Video of Abuse – The Epoch Times

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wtkr.com

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – A 35-year-old Virginia Beach mother will spend eight years behind bars for beating her 11-year-old daughter with an aluminum baseball bat. A judge sentenced Andrea Gehring to 30 years in prison with 22 years suspended. Last July, Andrea Gehring pleaded guilty to malicious …

The Spokesman-Review

Three months after their arrests in connection to a grievous child abuse case, Melvin W. Bledsoe and Joy T. Anderson remain in Kootenai County jail. Bledsoe and Anderson, half-siblings accused of severely beating, starving and tying up Bledsoe’s 6-year-old son in the Post Falls area, both were …

WPLG Local 10

Volusia County sheriff’s detectives said a deputy met with the victim and an investigator with the Florida Department of Children and Families on Thursday. Detectives said the child said May, whose relation to the girl has not been released, frequently beat her with a belt. The deputy observed numerous …

NEW: Florida man wanted for beating girl, 3, putting her in oven, deputies say – Palm Beach Post

DeLand girl, 3, to cops: I was beaten with belt, put in oven – Orlando Sentinel

Terry May: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know – Heavy.com

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Hundreds of journals found in home with 13 captive children

USA TODAY

18: 13 malnourished kids were chained to furniture, taunted with food. The children’s parents, David and Louise Turpin, now face life in prison for multiple counts of torture, child abuse and false imprisonment that lasted for years. While describing the case Thursday, prosecutors revealed the Turpin …

wtkr.com

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, Va. – A boy at the center of a child abuse investigation has died from his injuries. Isle of Wight Sheriff’s Office deputies say they were called to a house on Yellow Hammer Road in Zuni last Sunday for an unresponsive child. Five-year-old Levi Robertson was flown to CHKD and …

Zuni child abuse victim has died – Tidewater News

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KXLY Spokane

POST FALLS, Idaho – A Post Falls couple, already charged with serious child abuse charges, now face an addition charge of incest. Three months after their arrests Melvin Bledsoe and Joy Anderson remain in Kootenai County jail. Bledsoe and Anderson are half-siblings. They were previously accused …

Willow Grove boy beaten to death after spilling cereal, police say

6abc.com

“This senseless death of a 4-year-old boy at the very hands of the adults who are supposed to care for him and keep him safe is a horrible tragedy,” said Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele. “This is the face of domestic violence: a preschooler was beaten until he stopped breathing …

Mom, Boyfriend Beat 4-Year-Old Boy to Death After He Spills Cereal: Police – NBC 10 Philadelphia

Mother, Boyfriend Accused Of Beating 4-Year-Old To Death For Spilling Breakfast Cereal – CBS Philly

DA: 4-year-old Willow Grove boy beaten to death for spilling cereal – FOX 29 News Philadelphia

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MLive.com

SAGINAW, MI — Autopsy results for a 3-year-old boy who was beaten to death showed that he suffered serious and continuous physical abuse that officials say was administered by the mother’s live-in boyfriend. On Wednesday, Jan. 10, Saginaw County Prosecutor John McColgan Jr. issued first-degree …

Prosecutor: 3-year-old subjected to ‘serious and continuous’ abuse; mom also charged – ABC 12 News (press release)

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South China Morning Post

Police have arrested a 52-year-old man suspected of beating his 11-year-old son with a plastic ruler, marking the fourth child abuse case reported in Hong Kong over the past three days. More of these types of cases were being exposed because schools, social workers and medics had been alerted by …

NBC4i.com

According to court documents, Hadley admitted to beating her son with a shoe and pushing his head on a floor. The bruising revealed the imprint of a shoe pattern on his bottom and lower back. Jason Marks reports the child is on life support at CHKD. Doctors are saying the child has permanent brain …

South China Morning Post

Advocates said that, while many Asian parents subscribe to the mantra “spare the rod and spoil the child” only as a deterrent for bad behaviour, others had taken caning and beating too far. Already, in 53 countries – including Germany, Spain and New Zealand – it is a crime to mete out corporal …

Fox17

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The man convicted of killing a 4-year-old boy who maintains his innocence, was dragged from the courtroom Thursday during his sentencing after a scuffle with deputies. Elis Nelson Ortiz, 25, was sentenced to life without parole in prison, convicted in December of beating …

‘Monster’ who killed boy, 4, fights deputies before life sentence – MLive.com

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NJ.com

JERSEY CITY — A pediatric dentist with offices in Jersey City and Bayonne has been indicted on charges of punching and threatening to kill her boyfriend’s 8-year-old son — and the boy’s father is now charged, too. Marissa E. Halum, of the 100 block of Kensington Avenue in Jersey City, is charged with …

STLtoday.com

A St. Louis County father has been charged in the brutal beating of his 2-month-old daughter, who was left with a brain injury, broken shoulder and broken ribs on Tuesday in Charlack. Wayne Mason, 26, of Charlack, was charged with abuse and neglect of a child. He is being held in the St. Louis County …

NBC 6 South Florida

The owner of a martial arts studio in Davie was arrested on a child abuse charge after police say he threw an 8-year-old boy to the ground, leaving him badly bruised. Richard Hartman, 65, was arrested Wednesday on one count of child abuse without great bodily harm in the incident that happened on …

Metro

She told the inquiry she was based there from 1957 until 1964, and insisted that it was a ‘happy place’ – not one where children were physically and emotionally abused. The retired sister, who cannot be identified, said it was a ‘shock’ to hear allegations emerge about the home, and said she ‘wouldn’t …

Mother facing charges for beating young son

The Charlottesville Newsplex

The Daily Press reports that the child was airlifted in critical condition to the hospital, where he remained Thursday. More injuries were discovered after the child arrived at the hospital, leading investigators to charge the child’s mother, 32-year-old Jaye Lynn Hadley, with one felony count of child abuse …

MLive.com

SAGINAW TWP, MI — The grandmother of a 3-year-old boy who was beaten so badly he won’t recover from injuries is pleading that women be careful about who their children are around and seek help in domestic violence situations. “My hope is that justice is served for Baby J and that it opens the eyes …

MLive.com

SAGINAW, MI — Severe injuries a 3-year-old boy received when he was allegedly beat New Year’s Day by his mother’s boyfriend could prove fatal, prosecutors say. The child’s alleged attacker, 26-year-old Tavaris J. Williams, was arraigned Thursday morning, Jan. 4, on one count of first-degree child …

STLtoday.com

The indictment charged Hershell P. Kirkman, 29, with the lesser felony of child abuse resulting in death in the fatal beating of his girlfriend’s son, Dashon Haskin, in 2014. The Circuit Attorney’s Office last week dismissed charges of second-degree murder and child abuse against Kirkman, and dropped a …

kfor.com

OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma City woman was taken into custody after witnesses called police after allegedly seeing her hit a child. On Jan. 6, officers were called to N.W. 23rd St. and Harvey after witnesses called 911 to report a woman ‘beating‘ a child inside a vehicle. According to the arrest …

Q13 FOX

The Saginaw Township Police Department says a 3-year-old boy hospitalized intensive care since a brutal beating allegedly at the hands of his mother’s live-in boyfriend on New Year’s Day has died. The man accused of beating the little boy, 26-year-old Tavaris Williams, was arraigned earlier Thursday …

Washington Post

Xavier Lyles was only 3 years old when he was brutally beaten to death. Medical experts determined the boy had more than 70 injuries on his little body. They said some had been inflicted months, even years, before his death. Following a month-long October trial, a jury found the boy’s mother guilty of …

WSGW

Child advocates like Suzanne Greenberg who’s President and C-E-O of the Child Abuse and Neglect or CAN Council are calling the recent death of three year old “Baby Jordan” in Saginaw Township heart wrenching. The boy died from a severe beating, allegedly at the hands of his mother’s 26 year old …

The Herald

Following the shocking arrest of a father’s girlfriend for allegedly beating a 3-year-old girl to death, Lancaster police have charged the child’s grandmother with allowing the child to be unsupervised, then lying to social services and police. Tracy Helms Schroeder, 48, of Lancaster, is charged with unlawful …

New York Post

LANCASTER, S.C. — Authorities say the girlfriend of the father of a child who died after a fatal beating has been charged in the death. Lancaster Police Chief Scott Grant tells the Herald of Rock Hill that 25-year-old Kayla Cook was arrested Dec. 29 in North Carolina and transported to Lancaster on …

Austin American-Statesman

Mom, boyfriend sought in burning, beating death of 4-year-old girl. 0. Share … Sumpter Township police investigators have filed multiple charges against Candice Renea Diaz, 24, and Brad Edward Fields, 28, including felony murder, second-degree murder, first-degree child abuse and torture. Fields is …

Feds join hunt for mother, boyfriend accused in torture death of 4-year-old girl – Fox News

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The Root

According to ABC Action News, the incident all started early Saturday morning after an employee at the Master’s Inn in Seffner called the authorities to report yelling in a room, which, the employee said, sounding like an adult man yelling at a child saying to “beat the kid” and “push the kid over here.”.

Florida Man Charged With Beating Stepson, 7, to Death – New York Times

After boy’s fatal beating, Hillsborough deputy looked in, thought he was asleep – TBO.com

Man Charged With Beating Stepson to Death Over Cookie, Then Forcing Siblings to Sleep in Bed … – Newsweek

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fox2now.com

Police detectives made contact with the child’s mother and live-in boyfriend, identified as Damien Gaylor. During interviews, Gaylor admitted to throwing the 6-year-old, saying she landed on the corner of a couch. Gaylor also admitted to pushing the child down, causing her to hit her head against a stove.

Mother charged with 2 counts of intentional child abuse

WJXT News4JAX

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Police arrested a mother Friday and charged her with beating her own children with an extension cord. Gloryian Ewing was booked about 3 p.m. into the Duval County jail on two counts of intentional child abuse resulting in injury. On Saturday a judge ordered Ewing, 40, held on …

CBS St. Louis

CAHOKIA (KMOX) — Authorities in St. Clair County say they’ve arrested the man charged with killing a 2.5-year-old in April. Gyasi Campbell, of Berkeley, faces first-degree murder charges in the death of Kane Friess, who suffered head trauma. Campbell was living with the boy’s mother at the time.

East Idaho News

REXBURG — An Iona man is behind bars after police say he violently beat a young child two days before Christmas. Sean Ryan, 32, was arrested and booked into the Madison County Jail on Wednesday on one felony count of injury to a child. Rexburg Police Lt. Ron Ball says Ryan, who is 6 feet, …

Minneapolis Star Tribune

11, when Joshua was taken to a hospital, doctors determined that the boy’s injuries were “all indicative of child abuse,” read a statement from the county attorney’s office issued upon Mitchell being charged. Mitchell had been beating the boy since the three moved in two months earlier, according to the …

Man arrested for severe beating of three-year-old boy

nbc25news.com

SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. – One man has been arrested by Saginaw Township police in a suspected case of child abuse against a three-year-old boy. The incident was discovered the afternoon of January 1 when police arrived to an apartment on Fontaine Boulevard to find the child severely beaten …

Medics revive 3-year-old boy after suspected beating by mom’s boyfriend – MLive.com

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CNN

Police shouldn’t beat nobody like that.” She said she wants other parents to be aware of what happened to her son, because she never thought something like this would happen to her child. “You know, you hear about it in the media but I would have never thought that — I guess in Troy I never thought …

Alabama mother says teen son was ‘beaten to unconsciousness’ by cops – ABC News

UPDATE: Mother says Troy police beat 17-year-old son – WKRG

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Chicago Tribune

The Joliet woman charged with murder in the alleged beating of her infant daughter has a history of involvement with the state’s child welfare agency. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was still investigating a report of abuse against another of the woman’s children by her boyfriend …

Police say Lancaster girl, 3, was beaten to death, ‘died within minutes’

The Herald

Police in Lancaster have charged a woman with homicide by child abuse in the December death of a 3-year-old girl whom authorities say suffered a fatal head beating. Kayla Cook, 25, was arrested Dec. 29 in Cleveland County, N.C., and transported back to Lancaster Tuesday, said Chief Scott Grant of …

NBC Southern California

Several people were detained at a Riverside County residence Friday after a 3-year-old girl was found dead outside the house. Authorities said the child’s death is considered “suspicious.” The body was found in the 3000 block of Cannes Avenue in Highgrove. Details about her cause of death were not …

Riverside County sheriff’s deputies investigating how child ended up dead in Highgrove home – Press-Enterprise

Sheriff’s deputies investigating child death at home in Highgrove – FOX 11 Los Angeles

3-year-old’s death in Riverside County investigated as homicide – KABC-TV

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ABC15 Arizona

Prosecutors had initially sought the death penalty for Velazco and the child’s father, Carlos Tercerro Cruz. Authorities say Alexandra Velazco-Tercerro weighed only 15 pounds and had several injuries when she died in May 2015. She was put in foster care at birth after testing positive for …

Idaho Statesman

A southeastern Idaho man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the death of an 18-month-old boy. Jesus Castillo was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to first-degree murder for the death of Zachary Tendoy, the Post Register reported . The 23-year-old Blackfoot man was looking after the child …

Idaho Man Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Child’s Death – U.S. News & World Report

Idaho man sentenced to 45 years in prison for child’s death – Idaho State Journal

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Bryan-College Station Eagle

Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey said at a news conference Saturday that what’s believed to be the body of Raul Gonzalez Johnson was found about 1:45 p.m. Saturday after about 8,000 gallons of water were pumped from the pond. A medical examiner must confirm the identity and cause of death.

The Latest: Sheriff: NC Child’s Death Appears Accidental – U.S. News & World Report

The Latest: Sheriff: NC child’s death appears accidental – News & Observer

The Latest: Sheriff: NC child’s death appears accidental – Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)

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Omaha World-Herald

The first child death from the flu in Nebraska has been recorded by health officials. The death occurred in central Nebraska. Further details weren’t available. According to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, the state has seen 22 flu-related deaths, 21 and adults and one child.

Child flu death reported to DHHS – 1011now

Child dies of flu in Central Nebraska – KMTV – 3 News Now

DHHS: Nebraska child died of flu-related causes – Lincoln Journal Star

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WRAL.com

So far, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30 children across the country have died from the flu during a season that began in October, typically peaks in February or March and sputters out by May. By comparison, last year, 101 children died from the flu. In recent years, the …

Report confirms child dies from flu last week in Florida – WJHG-TV

How the flu turns deadly – CNN

Child Tests Positive For Flu Before Death – CBS Local

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Newsweek

A six-year-old girl in North Carolina died of the flu just hours after paramedics visited her home. Muth, of Cary, North Carolina was diagnosed with flu last Tuesday. She was treated with Tamiflu to relieve her symptoms and told to stay hydrated, Fox News reported. By Friday, the young girl’s symptoms …

Paramedics said her 6-year-old had common flu symptoms and left, she claims. Now her daughter … – Washington Post

Your Health: Raleigh child dies of the flu – Jacksonville Daily News

Six-year-old girl dies from flu after ambulance was sent back, as victim list grows – Fox News

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WLS-TV

Eric Chu, 31, was arrested in Chicago on Friday. He is accused of beating a 10-month-old child to death. (Chicago Police Department). AP. Saturday, January 27, 2018 11:12AM. CHICAGO –. A Nevada man wanted in the beating death of his 10-month-old child has been arrested in Chicago. Authorities …

Man brutally beats his 10-month-old child to death before fleeing the state: Cops – CrimeOnline

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WBRC FOX6 News – WBRC.com

Tuscaloosa authorities say the investigation in the death of a 20-month-old girl is now a capital murder case. Captain Kip Hart with Tuscaloosa police say they have a suspect in custody and are working to get a warrant. Homicide Unit Investigators were asked to respond to DCH Sunday night on an …

Tuscaloosa investigators believe play may be involved in child’s death – WBRC FOX6 News – WBRC.com

Father charged with capital murder in blunt force trauma death of toddler girl – AL.com

Alabama Man Held in Daughter’s Death – U.S. News & World Report

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U.S. News & World Report

A Nevada man wanted in the beating death of his 10-month-old child has been arrested in Chicago. Jan. 26, 2018, at 10:52 p.m. … The 31-year-old Chu of Las Vegas is charged with murder in the death Wednesday of his child, whose name and sex authorities have not released. Police say they were …

Suspect in death of Nevada child’s death arrested in Chicago – Seattle Times

Suspect in death of Nevada child’s death arrested in Chicago – Las Vegas Sun

Suspect in death of Nevada child’s death arrested in Chicago – Laredo Morning Times

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WCHV.com

An Orange County couple that originally pled not guilty in last year’s allegedly accidental shooting death of a young child has now changed that plea. In May of 2017, four-year-old Cole Clark reportedly shot and killed himself while he was in the care of Heather Massey, who operated a child care service …

WLFI.com

3>> an increase in the number of child deaths in tippecanoe county has the local child fatality review team asking for your help. >> in 2016, there were four child deaths in the county, last year it doubled to eight. experts say even if you don’t have children, you can play a role in decreasing that number.

Net News – Tomato Timer

Another child in Colorado may have died from the flu. The Larimer County Health Department says the child died last Friday….

Latest News

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BREAKING – Tomato Timer

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) — A southeastern Idaho man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for killing an 18-month-old boy. The Post Register reports 23-year-old Jesus Castillo was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to first-degree murder for the death of Zachary Tendoy. Prosecutors say the …

Net News – Tomato Timer

A child has been killed at school in the western German town of Lünen, allegedly murdered by a fellow pupil. Police quickly arrested the attacker….

WPTA

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ABC21) – Fort Wayne Police are investigating the death of a child Saturday. According to police dispatchers, emergency crews were called out to the 200 block of E. Butler Street around 11:30 a.m. on reports of an issue with a 2-year-old child. At some point, it appears, the child died …

Fort Waynes NBC

One dead in semi crash on U.S. 30 · Radiator problems force FWCS students off bus · Fort Wayne Mother Claims 20-year-old Daughter Died from Flu · Familes impacted by hurricane coming to Whitley … Child death investigation underway on city’s south side. Victim identified in semi crash on U.S. 30 …

Cambridge University Press

Summary. The role of family health-seeking behaviour in under-five-year child mortality was explored through the combined approach of examining health-seeking behaviour regarding treatment generally, and in specific in relation to illness before death. A population-based case control study was.

Las Vegas Review-Journal

A Lake Havasu City, Arizona, man and his girlfriend face a first-degree murder charge following Sunday’s death of their 2-year-old daughter. Andrew La Morie, 21, and Brittany Rodriguez, 24, have also been charged with child abuse and neglect in the death, Lake Havasu City Police said. In a probable …

Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

Mom asks to postpone trial in child death case … NEW HAMPTON – The mother of an infant who was found dead in an Alta Vista apartment is asking the court to delay her trial. Cheyanne Renae Harris, 20, is charged with murder and child endangerment in the death of 4-month-old Sterling Koehn.

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

(AP) — A Department of Justice review suggests the state could prevent child deaths by offering more treatment services for pregnant women and new … a home visiting program to provide education and other services to expectant mothers and young families involved in the child protection system.

Panel reviews 14 deaths of kids previously reported to state system – Great Falls Tribune

AG Tim Fox: 2017 Child fatality report ‘heartbreaking, state must do better’ – KTVH

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Mirror.co.uk

Candice Diaz, 24, and Brad Fields, 28, were charged with murder, torture, and child abuse and both denied bail. Gabrielle died on New Year’s Day with multiple injuries, including severe burns on her limbs. Gabrielle’s mother, Diaz, and her partner, Fields, from Michigan, were arrested seven days later …

Couple charged with murder over death of girl, 4, in ‘worst child death case’ in years appear in court – The Sun

Sumpter couple arraigned in 4-year-old’s death – The Detroit News

Couple charged with murder after four-year-old girl dies in scalding bath in ‘worst child death case … – Scottish Daily Record

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Local 8 Now

SUMPTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Michigan medical examiner called a 4-year-old girl’s death the “worst child death case” he’s ever seen, saying that her burns were so bad her big toe fell off. Gabrielle Barrett was found unresponsive Jan. 1 in a trailer home, suffering “severe burns about her extremities” …

The Denver Post

An El Paso County child has died from the flu, and state health officials worry that the worst is yet to come as the virus circulates another two to three months. This case was the first influenza-related child death in Colorado since 2013. The child – whose name, age and gender were not released – was …

CBN News

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the latest statistics concerning the devastating flu outbreak in every state except Hawaii. So far this season 30 children have died from the flu, making this flu season one of the most severe in years. According to information collected through …

Flu widespread throughout the nation, 30 children dead – CNN

Flu Season Has Claimed the Lives of 30 Children – Newsweek

30 children now dead from flu, CDC says – USA TODAY

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NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Officers found a woman dead on the scene and the 18-month-old that was being transferred is missing. Police believe the child’s father is the person responsible for the woman’s death. A statewide Amber Alert was issued Sunday morning for help locating the man, identified as 37-year-old Richard J …

Manhunt ends with self-inflicted gunshot after mother of 3 shot dead, child abducted – mySanAntonio.com

Manhunt sparked by killing, child abduction ends after suspect found shot – San Antonio Express-News

Manhunt sparked by killing, child abduction ends after suspect found shot – mySanAntonio.com

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U.S. News & World Report

Child Death Review Recommends Treatment for Addicted Mothers. A Department of Justice review suggests the state could help prevent child deaths by offering more treatment services for pregnant women and new mothers who are battling drug and alcohol addiction. Jan. 17, 2018, at 3:37 p.m..

CT Post

A popular New Canaan 10-year-old is the first child in Connecticut to die of flu-related illness this season — a brutal blow to those who knew him and another shocking casualty of a devastating flu season. “It was like being hit on the head. I couldn’t believe it,” said Tomasz Piateck, who coached the late …

New Canaan boy is state’s first child flu death of season – CT Post

10-year-old New Canaan boy’s death could be flu related – WTNH Connecticut News (press release)

Child dies from flu – was in Buffalo for tournament – WKBW-TV

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Little Steve & the Big Beat

Mother! baby death. Or even a few days after. 8. A Maine woman who told investigators that she must have “blacked out” after drinking multiple shots of liquor and smoking marijuana on the night of her infant son’s Dec 30, 2017 · A Minneapolis, Minnesota, man was arrested for beating his girlfriend’s …

World News – Tomato Timer

Candice Diaz, 24, and Brad Fields, 28, have been charged with murder, torture, and child abuse …

RochesterFirst

Rochester Police Officers and EMS responded at 411 Driving Park early Saturday morning to a report of a child not breathing.

Today Latest News World – Tomato Timer

A COUPLE charged with murder over the death of a four-year-girl who died in “a scalding bath” have appeared in court….

Association of Health Care Journalists

The Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office is investigating the cause and manner of the child’s death, KNXV reported. The child’s grandmother Norma Yarrito described him as “a lovely, lovely little boy.” In response to a request for comment from KNXV, Kool Smiles issued a statement which read in …

Advisory Board

U.S. infants under age 1 faced a 76% higher risk of death from 2001 to 2010 compared with those in 19 other high-income countries, according to a new study published in Health Affairs.

MSN.com

A popular New Canaan 10-year-old is the first child in Connecticut to die of flu-related illness this season — a brutal blow to those who knew him and another shocking casualty of a devastating flu season.

Amazon UK

Having a child die is the worst thing imaginable – but what if you are responsible? With a sympathetic and unobtrusive approach, this poignant doc explores the stories of parents who have undergone this trauma. Grappling with their own guilt, lengthy legal battles and the wrath of the public eye, these …

CBS News

SUMPTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Michigan medical examiner called the killing of a 4-year-old girl found burned the “worst child death case” he has seen in his 27 years of practice, according to court documents obtained by the Detroit Free Press. The death of Gabrielle Barrett on Jan. 1 launched a …

US Marshals offer up to $5K for help finding couple wanted in 4-year-old’s killing – Detroit Free Press

Gabrielle Barrett: Couple arrested after allegedly burning and abusing four-year-old girl who died … – The Independent

Feds join hunt for mother, boyfriend accused in torture death of 4-year-old girl – Fox News

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WNCN

SUMPTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Michigan medical examiner called the killing of a 4-year-old girl found burned the “worst child death case” he has seen in his 27 years of practice, according to court documents obtained by the Detroit Free Press. The death of Gabrielle Barrett on Jan. 1 launched a …

Sumpter Township mom accused in abuse death was burned as child, records show – Detroit Free Press

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Toledo Blade

The news came the same day the Ohio Department of Health announced the first child death attributed to influenza for the 2017-2018 season, a 4-year-old boy from Montgomery County. “It’s a hard subject to talk about but it is one this community needs to hear,” Mr. Zgodzinski said. “It just goes back to …

Minnesota confirms first child death this flu season – KIMT 3

Minnesota flu season in full swing; 1 child death reported – Seattle Times

Minnesota flu season in full swing; 1 child death reported – Merced Sun-Star

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5newsonline.com

The girl was transported to an Ann Arbor hospital where she was pronounced dead. The death was ruled a homicide two days later by the Washtenaw County Medical Examiner, according to police, with evidence of multiple traumatic injuries indicating child abuse. The Detroit Free Press reports a court …

Toledo Blade

A Lucas County child is likely the second in Ohio to die this year of flu-related complications, the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department confirmed Wednesday. The male child in Lucas County died Monday at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo-Lucas County Health Department …

4-year-old boy is Ohio’s first child flu-related death this season – cleveland.com

Get your kid a flu shot: First child death in Ohio this season – Cincinnati.com

Child dies from flu in Montgomery County – Dayton Daily News

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KUOW News and Information

“This bill involves a tragedy, the death of a child,” said the bill’s sponsor, Republican state Rep. Paul Graves. He proposes to give the ultimate decision to the parent who the child lives with the majority of the time. In cases of equal custody, the decision would fall to the parent whose home serves as the …

Herald & Review

The charges against Weiss accuse her of failing to provide food, water and sanitary conditions for the boy, leading to his death by dehydration or starvation. The charges state that she knew or should have known that her actions created a “strong possibility” of death or great harm to the boy. She could be …

KSFY

PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota has reported its first child death from the flu this season. The weekly flu report shows a continued increase in flu activity across Minnesota. As of the week ending Jan. 6, the Minnesota Department of Health reports more than 1,700 flu-related hospitalizations, 55 outbreaks of …

Minnesota Flu Season in Full Swing, 1 Child Death Reported – WJON News

UPDATE: More flu-related deaths in Iowa – KIMT 3

Flu stomps the nation, overwhelming ERs and leaving 20 children dead – CNN

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UPI.com

MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2018 — The United States has had the smallest decline in child death rates among wealthy nations over the past 50 years, despite spending more on health care per child than the other countries, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed child death rates from 1961 to 2010 in the …

US ranks worst for child mortality among wealth nations – fox5sandiego.com

US childhood mortality rates have lagged behind other wealthy nations for the past 50 years – EurekAlert (press release)

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BBC News

A couple have said they are “heartbroken” after losing a third child to a rare heart condition. Carrick Prentice-Underwood, 19, from Redditch, died on Thursday. It follows the death of his sister Charlotte, 16, in 2010 and 17-year-old brother Craig in 2013. Parents Robert and Maggie Underwood say they …

“We’re just numb, angry, upset”: Parents heartbroken after losing THIRD CHILD in eight years to … – Mirror.co.uk

Heartbroken parents lose their THIRD child in eight years due to the same rare heart condition – The Sun

Parents are left heartbroken after losing THIRD teenage child to rare heart condition – Daily Mail

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Wikipedia

Methodology[edit]. The under-five mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants and children under five years old per 1000 live births. The under-five mortality rate for the world is 40.8 deaths according to the World Bank and the World Health Organization. 5.6 million children under age five died in …

PLOS

Background Over half of under-five deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa and appropriate, timely, quality care is critical for saving children’s lives. This study describes the context surrounding children’s deaths from the time the illness was first noticed, through the care-seeking patterns leading up to the …

News 12

A new study shows the U.S. has the worst overall child mortality rate when compared to 19 other wealthy nations.

KAAL

Police are investigating the death of a 7-month-old girl who was being cared for at an in-home daycare in northern Iowa. Manly police say in a news release that medics were sent to the home in Manly around 3 p.m. Dec. 28. They performed CPR…

AAP Medianet

Report on Vaccine Preventable Child Deaths. A Reminder for Parents and Healthcare Providers. Parents are reminded to talk with their doctor to ensure their children are fully vaccinated following a review of vaccine preventable deaths over the past decade in NSW. The review, ‘Child Deaths from …

Kapsalon Monia

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Watauga Democrat

BOONE — Autopsy results indicate head injuries caused the death of a 10-month-old child from a March 2017 incident that resulted in charges of second-degree murder and abuse.

Qatar Tribune

Thomson Reuters Foundation CHENNAI Tamil Nadu state must compensate the parents of a girl who was electrocuted to death in a textile mill where they worked as bonded labourers, India’s human rights panel has ordered. Thursday’s order highlights the plight of millions of people working as virtual …

WLOS

A Rowan County medical examiner says missing teen Erica Parsons’ death was a homicide of undetermined means.The 13-year-old was last seen in 2011, but not reported missing until 2013.Her adoptive father led authorities to her remains in a shallow grave in.

DFA

FINANCIAL woes and stress brought on by her daughter’s death have driven a woman whose child died at Prophet Mboro’s church to attempt suicide. For three weeks Nontombi Gwam couldn’t bury the little girl – who died after being taken to Prophet Paseka Mboro Motsoeneng’s Incredible Happenings …

Family: Child dies days after appointment at Yuma dental office

ABC15 Arizona

Now, a second death linked to the same dental office has been uncovered. Francisca Lares, the mother of 4-year old Lizeth Lares, says her child died after a dental procedure in February of 2016. According to the family, the four year old little girl went into Kool Smiles for dental treatment to deal with an …

Arizona 2-Year-Old Dies After Being Dropped Off at Dentist Appointment, Family Says – KTLA

2-year-old dies after being dropped off at dentist appointment, family says – fox4kc.com

Autopsy pending for Arizona toddler who stopped breathing in dentist’s chair – AZCentral.com

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Manhunt underway for Michigan couple after 4-year-old child murdered

ABC15 Arizona

SUMPTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) – Sumpter Township, Michigan police have released photos of a man and woman they say are wanted in the death of their 4-year-old daughter. According to police, they are searching for 24-year-old Candice Diaz and 28-year-old Brad Fields. Police responded to a …

Manhunt underway for Michigan couple after 4-year-old child murdered – WXYZ

Police hunt for Michigan mother and her boyfriend facing charges of torture and murder after the … – Daily Mail

Manhunt For Michigan Couple Wanted In Murder, Torture Of 4-Year-Old Girl – CBS Detroit

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CNBC

The United States has the worst child mortality rate among a group of 20 wealthy democracies, an analysis released Monday found. And despite overall improvement in the child mortality rate in the U.S. and those 19 other countries, the U.S. has persistently outpaced those nations in that grim metric for …

Child Death Rate Higher in US Than Other Wealthy Nations – HealthDay

High US child mortality rate driven by deaths of infants, teens – ModernHealthcare.com

Child Death Rate Higher in US Than Other Wealthy Nations – U.S. News & World Report

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Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

According to court records, 4-month-old Sterling Koehn was found dead in a child seat at the couple’s Alta Vista apartment on Aug. 30. Authorities said the evidence at the scene contradicted the parent’s account of what happened, and maggots on the child and the child’s clothing showed he hadn’t been …

KOB 4

She stated that all of the children had been sick recently and when asked why she hadn’t taken them to the hospital, Crownover told detectives she had tried home remedies but they were unsuccessful. When asked again why then she didn’t take the children to a doctor she said “I know, I guess I was …

Bryan-College Station Eagle

Prosecutors declined to file charges against Johnson after the child’s death in November 2016, saying they needed more information from the coroner’s office. Johnson, who was dating the child’s babysitter, reportedly told police he punched the baby because he was frustrated with his crying. The child …

Prosecutors in Fresno Charge Man in 2016 Child’s Death – U.S. News & World Report

DA files murder charge against Fresno man in toddler’s death – Fresno Bee

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Hometownlife.com

A Wayne County deputy medical examiner testified during Minter’s preliminary examination back in August that the child appeared to have sustained an injury to his back two weeks before he died, as well as another injury due to blunt force trauma to his back just hours before his death. The medical …

Journal Gazette and Times-Courier

CHARLESTON — A woman accused of causing her young son’s death will be examined for her mental fitness for trial. The examination was ordered Monday for Savannah M. Weiss, whose alleged neglect of her 2-year-old son led to his death from starvation or dehydration last month. Weiss, 22, was …

Toms River babysitter’s manslaughter conviction upheld in shaken-baby death of toddler

Asbury Park Press

A Toms River mother of twins tearfully insisted she was innocent when she was sentenced in 2015 to 15 years in prison for the aggravated manslaughter of a toddler. But a panel of appellate judges on Wednesday upheld the conviction and sentence of Michelle Heale in the shaken-baby death of …

WHIO

A man called 911 late this afternoon to report that his young son was not breathing. He repeatedly urged crews to respond quickly to the 5600 block of Hoover Avenue. Although he referred to his child as a baby, he told dispatchers his son was 3. FIRST REPORT. Authorities are investigating the …

770 KKOB

Belen Woman Charged in Child’s Death in Court Tuesday. Posted on January 8, 2018. THE WOMAN JAILED AFTER SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FOUND AN 11 MONTH OLD FOSTER CHILD DEAD IN HER HOME WILL BE IN A COURTROOM ON TUESDAY. FIFTY-FIVE YEAR OLD STEPHANIE …

770 KKOB

CYFD Investigates Child’s Death. Posted on January 3, 2018. A BELEN WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH AFTER AN 11-MONTH OLD FOSTER CHILD IN HER CARE DIED. ACCORDING TO THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED IN …

TN.gov

2018 Deaths. Note: When possible and as available, the Department will post preliminary information concerning a child’s age, gender, and previous history within two business days of a custody or non-custody child death*. Following case closure, information concerning the case disposition, whether …

BMC Public Health – BioMed Central

LiST modelling with monitoring data to estimate impact on child mortality of an ORS and zinc programme with public sector providers in Bihar, India. Jayachandran A. AyyanatEmail author,; Catherine Harbour,; Sanjeev Kumar and; Manjula Singh. BMC Public HealthBMC series – open, inclusive and …

New York Times

The 3-year-old boy in the kitchen screamed. His mother ran in from the bathroom. He had been playing with the knobs of the stove again. With flames jumping through the kitchen, she scooped up the boy and a 2-year-old child and ran into the cold. She left her first-floor apartment door ajar behind her.

Child playing with stove blamed for massive Bronx fire that killed 12, officials say – Fox News

New York City fire kills 12, including 4 children – Q13 FOX

Mayor: Child playing with stove apparently caused NYC fire that killed 12 – Akron Beacon Journal

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[WATCH] Ramokgopa visits clinic, family of child who died at Mboro’s church

Eyewitness News

Ihsaan Haffejee | Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa visited the home of Nontombi Gwam whose child died at Pastor Paseka Motsoeneng’s church on Sunday. She also conducted a site visit to the clinic in question to see if they had the capacity to help the sick child. Health · Pastor Mboro · Paseka …

BBC News

A child has died after reportedly getting into trouble in a swimming pool at an Egyptian holiday resort. The girl, from County Durham, was taken to a nearby hospital but was later flown home to the UK by tour operator, Tui. She died on 26 December, the Northern Echo said. The travel company has been …

County Durham child dies after ‘Egypt pool incident’ – BBC News

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NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Police in McKinney arrested a woman in connection with the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old child in Greenville, authorities say. Police in Greenville answered a disturbance call at 4:48 p.m. Thursday in the 4200 block of Pickett Street, but when they arrived, police didn’t find anything out of the ordinary, …

Texas woman accused in fatal shooting of 7-year-old child – Fox News

Two arrested after shooting death of child – Herald-Banner

26-Year Old Woman Held on Capital Murder Charge in Greenville Child Death – WBAP News/Talk

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Winston-Salem Journal

A child from the central part of North Carolina is the first to die from a flu-related illness during the 2017-18 season, state health officials said Thursday. The N.C. Department of … DHHS said its previous report included a death of an individual who died during the week of Dec. 23, and not the week of Dec.

NC health officials report first child flu death of 2017-18 season – WSOC Charlotte

North Carolina sees state’s first child death from flu this season – WWAY NewsChannel 3

Central North Carolina child dies from flu – WTVD-TV

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Police: Home explosion suspect started fire to cover child’s death

4029tv

Update: Dec. 27 – According to an Affidavit, Arkansas State Police investigators say Ricky Carter admitted the two-year-old child was dead prior to intentionally causing the explosion inside the home. The affidavit states Carter told police that the child, Ryatt Reese, had been throwing up. The affidavit …

TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

Six people have been killed in Minnesota fires since Christmas Day, bringing the number of such deaths this year to 63, the most in nearly 15 years. And with 10 fire deaths in December, the state has exceeded the death toll for any one month in 2015, 2016 and 2017. The deaths this week were all …

Two adults, child die in Hibbing fire; another child critically injured – Duluth News Tribune

Second child dies following Hibbing house fire – KMSP-TV

3 Dead, Including 1 Child, & 2 Kids Injured In Hibbing Fire – CBS Minnesota / WCCO

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WITN

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported our state’s first child death for the 2017-2018 flu season on Thursday. The department has only said the child is from the central part of the state and is not releasing any additional details to protect the family’s privacy. According to …

First child flu death reported – Greenville Daily Reflector

NC child dies from the flu – WAVY-TV

State officials report first child flu death in North Carolina of this season – wtkr.com

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OzarksFirst.com

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A residential fire in Paris, Arkansas, was started by a man who wanted to cover up a child’s death, court documents state. The court documents released on Wednesday state Ricky L. Carter, 27, started the fire on purpose. Carter was arrested shortly after the fire took place on …

Documents: Paris Man Started Fire to Cover Child’s Death – KNWA

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Eyewitness News

JOHANNESBURG – Eyewitness News senior reporter Clement Manyathela, standing in for Stephen Grootes, speaks to Incredible Happenings’s Pastor Paseka Motsoeneng about an incident where a child died at his church in the east of Johannesburg during a Sunday service. “It’s funny how people will …

[WATCH] Pastor Mboro opens case after child’s death at his church – Eyewitness News

Mother lays charges against paramedics after child’s death at Mboro church – eNCA

WATCH: A defiant Pastor Mboro responds to child’s death – Citizen

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Ann7

Mother of a 3-year-old child who died at Incredible Happenings Church on Sunday says she was turned away from Daveyton Clinic and told to go to the hospital.

klif.com

26-Year Old Woman Held on Capital Murder Charge in Greenville Child Death. Posted on December 29, 2017. 24-year old Brooke Ashley Craig (Collin County Jail), Inset (Facebook). McKinney (WBAP/KLIF) – A 26-year old Dallas woman is being held in Collin County Jail on multiple charges, including …

Watauga Democrat

RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the state’s first child death from flu for the 2017-18 flu season, the department said Dec. 28.

MSN.com

JOHANNESBURG – The mother of a child who died at Pastor Paseka “Mboro” Motsoeneng’s Incredible Happenings Ministry on Sunday has laid charges of culpable homicide against paramedics from the Ekurhuleni Emergency Management Services. She was accompanied by Motsoeneng, who has …

GoMeasure3D

Daily A Prayer for a Family Grieving the Death of a Child How can we now live under the shadow of this untimely death? Answer this Pope Francis has asked for prayers for his nephew’s wife and children, who died today in a car crash in Argentina. Amen. Nighttime prayer, Catholic bedtime prayers of …

CapeTalk

The toddler’s mother had initially taken her child to prophet Paseka Motsoeneng’s church to be prayed for by the Pastor Mboro.

Ann7

Controversial Pastor Paseka Motsoeneng, popularly known as Pastor Mboro, says he will be laying culpable homicide charges against paramedics today after a child died in his church on Sunday. A woman had taken her daughter to Mboro’s Incredible Happenings Ministries church in Katlehong in …

CBS News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rapper Kodak Black, best known for singles “No Flockin” and “Tunnel Vision,” has been ordered held without bail in Florida on seven felony charges that include child neglect and drug possession. The Broward Sheriff’s Office arrested the 20-year-old rapper, whose real …

Kodak Black arrested and charged with felony weapon possession, child neglect – Consequence of Sound (blog)

Florida Rapper Kodak Black Was Arrested For Grand Theft And Child Neglect – UPROXX

Kodak Black Arrested on Weapon and Child Neglect Charges – Pitchfork

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WMTV

What the bill would do is make child neglect a felony that could lead to jail time. Right now it’s only a misdemeanor charge. Neglect can look like not providing the proper food or clothing for a child or not getting medical care. The author of the bill said especially in neglect cases related to drug dealing or …

Voice of America

A California couple accused of holding their 13 children captive in their home near Los Angeles pleaded not guilty Thursday to more than 30 counts of torture, child abuse, and false imprisonment. David and Anne Turpin are jailed on $13 million bail each — $1 million for each child. Their alleged crimes …

At Squalid California Home of 13 Siblings, a Daring Escape From ‘Human Depravity’ – New York Times

Parents of 13 malnourished children charged with years of torture and abuse in California – Chicago Tribune

California DA says couple’s abuse of 12 kids became torture – FOX 29 News Philadelphia

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9NEWS.com

The state of Colorado received a record-breaking number of calls to its child abuse and neglect hotline in 2017, data shows. Coloradans made 211,554 calls to the hotline throughout the year — an average of nearly 580 calls each day. The number increased from 206,107 calls in 2016, according to a …

Colorado received record-breaking number of child abuse reports in 2017 – The Coloradoan

CDHS focuses on preventing child sex trafficking – KKCO-TV

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Sun Sentinel

Rapper Kodak Black arrested on weapons charges and child neglect. Broward … Pembroke Pines musician whose real name is Dieuson Octave was arrested on seven felony counts, including grand theft of a firearm, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, marijuana possession and child neglect.

WNCN

This Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 arrest photo provided by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Fla., shows Dieuson Octave, also known as the rapper Kodak Black. Octave has been ordered held without bond on Friday, Jan 19, 20187, facing seven felony charges that include child neglect and drug …

Kodak Black arrested on weapons, child neglect charges – WDEF News 12

Rapper Kodak Black charged with child neglect, firearm theft – CP24 Toronto’s Breaking News

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KWQC-TV6

MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) – This week, two California parents were arrested on torture and child endangerment charges in connection with their 13 kids. One of the daughters was able to escape the home and call 911 early Sunday morning. Authorizes say the children were held captive and tortured.

Seattle Times

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is calling for new legislation that expands the duty to report child abuse or negligence. Balderas on Monday endorsed a bill that aims to close a loophole in the New Mexico Abuse and Neglect Act. He says current law makes it a …

U.S. News & World Report

State officials say they need more caseworkers to deal with child abuse in South Carolina. … newspaper reported that Department of Social Services Director Susan Alford told a Senate panel said Wednesday that there has been a 68 percent increase in child abuse and neglect cases in South Carolina.

Daily Commercial

LEESBURG – The $2.3 million, 9,800-square-foot Resource Center in Leesburg will have a teaching kitchen, computers and social workers to help residents in the Carver Heights and Montclair area with a variety of problems, but the main goal is to reduce the number of child abuse and neglect …

Town of Durham, NY

Barnardo’s provides a range of services to children, young people and families across the UK. Steils. If you have concerns about a child’s welfare, or feel that they may be being abused or neglected, please call the Integrated Access and Referral Team (i-ART) or the Emergency Duty Team (EDT) for help …

Wisconsin Department of Justice

MADISON, Wis. – Today, legislation arming prosecutors with additional tools to fight child neglect was passed by the Wisconsin State Assembly. “I sincerely thank Rep. Horlacher for his tireless advocacy for the children of Wisconsin, and I am grateful for the Wisconsin State Assembly’s support for this …

Hawaii State Legislature

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Section 350-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: “8350-2 Action on reporting. (a) Upon receiving a report concerning child abuse or neglect, the department shall proceed pursuant to chapter 587A …

Net News – Tomato Timer

CSC Broward hosts Broward AWARE 33311 Walk and Family Festival to Combat Human Trafficking, Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect…

Colorado.gov

22, 2018) — Coloradans made a record breaking 211,554 calls to the Colorado Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline in 2017, the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) reported today. Launched in January 2015, 1-844-CO-4-KIDS now enters its fourth year as a resource for Coloradans to learn …

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World News

Kerry Rybak, 27, and Darren Stanley, 26, were handed a 16 month sentence suspended for two years after horrifying photos showed faeces and rubbish around their Doncaster home….

Flathead Beacon

HELENA — Montana’s health department on Friday announced a new effort aimed at reducing deaths due to child abuse and neglect. Sheila Hogan, director of the Department of Public Health and Human Services, is expanding a home visiting program for expectant mothers and young families with …

Montana launches new effort to reduce child abuse, deaths – Seattle Times

Montana Launches New Effort to Reduce Child Abuse, Deaths – U.S. News & World Report

Montana leaders launch new initiative to reduce child abuse, neglect, deaths – KTVH

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FOX 10 News Phoenix

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – A Lake Havasu City is man was arrested and charged with child abuse after police say a 2-year-old girl was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. On Thursday, police and fire crews responded to a report of a female child who was not breathing in the 2800 block of …

Lake Havasu man arrested for child abuse, 2-year-old in critical condition – ABC15 Arizona

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WIRED

It’s late November 2016, and I’m squeezed into the far corner of a long row of gray cubicles in the call screening center for the Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families (CYF) child neglect and abuse hotline. I’m sharing a desk and a tiny purple footstool with intake screener Pat Gordon.

WJXT News4JAX

LAKE CITY, Fla. – Several days after a 19-year-old man was arrested on a child abuse charge over injuries to his girlfriend’s 6-month-old child, the Lake City Police Department has charged the baby’s mother with child neglect. Last Friday night, the police began investigating a child abuse complaint from …

WTHITV.com

In that he agrees to plead guilty to the charges of failure to make a report and three counts of neglect of a dependent. At this time they do not have an agreement on possible sentencing. The judge will now take the plea under advisement. Chad Kraemer will return to court on Feb. 22 to hear if the judge …

Progress Index

Winter Harvey and Damarcus Harvey Sr. of Colonial Heights charged with felony child neglect involving the death of 14 month old child, King Edward Harvey. COLONIAL HEIGHTS – On January 9, 2018, indictments were certified by the Colonial Heights Grand Jury charging Winter Harvey and …

Aunt, uncle charged with child neglect in death of 14-month-old – WWBT NBC12 News

Aunt, uncle charged with felony child neglect in death of 14-month-old nephew – Jackson County Newspapers

Uncle and aunt of Colonial Heights infant charged with felony neglect in child’s 2017 death – Richmond.com

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Los Angeles Times

After 13 children were found emaciated and imprisoned in their Perris home on Sunday, the gruesome Turpin family story made international headlines — no doubt in part because it seemed so extreme, so unusual. But it fits a pattern of abuse cases involving homeschooled children. As homeschool …

Chicago Tribune

Not long after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Chicago police and paramedics responded to a call of an unresponsive child in the 1300 block of North Lorel Avenue. Malaysia, of the 6100 block of South Kedzie Avenue, was pronounced dead at 3:38 a.m. Wednesday at the scene, according to the Cook County medical …

KXLH Helena News

Sheila Hogan, the director of the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services, announced the agency’s new First Years Initiative. Hogan said in a press release that the First Years Initiative will focus on providing targeted resources, education, and services during the early critical period in …

The News Center

PARKERSBURG, WV (WTAP) – A Vienna man faces felony methamphetamine and child neglect charges after police searched a Parkersburg home on Wednesday. At 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, officers with the Parkersburg Narcotics Task Force and The Parkersburg Police SWAT Team executed a search …

PracticeLink.com

Pediatrics – Child Abuse and Neglect Jobs. Search physician jobs in all specialties nationwide. Find jobs by city and state in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and hundreds more specialties. Find permanent or locum tenens physician jobs plus nurse practitioner and physician …

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Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect. How can I report child abuse or neglect? Call 1-855-4LA-KIDS (1-855-452-5437) toll free 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

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Ask a Lawyer – Justia

A: I hope that you have a lawyer representing you in this. Your best bet is to ask him or her. They will know all of the facts of the case. As far as the law goes, it depends on how old the child is and if you are the parent. It is either a Class A misdemeanor or a Class D felony. Then how long you will serve or …

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DCS putting Mesa family cleared of child neglect on central registry

ABC15 Arizona

The couples attorney, Ryan Tait, told ABC15 the Bentley’s then received a letter from DCS informing them that they would be put on the state’s central registry for child neglect. “It was a bit of a shock. The Bentley’s had a significant amount of closure at the end of the criminal trial, they thought that what …

Norwich Bulletin

At least a half-dozen Part A cases — the most serious types heard — were continued in Danielson Superior Court until later this month, including those of three former Danielson residents charged in a tangled child neglect case. Prosecutors were expected to provide an update on plea offers made to …

KOMO News

A tip of possible child neglect led police to find a little girl living a hotel near Marysville on Friday, Jan. … Marysville Police said their NITE Team received a tip that the girl was being exposed to narcotics use and being neglected while the occupants were allegedly involved in prostitution-related activity.

Carroll County Times

A man and woman from Taneytown were arrested Friday after school officials reported alleged signs of child neglect including missed school days and hygiene concerns. Steven and Michelle McElroy, of the 100 block of Carnival Drive, were each charged with six counts of neglect of a minor and five …

Williamson Daily News

MULLENS – A Mullens couple was arrested and charged with child neglect on Jan. 1 after an 11-month-old was treated for injuries at Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Charleston. Crystal Faye Thomas and her live-in boyfriend, Gregory Allen Church Jr., were both charged with child neglect.

News8000.com – WKBT

BUFFALO CITY, Wis. (WKBT) – A woman from Buffalo City is arrested on child neglect and drug charges according to the Buffalo county Sheriff’s Office. Brittney Shawley is charged with maintaining a trafficking place, methamphetamine, child neglect and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.

Scranton Times-Tribune

TUNKHANNOCK — A Washington Twp. couple were each sentenced Wednesday to time in state prison for endangering the welfare of children after a Wyoming County jury Nov. 15 said they were guilty of child neglect regarding two of the dad’s three children. Kevin Frank Bloxham, 44, faces 20-48 …

Orlando Sentinel

A 27-year-old Daytona Beach woman was arrested on a child–neglect charge after she did not take her 22-month-old daughter to the hospital when a TV fell on her, according to police. The girl’s father and step-mother took the girl to the hospital on Jan. 3 when they noticed facial injuries on the girl after …

The Denver Post

A former Jefferson County Human Services caseworker fabricated records in a dozen child abuse and neglect cases claiming she investigated the cases when she had not, authorities say. Richelle Schultz, 53, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony counts of falsifying information in child abuse and …

Former Caseworker Pleads Guilty In False Reporting Of Child Abuse Cases – CBS Local

Former Child Abuse Caseworker Accused of Fraud Pleads Guilty – U.S. News & World Report

Former child abuse caseworker accused of fraud pleads guilty – Colorado Springs Gazette

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WFLA

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla.(WESH) — A 1-year-old girl suffered a fractured skull and several broken bones in her face and police say her mother decided not to take her to the hospital. Investigators believe that child was hit by a falling TV. The girl’s mother is charged with child neglect. According to …

Southern Door County School District

Child Abuse & Neglect and Procedures Policy. Southern Door County School District » District » Departments » Pupil Services » Child Abuse & Neglect and Procedures Policy …

TN.gov

Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect. This section offers details and frequently asked questions on reporting child abuse and neglect in Tennessee. You also can click straight to the reporting page.

PracticeLink.com

Pediatrics – Child Abuse and Neglect Jobs in Minnesota. Search physician jobs in all specialties nationwide. Find jobs by city and state in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and hundreds more specialties. Find permanent or locum tenens physician jobs plus nurse practitioner and …

The Scholarly Forum @ Montana Law – University of Montana

Montana’s Child Neglect Law—A Need for Revision.

Beckley Register-Herald

Two Mullens residents were arrested and charged in connection with injuries to a 10-month-old child at Guyandotte Hill Apartments. Crystal Thomas, 24, mother of the child, and her live-in boyfriend Gregory Church Jr., 25, have been charged with felony child neglect causing serious injury, according to …

New charge added for suspect after infant found unresponsive in Wyo. County – WVVA TV

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KRQE News 13

Chavarria was charged with four counts of child neglect and a DWI for driving under the influence with children in the car after blowing a .10. All of the children in the car were under the age of 8. Ricardo Chavarria had four active warrants, including one for child abuse charges from back in August when …

Beckley Register-Herald

Two Mullens residents were arrested and charged in connection with injuries to a child at Guyandotte Hill Apartments. Crystal Thomas, 24, mother of the child, and her live-in boyfriend Gregory Church Jr., 25, have been charged with felony child neglect causing serious injury, according to Wyoming …

Holmes County Times Advertiser

Two Chipley residents are facing child neglect and narcotics charges after investigators discovered minor children present at a residence where a search warrant revealed drugs and deplorable conditions. The Washington County Drug Task Force, comprised of the Chipley Police Department and the …

WTHITV.com

The Spiderman costumers. Last year it was Captain America. So we were excited about that,” Yawn-Yez said. The event was a reminder not all heroes wear capes. “The work is important because we have the opportunity to raise awareness, which is a critical point in stopping child abuse and neglect.

WJXT News4JAX

BAKER COUNTY, Fla. – A rise in reported child neglect cases in Baker County, double what was reported a year ago, is actually a good thing, according to the Baker County Sheriff’s Office. In 2017, the Sheriff’s Office said it worked 12 reported child neglect cases. In 2016, there were five. Sheriff’s Office …

Daily Mail

‘A 26-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of neglect in connection with the child’s death and enquiries are continuing. ‘The woman has been released pending further investigation, the man remains in police custody.’ Neighbours in the street said they were unaware …

Couple arrested on suspicion of neglect after baby girl dies on New Year’s Day – The Sun

Couple arrested after baby dies – Huddersfield Examiner

Police investigate baby girl’s death – Wakefield Express

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WVNS-TV

Deputies said on December 29, 2017 the Mullens Fire Department responded to an unresponsive child call at Guyandotte Hills Apartments, just outside of Mullens. Deputies said the baby was transported by ambulance to Raleigh General Hospital and was later flown to Charleston Area Medical Center.

ABC 57 News

Saginaw, Michigan (WNEM) — Spiderman, Superman and Wonder Woman all took a break from saving the world in order to enjoy a little bit of hockey. While they may not be capturing bad guys, they were still helping support a great cause. They attended the Saginaw Spirit game to support the CAN …

Port St. Lucie woman arrested after deputies say she drove impaired with child

TCPalm

Nicole Fazio was arrested and faces several charges, including child neglect, DUI and displaying another person’s driver’s license. Loading… Post to Facebook. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Conversation. To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the …

St. Andrea

Find the latest information on Child Abuse from True Crime Report. doi: 10. – One Oklahoma woman is accused in what one DHS specialist described as the worst case of child neglect she has ever seen. 47. Koc F(1), Oral R(2), Butteris R(3). McClare G. There is also evidence that only a small proportion …

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Pediatrics – Child Abuse and Neglect Jobs in California. Search physician jobs in all specialties nationwide. Find jobs by city and state in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and hundreds more specialties. Find permanent or locum tenens physician jobs plus nurse practitioner and …

Office for Equity and Diversity – UW-Madison

No UW-Madison employee making a report of suspected child abuse or neglect to child protective services or law enforcement, in good faith, may be discharged from employment, disciplined or otherwise discriminated against in regard to employment, or threatened with any such treatment, for so doing.

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Pediatrics – Child Abuse and Neglect Jobs in Arizona. Search physician jobs in all specialties nationwide. Find jobs by city and state in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and hundreds more specialties. Find permanent or locum tenens physician jobs plus nurse practitioner and …

Okie Country 101.7

24 year old Mary Davidson of Muskogee has been charged with felony child neglect after DHS reported that she tested positive for meth upon giving birth to her son. The child remains hospitalized because he was suffering from withdrawals. Share. > …

Jimma University

Couple suspected of child neglect in West Yorkshire. Detectives have confirmed they were called to a house on Pildacre Lane, Dewsbury, at 5.58am on Janaury 1 to a report of an unwell child. Gable Tostee wades in on woman assaulted at festival. Gable Tostee has claimed a toplesswoman who was …

ABC15 Arizona

PHOENiX – A federal court has revived a Peoria family’s lawsuit against Arizona child protection officials who removed three young girls from their home after a Wal-Mart photo processing employee noticed partially nude pictures of the children. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …

Court Revives Family’s Lawsuit in Child Protection Case – U.S. News & World Report

Court revives family’s lawsuit in child protection case – WRAL.com

Court revives family’s lawsuit in child protection case – Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

DHS has responded with an ambitious strategy that would tighten its grip on Minnesota’s fragmented child protection system, and by rolling out a more rigorous review of child maltreatment cases at the county level. The reforms also aim to reduce chronically high turnover among child protection workers, …

Times LIVE

Save the Children on Thursday confirmed that three of its staff members were killed in an attack on its office in Jalalabad‚ Afghanistan. The global child protection organisation’s South African branch said that none of the victims was South African. They said four others were injured and receiving medical …

Children’s charity attacked; 4 dead – Albany Times Union

Save the Children staff members killed in Afghanistan attack – Civil Society Media

Save the Children suspends operations in Afghanistan after attack – WTNH Connecticut News (press release)

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$49M deficit, but Child Protection Services has a plan

Jackson Clarion Ledger

The state agency tasked with overseeing Mississippi’s abused and neglected children has a $49 million deficit, but has a plan to wipe it out with a $12 million deficit appropriation from lawmakers. The plan also would include a hiring freeze and delaying implementing a software update, Child Protection …

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

Dickinson said the deficit was needed because as a separate agency, Child Protection Services was unable to draw down certain matching federal funds that were available when the services were provided by Human Services and because the agency was never properly funded by the Legislature.

Director: Mississippi foster care has budget shortfall – WRAL.com

Director: Mississippi Foster Care Has Budget Shortfall – U.S. News & World Report

Director: Mississippi foster care has budget shortfall – Miami Herald

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ABC Online

The majority of Tasmanian child protection notifications are not investigated for at least 29 days after the alarm is raised, according to the Productivity Commission’s latest report on government services. Last financial year, 65 per cent of investigations did not get underway until 29 or more days after a …

Tasmania’s child protection response and funding fares poorly in report – The Mercury

Premier admits there’s more to do on child protection services – The Advocate

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ABC Local

The union representing child protection workers in New South Wales has expressed concern about a newly-installed computer system in the state. The system records information about children who are being monitored by caseworkers from the Department of Families and Community Services.

KTAR.com

The ruling said the officials lacked immunity because they didn’t have reasonable cause to believe the children were at risk of serious bodily harm or molestation. The workers also should have known the children couldn’t be removed from their home without reasonable cause or a court order.

DAWN.com

THE abduction, rape and murder of little Zainab has not only robbed one family of a child but has also ravaged this country. She was not the first child we failed to protect. Child abuse, particularly sexual violence, is one of the most pressing social issues facing our nation. Such crimes are tragic …

Reliefweb

Since August 25 2017, Bangladesh has seen an unprecedented arrival of Rohingya refugees fleeing targeted violence and serious human rights abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Among the estimated total of 866,000 refugees that have crossed the border (living in 194,603 households), 55% of this …

Leeds City Council

​Keeping children and young people safe is everyone’s responsibility, families, carers, the public and professional staff in Children’s Services and partner agencies.​​. Issues that affect vulnerable children · Report a child protection concern · Leeds Youth Offending Service · Leeds Independent Visitors …

Impactpool

We are seeking an international intern to support in Justice for Children, Child Online Protection and updating documentation of child protection programme of UNICEF China. UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. Defending children’s rights throughout their …

Impactpool

The purpose for this assignment is to provide the required technical assistance to partners for the management of information required for the planning, implementation and monitoring of UNICEF’s core commitments for child protection in emergencies. Specifically, the post incumbent will: – Contribute to …

HumanitarianResponse

The Child Protection Sub-Sector and the Education Sector in Cox Bazar are pleased to share with you Joint Child Protection and Education in Emergencies Rapid Need assessment report (JRNA), conducted between 4th to 6th December. The purpose of the JRNA is to identify the education and child …

DevelopmentAid.org

Child Protection Specialist, (… – a job position related to sectors: Youth, Human Rights.

Guardian Jobs

Overview. Children and their families are at the centre of everything we do. Building on the Strengthening Families model adopted for child protection conferences in 2016, we want to apply the latest skills and knowledge to achieve the best outcomes possible for the children we seek to protect and …

Vacancies – Careers.vic.gov.au

Area Operations Manager, Child Protection. The Department of Health and Human Services develops and delivers policies, programs and services that support and enhance the wellbeing of all Victorians. Our services are in line with the government’s vision for making Victoria a stronger, more caring …

Daleel Madani

I-General overview of position / working conditions:

JotForm

Child Protection Form – 3rd tier. Categories: Request Forms; Tags: Shared by: dbisdigital. Form Preview. This form is to populate data to the official Child protection form. for internal used only. To the best of my knowledge, I confirm that the above named pupil: (please tick as appropriate). Student name *.

WMJobs

Senior Practitioner – Child Protection and Court Team Hours: 37. Salary: £31,601 – £35,444. Location: Nelson Building. No. of Vacancies: 2. This role is offered with a £5,000 market forces supplement. Competitive relocation payment of up to £5,000. Herefordshire Council are looking for a skilled and …

Indianapolis Star

Mary Beth Bonaventura’s letter of resignation as director of the Indiana Department of Child Services had all the subtlety of a ransom note. The message boiled down to: “Give DCS more money or children will die!” For tax-and-spend liberals – like me – that’s an appealing message. But the facts don’t …

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

The agency’s commissioner, Jess Dickinson, said the move is largely administrative, designed to help Child Protection Services receive the federal matching funds it has lost since the agency split from DHS in 2016. Although CPS is eligible for matching funds, too, Mississippi’s Department of Human …

Seattle Times

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s health department on Friday announced a new effort aimed at reducing deaths due to child abuse and neglect. Sheila Hogan, director of the Department of Public Health and Human Services, is expanding a home visiting program for expectant mothers and young …

Montana Launches New Effort to Reduce Child Abuse, Deaths – Flathead Beacon

State Starting New Effort to Reduce Child Abuse, Deaths – U.S. News & World Report

DPHHS announces program to reduce child abuse, neglect, and deaths – KRTV Great Falls News

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Indianapolis Star

Richard Wexler, in his Jan. 14 op-ed, takes Indiana Child Protection Services to task. He criticizes the program for a “grab the child and run” mentality. As a pediatric health care provider in Indiana for nearly 30 years, I don’t think his portrait is completely accurate, and, while there may be ample room for …

Helena Independent Record

The first report, released a year ago, found 14 child deaths between July 1, 2015 and Nov. 8, 2016. A little over four months ago, a representative of the Child and Family Services division told an interim legislative committee eight children who had been involved in child protection services died in 2017.

WJAC Johnstown

The Diocese hired Cindy O’Connor, of Johnstown, to be the director of the new Office of Children and Youth Protection, according to a release. “We already have many policies in place, and she’s going to be working to make sure they are being carried out correctly, and she’s also going to be looking at …

Altoona-Johnstown diocese announces new head of child protection office – Daily American Online

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Local Government Chronicle

“Children can’t be protected from abuse on the cheap. The government must give councils the cash they need to recruit more child protection staff and keep all children safe.” Unison also expressed concern about £11m government money being spent on developing the national assessment and …

Child protection referrals more than double in a decade, LGA warns – Public Finance

Child referred to social services every 49 seconds amid rising reports of domestic violence – The Independent

Children’s services referrals close to 650000 in 2017 – the equivalent of one every 49 seconds – ITV News

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Geo News, Pakistan

LAHORE: Child protection curriculum will be introduced in schools in Punjab, the provincial government decided on Sunday. A 20-member committee was formed by the Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif on safeguarding children on January 13, after a public outcry broke out when the violated …

Helena Independent Record

Steve Bullock, seated third from left, to demand improvements in the state Division of Child and Family Services, in Helena. A review of 14 child deaths in Montana from July 2015 to November 2016 concluded that most died of abuse or neglect, with several common factors that should have raised red …

Communitycare.co.uk

There is a need for persistence and time when working with adolescents which might not always apply to child protection, which is where the child protection approach to risk can often feel uncomfortable because of time restraints. Adolescents have a greater sense of agency due to their independence …

Mbadika

At the time, child protection in a lot of organizations, Ppt on women and child 6 million children in India Childhood cancer rates Parent education Girl child protection scheme Protection of Children From Abuse and Neglect in India Rajeev SETH*1 Abstract In India, child rights, protection from abuse and …

Impactpool

Under the supervision of the Chief Child Protection, the Child Protection Officer (Birth Registration) will support the implementation of the EU-UNICEF project “Towards Universal Birth Registration in Africa” and the implementation of birth registration strategy in the humanitarian affected Far Northern …

CV-Library

Look at details for this Child Protection Conference Secretary – Local Authority job in City of London via CV-Library.co.uk – 207203694.

Impactpool

The Child Protection Specialist is responsible for managing and overseeing the development, implementation and monitoring of emergency preparedness and responses in the Country Offices in West and Central Africa region by providing technical support, quality oversight and leadership in key focus …

Community Care Jobs

Flexible Work – Qualified Social Worker – Child Protection. NonStop’s client, based in the North East of England near the coast, is looking for Fully Qualified Social Workers to join their Child Protection Team. Your Role: This is a flexible Locum opportunity offering up to £23/hr for a period of 6 months, …

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Child maltreatment is an important problem. High quality decision-making is crucial to determine whether child abuse or neglect occurs. This dissertation aims to gain insight into the factors which influence the decision-making of professionals in child welfare and child protection and which could improve …

Community Care Jobs

Social Worker – Child Protection – Bradford – £29.28ph My client in Yorkshire is currently seeking an experienced and quality social worker to join their thriving child protection team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a stable and vibrant environment with great managerial support. Successful …

Community Care Jobs

Social Worker – Child Protection in £30000 – £39999, Qualified Social Worker, Children with Charles Hunter Associates. Apply Today.

UChicago Center in Beijing

With the generous support of the University of Chicago Center in Beijing and UNICEF Beijing Office, the International Symposium on Child Welfare and Protection was successfully held in Haikou City, Hainan Province on December the 5th and 6th, 2017. The symposium was organized by Chapin Hall …

Community Care Jobs

Social Worker | Child Protection | Gateshead in £60000 – £69999, Qualified Social Worker, Children with Caritas Recruitment. Apply Today.

Lakenewsonline.com

Franklin files child protection bill … A Lake area state representative has filed a bill aimed at protecting abused and neglected children. State Rep. Diane Franklin (R-Camdenton) announced January 4 that she had filed legislation that would allow the Children’s Division of the Department of Social …

Meridian Star

This was a drastic departure from the previous estimate. When Child Protection Services filed its budget request for fiscal year 2018 back in September 2016, the agency projected it would spend $317 million and that it would receive $198.6 million in federal funds. When Dickinson took over the next fall, …

Daily Telegraph

A WOMAN caring for a 20-month-old foster baby has been sensationally charged with his murder in the latest case to rock the embattled child protection system. The 40-year-old carer, who cannot be named under NSW law, was arrested yesterday over the suspicious death of the toddler in 2015.

KSTP.com

Mothers, attorneys and advocates are calling for a special oversight committee to better balance what they see as racial disproportionality in the state’s child protection system. “On Sept. 5, 2015, my youngest child … suffered a life-threatening event and was misdiagnosed with abusive head trauma,” said …

Newcastle Herald

“As a key sporting and emergency services organisation which has a significant involvement with children and young people, SLSA (including all SLS programs, locations, members and staff) needs to ensure it demonstrates an alignment of its commitment to child protection with that of contemporary …

Gibraltar Chronicle

More than 400 professionals working with children and young persons underwent safeguarding training during the course of 2017. The last Child Protection Safeguarding Tier 1 Training for the year 2017 took place on December 7 thus completing the 2017 Safeguarding Training provided by key …

ReliefWeb

On 12 December 2017, over 200 Afghan refugee children from schools across Tehran province participated in a fun-filled day of activities which focused on refugee child protection, in an effort foster childhood development and self-confidence through learning and play. With the support of UNHCR Field …

Kayleigh Haywood: Hard-hitting video still raising awareness of child protection one year on

Leicester Mercury

It formed the centrepiece of the force’s campaign against child abuse and sexual exploitation and has now been placed in the National Film Archive, such is its importance, reports the Hinckley Times. The video follows the final few days of 15-year-old Measham schoolgirl Kayleigh Haywood, who was …

Hard-hitting video Kayleigh’s Love Story still raising awareness of child protection a year on – Derby Telegraph

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Geo News, Pakistan

As many as 11 cases of child sexual abuse are reported from across Pakistan every day, according to data collected by non-governmental organisation Sahil. Even in Kasur—which became the centre of a massive child abuse case in 2014 and 2015—the rape and murders of 12 minor girls, all aged …

2 Die as Pakistanis Protest Over Girl’s Killing – New York Times

2 protesters killed as Pakistanis clash over girl’s slaying – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Reports says everyday 11 children face sexual abuse in Pakistan – Pakistan Today

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Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Martin is a social worker with the Walla Walla office of Child Protective Services. While her office is under the umbrella of Washington state’s Division of Children and Family Services, she works in the Walla Walla Police Department’s headquarters right next to a child-friendly forensic interview room.

Jobs – Unicef

Under the supervision of the Senior Child Protection Specialist (Harmful practices), Â Â Â the Child Protection Specialist (Violence and Exploitation), will work alongside the Child Protection Specialist, Systems to ensure that the priority vulnerabilities of children related to violence and exploitation within …

safershetland.com

Shetland Domestic Abuse Partnership, Shetland Adult Protection Committee and Shetland Child Protection Committee all deal with arrangements for supporting those affected by domestic abuse and safeguarding children and adults from harm.

Guardian Jobs

Head of Service For Referral, Assessment, Family Support and Child Protection. Management Grouping: Children’s Services. Hours: 36 per week. Salary: up to £65757 + 3789 + £13151 MP (up to £82697) plus relocation up to £8k. Location: Bexleyheath. Closing Date: 31 January 2018. MAKING …

Impactpool

UNICEF is looking for a seasoned professional for the consultancy assignment of Providing child protection in emergencies technical support and leadership & facilitate the processes to ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent and effective preparedness and response by the regional …

Jobsite

Qualified Social Worker Child Protection Team – Flexible Hours. NonStop’s client, based in the Yorkshire region, is looking for Qualified Social Workers to build a career in their Child Protection Team. The Role: Our client are looking for Qualified Social workers with over 1-2 years experience within Child …

NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet – NSW Government

s1jobs

View full details for SW2968 – Lead Officer (Child Protection) job in Falkirk (Town) on s1jobs.com.

WMJobs

Social Workers – Child Protection and Court Team 37 hours per week. Salary: £27,394 – £31,288 per annum. Location: Hereford. Competitive relocation payment of up to £5,000. As part of our drive to improve, Herefordshire Council is seeking to appoint dynamic, forward-thinking and experienced …

myjobscotland

View details and apply for this social services / housing / childcare job in Galashiels with Scottish Borders Council on myjobscotland.

Community Care Jobs

We currently have four vacancies with Sefton MBC within one of their locality Child Protection teams to cover for both maternity and their permanent recruitment process. You will be an experienced practitioner with considerable experience in the field. Your responsibilities will include: *To provide time …

Colorado Springs Independent

Low-income El Paso County parents who are newly applying for the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (CCCAP) will need to go on a wait list due to a shortage of funding for the state-subsidized program. Though it has implemented cost-saving strategies for three years to delay the move, El Paso …

Newsbug.info

Eric Holcomb has appointed a central Indiana children’s hospital leader to succeed Mary Beth Bonaventura as Department of Child Services director. The Republican chief executive also announced Thursday that the state is contracting with the nonprofit, Alabama-based Child Welfare Policy and …

Holcomb appoints new director for Indiana’s child protection agency – Journal Review

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The Denver Post

The Denver Post recently published a shortened version of an Associate Press article about a mother from Lakewood who was indicted by a federal grand jury on misdemeanor child abuse charges. (The Denver Post, ‘Lakewood Mom Assaulted Son on Flight to Salt Lake City,’ complaint says. December …

Burlington Record

The Denver Post recently published a shortened version of an Associate Press article about a mother from Lakewood who was indicted by a federal grand jury on misdemeanor child abuse charges. According to the AP story, the mother continually hit, shoved, shook, kicked and verbally abused her …

CBC.ca

Bernard Richard, the Representative for Children and Youth for British Columbia, said it is too early to tell if child protection services failed the two girls, but his office will be looking into the matter. If there is a link between an absence of social services and the incident, the independent advocacy office …

The Times

Scotland Yard is worse at helping children at risk than it was 12 months ago and failed to handle properly 90 per cent of the child protection cases examined by the police watchdog, according to an assessment last month. The Met was criticised for the poor attitudes of officers dealing with missing …

Times of Oman

In an announcement posted this morning, the ministry said: “Don’t hesitate to contact the child protection hotline (1100) in case you know of the following: children exposed to violence or abuse or neglect, children not enrolled in education, children who didn’t receive the immunisation that is prescribed …

Spiked

The NSPCC’s dramatic announcement came after the Local Government Association (LGA) reported that around 500 child–protection inquiries have been started every day across England and Wales in recent years. In 2016 there were 172,290 inquiries, rising to 185,450 in 2017. The LGA warned of a …

The Daily Caller

Britain’s top cop in charge of child protection estimates there are as many as 20,000 British men interested in abusing children, a massive group that law enforcement officials say they are unprepared to address. Simon Bailey, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on child protection, told the Guardian …

Police Helpless Against Rising Tide of Pedophilia in UK – The Western Journal

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News-Herald.com

“(T)he Great Recession followed by the opioid crisis led to more children being drawn into the system, and these kids are complex, their trauma more challenging, and their placement costs dramatically higher than Ohio’s child protection agencies have ever witnessed,” PCSAO Executive Director Angela …

Oxford Journals – Oxford University Press

Abstract. For many social workers, participatory practice may seem an unachievable goal, particularly in the field of child protection. In this paper, we discu.

Guardian Jobs

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and talented individual to lead on safeguarding and child protection across our schools in the North West. The successful candidate will be a key member of our Inclusion team. This is a great opportunity for an exceptional individual to join a highly successful and …

WMJobs

Apply today for our Principal Officer – Child Protection role in Birmingham, West Midlands, working with Birmingham City Council.

Akhtaboot

Child protection is the prevention of and response to abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence against children. Child protection case management is the process of helping individual children and families through direct social-work-type support, and managing information well. Within child protection …

Community Care Jobs

Social Worker | Child Protection & Court | Buckinghamshire in £70000 – £99999, Qualified Social Worker, Children with Caritas Recruitment. Apply Today.

HumanitarianResponse

Child Protection Meeting. share. Venue: UNHCR Conference Room. Бангладеш. Webspace(s):. Bangladesh. Date(s):. 08 Янв 2018 -. с 14:00 по 16:00. 15 Янв 2018 -. с 14:00 по 16:00. 22 Янв 2018 -. с 14:00 по 16:00. 29 Янв 2018 -. с 14:00 по 16:00. 05 Фев 2018 -. с 14:00 по 16:00. Event Category:.

Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton

Children’s Aid Societies across Ontario are now able to provide a full range of child protection services to 16- and 17-year-olds. This means that, if you are.

Child Protection Hub

The Council of Europe Vacancy: Project Officer Closing date: 10 January 2018 Location: Sarajevo Applications must be made in English or French using the Council of Europe on-line application system. By connecting to website https://www.coe-recruitment.com/www.coe.int/jobs you can create and …

Community Care Jobs

Social Worker – Child Protection Team – Rochdale – £25.02ph An exciting opportunity has become available within Children and Families within Rochdale. Our client requires an experienced social worker who thrives in a fast-paced environment and completes assessments to set time scales. Due to the …

Eurojobs.com

NonStop Care is working with a Local Authority in the South East of England looking for a Qualified Social Worker for their Child Protection Team. You will be working in a supportive team environment demonstrated by their most recent OFSTED report which praises the management and the …

The Guardian

The National Crime Agency (NCA) alerted Scotland Yard to potential paedophiles operating over the internet on 647 occasions between 1 January and 30 September in 2017, the Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) was told on Monday. Evidence of the rapid expansion of the problem …

Police officers ‘feel unprepared’ for investigating online child sexual abuse cases – iNews

Murdered teen’s mum addresses child sex abuse inquiry – Yellow Advertiser

Mother tells inquiry of escape fears after son’s murderer posted ‘hurtful’ blogs – Bridgwater Mercury

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The Independent

Pope Francis has apologised for suggesting that victims of sexual abuse by priests should show “proof”, in a rare act of self-criticism, while continuing to defend a Chilean bishop accused of covering up abuse. In an extremely rare admission of a mistake, the Pope acknowledged his comments about …

Pope Francis Offers Partial Apology To Clergy Sex Abuse Victims After Demand For ‘Proof’ – HuffPost

Contrite pope apologises for sexual abuse comments that ‘wounded many’ – Reuters

Pope Apologizes to Abuse Victims but Again Doubts Them – New York Times

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The Guardian

The alleged interest of the former secretary of state for education in a police and local authority inquiry into the priest surfaced during evidence given to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) last month. Gove, now the environment secretary, denies making any phone calls to the local …

Montana Standard

A man accused of secretly filming an 11-year-old girl while she showered at a home in Butte pleaded guilty Thursday to felony sexual abuse of children. William Patrick Shea, 61, withdrew his previous not-guilty plea and through an agreement with prosecutors pleaded guilty before District Judge Brad …

Alabama’s News Leader

Investigators in Etowah County arrested an Albertville man for child sex abuse and possession of child pornography. Twenty-nine-year-old Cody Helton is jailed on $500,000 bond. Court records show Helton is accused of sexually abusing a child under the age of 12 from a period of last August through …

WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

Two years later, however, the girl reported the sexual abuse to law enforcement officials. As Loren Tim Burton now awaits trial on charges of sexual battery and child molestation, prosecutors say they need the priest’s testimony to put the defendant in prison for the rest of his life. “As in the vast majority of …

The Guardian

The investigation was requested by 93 members of Congress, after an article in the New York Times warned that child sex assault was “rampant” among Afghan forces. The practice should raise serious concerns about American support, under legislation known as the Leahy Law. This bars US military …

Pentagon provided funds to Afghan units accused of child sexual abuse: Government watchdog – KTIC

Report: Afghan security forces committed 75 rights abuses, including child sex assault – NBCNews.com

Pentagon knew Afghan forces committed child abuse, but kept funding them – declassified report – RT

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The Guardian

As many as 4% of adults have engaged with images of child sexual abuse on the internet and 16% of young women receive unwanted sexual requests online each year, academic research reveals. The extent of web-facilitated exploitation is detailed in a series of reports for the next strand of hearings at …

Omaha World-Herald

What we fail to realize is sexual harassment, sexual abuse and sexual assault did not happen only in the past and doesn’t involve only high-profile icons. Project Harmony responds to stories like these every day, as do child advocacy centers across the country. For the 350,000 children helped by child …

wivb.com

BYRON, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Genesee County man is facing multiple charges related to unwanted sexual contact, New York State Police say. Byron resident Anthony Miraglia, 18, was accused of unlawful imprisonment, forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse. State Police …

Teen charged with sex abuse – WGRZ-TV

Byron teen charged with unlawful imprisonment, forcible touching and sex abuse involving minors – Buffalo News

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World News – Tomato Timer

A 57-year-old California man who worked as an airline pilot will be sentenced after being convicted of traveling to the Philippines to have sex with minors….

Working Mother

If there is one thing the #MeToo movement has done, it has brought the topic of sexual abuse to the forefront. With new allegations of abuse and assault filling our airwaves and clogging our newsfeeds, it can be scary to think about how common sexual abuse is. The Centers for Disease Control and …

Net News – Tomato Timer

Inquiry into child sex abuse heard that Scotland Yard was alerted to potential paedophiles operating online on 647 occasions in first nine months of 2017The number of suspected incidents of online child sexual abuse referred to the Metropolitan police has increased by 700% since 2014, an inquiry has …

Today Latest News World – Tomato Timer

Authored by Alex Thomas via SHTFplan.com,Pope Francis is now attacking the credibility of child sex abuse victims in a shocking move made at the end of a trip to Chile in which he had hoped to “heal” the wounds of said abuse. That’s right, Pope Francis ended his trip by publicly defending a bishop …

UK News

Laura Dern and Isabelle Nélisse star in The Tale (main), which debuted at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah this past weekend as Jennifer Fox. They portray adult and child versions of character….

UK News

An Afghan asylum seeker in Germany has fled to Sweden and registered under a new identity after being accused of sexually abusing the four-year-old daughter of the family caring for him….

Attorney General and the Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Pre

WNKY.com

Attorney General Andy Beshear and the Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention Board today announced three statewide trainings focused on investigating and prosecuting child exploitation case…

Latest News

The editor-in-chief of Newsweek Pakistan has apologized amid backlash over a tweet Tuesday that said child sex abuse can sometimes “lead to great art.” “The sexual abuse of children will always exist. You can never eliminate it. Sometimes it leads to great art. So there’s also that,” Fasih Ahmed wrote .

Ask a Lawyer – Justia

When I was around 9 or 10 I was helping a younger friend of mind get dressed and I was intrigued by their private area and I touched/fondled them, I’ve seen all these fondling allegations and sexual harassment cases and I’m afraid that I’ve done something severely wrong. Thanks for the help. Related …

Parents Magazine

Former Olympic gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar received a sentence of 40 to 175 years in prison for molesting young girls under the guise of treatment, NBC News reports. The sentence came following a seven-day hearing that featured devastating, emotional statements from 156 of his accusers — as …

ABC News

French investigators have dropped an investigation of alleged child sexual abuse by French soldiers in Central African Republic. A judicial official said Monday that investigating judges made the decision last week. The official, who was not authorized to be publicly named discussing the case, would not …

France drops child sex abuse probe of soldiers in Africa – Seattle Times

France drops child sex abuse probe of soldiers in Africa – Stars and Stripes

Child sex abuse case against French soldiers in Central African Republic dismissed by magistrates – RT

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Pope meets victims of child sexual abuse in Chile, ‘cries with them’

Reuters

It was only the second time on his overseas trips that the pope has met victims of sexual abuse, although he has met some at the Vatican. The last meeting on a trip was in Philadelphia in 2015. Burke declined to give details, but his statement came at the end of an intense day for the pope, during which …

Pope, in Chile, expresses ‘pain and shame’ over Church sex abuse scandal – Reuters

Pope Francis Asks for Mercy for Harm Done to Chilean Child Sex Abuse Victims – Voice of America

Pope Francis Begs Forgiveness for ‘Irreparable Harm’ From Child Sex Abuse – News18

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The Guardian

Three Pakistani celebrities have become the first women in the conservative nation’s history to publicly reveal that they were sexually abused as children, amid a national furore over the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl. The actor Nadia Jamil, designer Maheen Khan, and PR guru Frieha Altaf …

Zainab Ansari: Women speak out about sex abuse following horrific rape and murder of Pakistani girl – Evening Standard

Rape and Murder of 7-Year-Old Girl Could Have Been Prevented, Pakistan High Court Says – Newsweek

Lawmakers, parents stand united: Zainab’s rape begs national action – Pakistan Today

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Police find fourth victim in Great Falls child sex abuse case

Great Falls Tribune

An investigation into allegations of a man sexually abusing children found a fourth alleged victim last week, according to police reports. Daniel Sutherland, 30, was charged last week with two counts of sexual crimes against children and one count of sexual abuse, for which he could receive three …

Daily Herald

The Utah County Sheriff’s Office has terminated the employment of a deputy who was arrested for a child sexual abuse case in Arizona, according to a tweet from a sheriff’s office spokesman Tuesday. Gerald Salcido was arrested by Orem police officers earlier this month and booked into a jail outside of …

U.S. News & World Report

A former children’s television show host known as “Mr. Wonder” gets 5-year prison sentence for sexually abusing children on a camping trip in Louisiana. … been sentenced to five years in prison, nearly four decades after he vanished amid allegations that he sexually abused children on a camping trip.

County council apologises to victims of ‘heinous’ historic child sex abuse

Nottingham Post

Abuse which took place in in foster care and in children’s homes run by the county and city councils is part of a major national investigation, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA). Speaking at a meeting of the full council, Cllr Cutts said she was confident the organisation had changed and …

Council apologises for historical child sex abuse – LocalGov

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Lansing State Journal

MASON – A Dansville man will spend at least 14 years in prison for sexually abusing children. Danny Dowdy, 59, pleaded no contest last month to three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop four other counts of the same crime and to set Dowdy’s …

After Larry Nassar, how to talk to kids about sexual abuse

ABC News

For Kiela Daley, a mother of a 7-year-old girl on a competitive gymnastics team in Rhode Island, watching the sentencing of former USA Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar for sexual misconduct has been emotionally charged and difficult to watch. “It’s incredibly frightening,” Daley said about Nassar, who …

After Larry Nassar, how to talk to kids about sexual abuse – ABC News

After Larry Nassar, how to talk to kids about sexual abuse – KTIC

Child Abuse Council speaks out about sex–abuse victims facing abuser Larry Nassar – WQAD.com

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The Sun

FACEBOOK and Google should fund police investigations into child sex abuse because they are “failing” kids, a top UK crime boss has said. Lynne Owens, the National Crime Agency’s Director General, has said that internet giants need to be be “more proactive” in hunting down paedophiles online who …

KATU.com

A 41-year-old McMinnville man has been arrested in connection to a child sex abuse investigation.Vaughn Monagon is charged with four counts of first-degree sexual abuse.Police say the investigation began last October when they received information that Mon.

The N’West Iowa REVIEW

OMAHA, NE—A former Sibley-Ocheyedan School District football coach and teacher has been convicted of sexually abusing a child in Nebraska. The Douglas County jury in the trial, which began on Jan. 8 in Omaha, found Kyle Thomas Ewinger, 39, of West Burlington guilty on Tuesday, Jan. 16, of …

World News – Tomato Timer

The brutal rape and murder of a minor girl triggers debate on the issue of child abuse awareness in Pakistan….

KMEG

A Nebraska jury has convicted a former Siouxland football coach of abusing the son of his ex girlfriend.Kyle Ewinger, the former head coach at Sioux City West and Sibley- Ocheydan has been found guilty of first- degree sexual abuse by a jury in Omaha after.

1310 NEWS

Louisiana TV’s ‘Mr. Wonder’ gets 5 years for child sex abuse. Entertainment. by The Associated Press. Posted Jan 18, 2018 4:51 pm EST. Last Updated Jan 18, 2018 at 5:21 pm EST. ALEXANDRIA, La. – A former children’s television show host known as “Mr. Wonder” has been sentenced to five years in …

ParentMap

How race, gender and economic inequality contribute to child sex trafficking.

Penticton Herald

ALEXANDRIA, La. – A former children’s television show host known as “Mr. Wonder” has been sentenced to five years in prison, nearly four decades after he vanished amid allegations that.

News 95.7

Louisiana TV’s ‘Mr. Wonder’ gets 5 years for child sex abuse. Entertainment. by The Associated Press. Posted Jan 18, 2018 5:51 pm AST. Last Updated Jan 18, 2018 at 6:21 pm AST. ALEXANDRIA, La. – A former children’s television show host known as “Mr. Wonder” has been sentenced to five years in …

The Gulf Today

LONDON: Internet giants are failing to take up their “social responsibility” in helping to tackle soaring levels of child sex abuse taking place over the internet, Britain’s largest law enforcement agency has warned. Firms such as Facebook and Google should be more “proactive” in identifying online sex …

WFIN

… made more than 25 years ago, it was thoroughly investigated by both the Child Sexual Abuse Clinic of the Yale-New Haven Hospital and New York State Child Welfare,” the statement declares. “They both did so for many months and independently concluded that no molestation had ever taken place.

Geo News, Pakistan

As many as 11 cases of child sexual abuse are reported from across Pakistan every day, according to data collected by non-governmental organisation Sahil. Even in Kasur—which became the centre of a massive child abuse case in 2014 and 2015—the rape and murders of 12 minor girls, all aged …

Pakistan child rape and murder case ‘just tip of iceberg’ – Deutsche Welle

Protests erupt over rape, murder of 7-year-old girl in Pakistan – CNN

Zainab Ansari killing: What has the reaction been in Pakistan and why have the protests turned … – The Independent

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The Independent

Bella Thorne has spoken out about physical and sexual abuse she suffered as a child. The Disney star, who formerly starred in Shake It Up, penned an emotional Instagram post offering a personal perspective on the Time’s Up movement, which became central to this weekend’s Golden Globes after a …

Bella Thorne says she was sexually abused to age 14, never taught right from wrong – NEWS.com.au

Actress Bella Thorne Says She Endured Sex Abuse As A Child – Patch.com

Bella Thorne opens up about suffering sexual abuse until age 14 – New York Daily News

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WTOP

Exclusive: Former Charles Co. coach in child sex abuse case could face more charges. By Megan Cloherty … more charges. Carlos Deangelo Bell took a plea deal on Friday, accepting guilt on 27 charges, which included sex abuse of a minor, sex offense and attempted transfer of HIV, among others.

Coach pleads guilty to child sex charges, admits trying to transfer HIV to students – CBS News

Athletics coach with HIV molested dozens of students and filmed some sexual abuse in classroom – Mirror.co.uk

Former high school coach with HIV pleads guilty to sexually abusing 42 boys – KTRK-TV

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Washington Post

A 33-year-old former teacher at a D.C. charter school has been arrested and charged with first-degree child sexual abuse after being extradited from Great Britain, D.C. police said Saturday. Authorities said Robert Leach, who lived in Silver Spring, had fled the country after the abuse allegations were …

WSAZ-TV

(AP) — Some West Virginia lawmakers say they’ll introduce legislation intended to better protect children from sex abuse following a task force report indicating one in 10 are victims before they turn 18. The group’s recommendations include training all public school personnel to recognize and respond to …

West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Some West Virginia lawmakers say they’ll introduce legislation intended to better protect children from sex abuse following a task force report indicating one in 10 are victims before they turn 18. The group’s recommendations include training all public school personnel to recognize and respond to …

West Virginia lawmakers addressing child sex abuse – Seattle Times

West Virginia Lawmakers Addressing Child Sex Abuse – U.S. News & World Report

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WFAA

MESQUITE — A man in Mesquite has been arrested on nine counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Daniel Wayne Meshell, 74, of Terrell, was arrested on Dec. 28. His bond is set at $900,000. Police say between 1991 and 1998, Meshell sexually assaulted three female victims between the ages …

KABC-TV

A man suspected of continuous sexual abuse of a child was turned over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers after being found in Mexico. … Carella was wanted by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and that he had an outstanding felony warrant for continuous sexual abuse of a child.

Good4Utah

Utah County Sheriff’s Office says Richard Craig Watson, 54, of American Fork, is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of child. … Investigators say Watson has previously been on the Utah Sex Offender Registry and has previous convictions of lewdness and failing to register as a sex …

The Guardian

A man who publicly accused Australia’s most senior Catholic cardinal, George Pell, of child sexual abuse has died following a long illness. Damian Dignan, who lived in the Victorian town of Ballarat, made allegations which were strenuously denied by Pell. Dignan was one of a number of complainants …

George Pell’s lawyers given ABC interviews in relation to child sexual abuse allegations – The Guardian

Cardinal Pell living at Sydney seminary ahead of historic sex abuse hearing – CNN

Cardinal Pell living at Sydney seminary ahead of historic sex abuse hearing – Gant Daily

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Eagle News

Ahead of pope’s Chile visit, priests accused of child sex abuse. January 11, 2018. by Giovanna Fleitas Agence France-Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Almost 80 Roman Catholic clergies have been accused of sexually abusing children in Chile since 2000, a US-based monitoring group said …

KETK

Two East Texas men have pleaded not guilty in a child sexual abuse case.

KETK

On Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry detained a commercial bus passenger with an outstanding warrant for sexual abuse of a child.

Jimma University

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) – A Florida man has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences for repeatedly raping a 3-year-old boy and sharing images of the abuse. The Pensacola News Journal reports a jury found the 22-year-old man guilty on 36 counts of child sex-related charges on Tuesday.