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Dad charged in slaying of son after sex confession
A 37-year-old father enraged after hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death despite pleas from the boy and his mother, a relative said.
Mother accused in drowning had filed for bankruptcy
The woman accused of drowning her 3-year-old daughter Sunday is a nurse who filed for bankruptcy last year and alleged in court papers she was a victim of domestic violence.
Mpls Dean Abuses Adopted Son, Age 1
Roosevelt High School Dean of Students in Minneapolis was accused of beating up his adopted 1-year-old son.
Mom Charged After Leaving Toddlers Home Alone
A woman was charged Sunday after officers discovered her two toddlers home alone on the Far South Side Friday night.
Grandmother found guilty of child neglect
A jury hands down a two year sentence in the case of a Richmond woman charged in connection with the shooting death of her granddaughter.
Man charged with capital murder in 3 Kan. deaths
A former Missouri city official previously accused of assaulting his wife was charged Monday with capital murder in the shootings of her and their two teenage daughters in eastern Kansas.
Balloon boy parents to plead guilty
The Colorado parents who reported their 6-year-old son floated away aboard a helium balloon will plead guilty to some charges so that the family can stay together, the attorney for the boy’s father said Thursday.
Father gets 15 years in prison for daughter's death by neglect
A Navy man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison with another 20 years suspended for the neglect of his baby daughters, one of whom died of malnutrition.
Couple Accused Of Starving Baby To Death
Autopsy results showed the child weighed less at 5 months than she did when she was born prematurely.
Infant born in SC with drugs in system
Authorities are looking for the mother of an infant born at a South Carolina hospital with cocaine and marijuana in its system.
Police: Clearwater man killed 5-week-old son
The man who gave Anthony Ruiz-Portal life violently took it early Saturday after a domestic dispute with the infant's mother, authorities say.
Ypsilanti police find four-year-old in charge of younger siblings
When an Ypsilanti police officer responded to a tip about children left alone in an apartment on Friday, a four-year-old girl was found in charge of two toddlers and an infant while the mother was at work and the father ran an errand.
Sheriff: Fla. father shot 2 children, then himself
A Clay County man undergoing a divorce shot and killed his two sleeping children while his wife was showering and then shot himself, authorities said
D.C. mom convicted of murdering four daughters could walk free
A Southeast D.C. woman who was expected to be sentenced to life in prison for murdering her four daughters could instead walk free under a scenario outlined by the judge who found her guilty, though such an outcome still faces several legal hurdles.
Police in Los Angeles say mother shoots her young sons; 5-year-old killed, 1-year-old critical
A woman shot her two young sons Saturday, killing a 5-year-old boy and critically wounding his 1-year-old brother, police said.
Police: Mom used child's room to dry marijuana
Police say they've arrested a Mechanicville woman after a search of her apartment turned up marijuana and drug paraphernalia, including in a child's room where marijuana was hung to dry from the ceiling.
Md. man pleads guilty to drowning his 3 children, gets 3 life sentences
A man with a history of mental illness pleaded guilty Wednesday to drowning his three young children one by one in a Baltimore hotel bathtub during a custody dispute with his ex-wife ...
NYC dad admits killing daughter found in boiler
A father pleaded guilty Friday to strangling his 14-year-old daughter, who was 12 weeks pregnant with his child, then stuffing her body into his apartment building's boiler and partially burning it.
Sources: Former city employee charge with impersonating police
A mother charged with impersonating a police officer after allegedly threatening her son’s 15-year-old classmate near Mount Carmel High School may be a former City of Chicago employee.
Mother charged after fire kills of her kids
Police say they have charged a
South Carolina mother with homicide by child neglect after determining she was
not home when a fire started that killed two of her children.
Police: Toddler endured frequent beatings before death
The 3-year-old Chandler girl who police said died Monday at the hands of her mother's live-in boyfriend had endured beatings with belts by both parents frequently over the last three months.
Mother caught on camera instigating fight pleads guilty
A Champaign mother admits to instigating a fight between her daughter and another teenaged girl.
A Riverton mother of three young children is being held on a charge of first-degree murder for allegedly strangling her newborn baby shortly after giving birth.
Man guilty in sexual assaults on daughters
A jury returned guilty verdicts on all three counts Wednesday night in the case of a man who visited a lifetime of sexual assault on his stepdaughter and daughter, even after the defendant took the stand to deny it all.
Police say Morris Twp. woman killed 4-year-old daughter, injured other
A Morris Township woman is accused of killing her 4-year-old daughter and attempting to kill a second daughter on Sunday.
Officials: 2 kids died of heat, dad charged with manslaughter
When Michael Ervin brought the apparently lifeless bodies of his two children to the Brandon Regional Hospital earlier this month, doctors from all over the hospital jumped into action in an unsuccessful attempt to save their lives.
RI woman accused of strangling 8-year-old daughter
A North Kingstown woman accused of strangling her 8-year-old daughter in her bed was ordered held without bail Thursday after being arraigned on one count of murder.
Police: Mom poisoned baby for attention
A 25-year-old former medical assistant on probation for a similar crime laced her breast milk with morphine and fed it to her 2-month-old daughter in an effort to attract the attention of the child’s father.
Woman charged with trying to burn down home with her daughter inside
A Framingham woman tried to burn down her home with her young daughter inside on Friday after threatening to kill herself and blow up her neighbors, a prosecutor said yesterday in Framingham District Court.
Police: Girl Tied Up for Taking Food
Relatives of a 6-year-old girl in southwestern Virginia are accused of punishing her for taking food from the kitchen by repeatedly tying her up in a bedroom, surrounded by rubber snakes and spiders to scare her ...
Father arrested for killing 7-week-old son
Jason Wade Andre, 31, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his son.
Mother of 11 Children Found in “Deplorable” Home Sentenced to 16 Years Probation
They lived in a world apart from the real world, completely shut off from the outside. That’s what witness after witness said Friday, about the 11 children of Christine and Jeremy Long ...
Mom to face charges in leaving baby outside casino
A 32-year-old Ontario mother is going to be charged today with child abandonment after she left her sleeping infant in a parking garage while she gambled at a Windsor casino.
Prosecutor in LA says father killed daughter to avoid paying child support
A father who had no interest in his 4-year-old daughter did the unimaginable — hurling her off a 120-foot cliff to avoid paying child support, a prosecutor said Monday during the man's murder retrial.
Woman charged with leaving children in car
Witnesses told police they saw a young girl and a baby alone in the idling car Monday evening. Police say the car was unlocked with the air conditioning on and 1 of the children was outside the vehicle with its door open.
Mother found competent to stand trial
The mother of a 2-year-old who suffered 22 fractures in August was found competent to stand trial in the case.
D.C. mom found guilty of murder
A Southeast D.C. woman has been found guilty of killing her four daughters.
Miss Jacks was arrested in January 2008 after U.S. Marshals found her daughters' decaying bodies in the second level of her house while serving an eviction order.
Deputies say dad asked fifth-grade son to help dump body
The man accused of killing a prostitute last month and then dumping her remains near Eatonville asked his fifth-grade son to help get rid of the body, records show.
Mother To Face Trial In Children's Deaths
A woman accused of killing her four daughters and living with their decomposing bodies for nearly seven months goes on trial Monday.
Douglas mother sentenced for lewdness with daughters
District Judge Michael Gibbons sentenced a former cocktail waitress to 20 years in Nevada State Prison for aiding her ex-husband in the sexual abuse and exploitation of their two young daughters.
Howard Co. child left in car 8 hours dies of heatstroke
A 23-month-old Howard County girl died of heatstroke after one of her parents unintentionally left the child strapped in her car seat in front of the family's Ellicott City residence last week.
Police: Dad lured son home to kill him
A college student played dead to escape a family shooting by his father, who killed the other son and their mother before setting their house on fire and taking his own life, investigators said Monday.
Cops: Tot with mom on drug deal
A mother charged with selling drugs to an undercover police agent is also alleged to have brought her 2-year-old child to the drug deal.
Woman pleads guilty in death of daughter, 13
A Manassas woman pleaded guilty Monday to killing her 13-year-old adopted daughter, whose body was found in a creek earlier this year.
Now little Nate Turner lies brain dead after being savagely beaten on Father's Day, prosecutors say, by the very man who claimed he wanted to build a relationship.
Police: Mom partied while kids stayed home alone with pit bull
An Orlando woman was arrested this morning after leaving her two young children alone at their apartment for nearly 12 hours while she was out partying, police said.
Ind. man pleads guilty to abducting, killing son
A western Indiana man has pleaded guilty to charges that he abducted his two young sons at knifepoint and then killed one of them.
7-YEAR-OLD INJURED: Parents to face charges after 10-year-old boy shoots girl in face
The parents of a 10-year-old boy who shot a 7-year-old girl in the mouth last month face multiple felony charges in connection with the shooting because the .38-caliber pistol used by the child was not properly secured, a police report released Monday states.
Police: Twin Infants Left in Car While Mother Shops
A Barnesville woman is in a Clayton County jail this morning after leaving her infant twins in a car while she went shopping.
Former commissioner charged with punching sons
A former Hillsborough County Commissioner spent Father's Day in jail after authorities say he punched his two sons.
Father charged with burning son with cigarette, putting him in clothes dryer
An Edwardsville man went to jail on Father's Day on charges that he burned his toddler son on the cheek with a cigarette and put him in a clothes dryer.
Mother Charged In Daughter's Beating Death
The mother of a 15-month-old girl police said was beaten to death by the woman's boyfriend in March was charged Wednesday with neglect.
Oregon parents face charges in child's death
A couple charged with manslaughter claim they were within their constitutional rights when they decided to pray for their 15-month old daughter rather than take her to a doctor to treat her pneumonia.
Woman faces another incest charge
Investigators have added another charge of incest against a woman accused of having a child with her father.
Police: NY family kept kids in squalor
Two of five family members charged with keeping seven young children in a feces-strewn, filthy home on Long Island have entered not guilty pleas in court.
NY mom accused of burning naked daughter, 6, in ring of fire voodoo ritual, ignoring her cries
A New York City woman has been accused of burning her 6-year-old daughter during a voodoo ritual and then ignoring her cries for help and sending her to bed.
Mother of 4 faces child abuse charges
A Palm Coast woman has been charged with child abuse after investigators said she repeatedly beat three of her four children with a plastic hanger, leaving one of her daughters unable to sit for two days.
Fort Wayne mom, grandma face 3 felony neglect charges
Nearly a year after a toddler died in their care, the mother and grandmother of Regjanae Williams each face three felony counts of neglect in Allen Superior Court.
Police: Father fatally stabs son in murder suicide attempt
A 5-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by his father at a home near 15th and Fillmore streets Monday evening in what Phoenix police are calling a "failed murder suicide."
Kids Discovered In Waste Infested Apartment
A roach and waste infested apartment and children covered in insect bites led to the arrest of two Metairie parents.
Father who decapitated son declared insane
A man who says he decapitated his 5-year-old son to save him from the anti-Christ was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a Virginia Beach courtroom yesterday.
Drunken mother runs over her baby
A 37-year-old woman allegedly ran over her 6-month-old son May 2, while driving drunk.
Couple Ordered to Trial for Child's Death
A man and woman from Scranton were ordered Thursday afternoon to stand trial for the brutal beating death of the woman's three-year-old daughter.
DC Woman Pleads Guilty To Leaving Baby To Die
A public defender says a Washington woman charged with leaving her newborn daughter to die in a Hyattsville, Md. field became pregnant when she was raped in her native Honduras.
Hampton man with pants on fire faces charges
A Hampton man could face charges after a domestic situation Wednesday morning involving his 2-year-old daughter led to a house fire that spread to his pants.
Pastor Accused Of Child Endangering
Officers said they found the man's 7-year-old boy and infant girl playing unsupervised on a busy street.
Fairfax Co. Family Found; Mom Charged
Fairfax County Police say a mother and her children who had been missing and considered endangered for more than a week have been found, and the mother is now facing charges of felony parental abduction.
Mom who said she hated baby charged in boy's drowning
The mother of a 4-month-old baby who drowned in a bathtub was arrested today on a charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child.
Mother Arrested for Baby Daughter's Murder
A mother is in jail after being charged with the first degree murder of her adopted two year old daughter.
An Opelousas man is currently being held in the St. Landry Parish Sheriff Department Jail after allegedly trying to kill his son.
Police: Dad killed kids because wife was leaving
A man who fatally shot his five children and killed himself had just discovered his wife was leaving him for another man, authorities said Sunday.
Man stressed over job kills family, self
A man who killed his wife, their three young children and himself in their northwest Maryland home had a hard time adjusting to his new manager's job for a railroad and it was causing him stress, according a blog entry his wife posted last month.
Police: Mother Drugs Daughter in Attempt to Get Her Pregnant
Police say a western Pennsylvania mother drugged her 13-year-old daughter so her boyfriend could get the girl pregnant.
Charged Sect Mom Believes Son Will Come Back From Dead
A Baltimore mother charged with starving her son to death with the help of alleged fellow members of a religious group to which she said she belonged had been so brainwashed by the group that she agreed to withdraw her guilty plea if the child is resurrected in human form, according to her attorney.
Mother pleads guilty in son's starvation death
A 22-year-old woman accused of starving her infant son to death pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to one count of child abuse resulting in death and will be released from jail in exchange for her cooperation against her co-defendants, who prosecutors say are fellow members of a cult called 1 Mind Ministries.
Cops: Mom, Sons Dealt at High School
A West Hartford mom and her two teen sons have been arrested, charged with dealing drugs to Hall High School students.
Sentencing postponed for couple found guilty of beating, starving son
John J. Griffin and Susan J. Griffin, both 39, were found guilty on Feb. 25 in Baltimore County Circuit Court of second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse in the death of the boy, Andrew Patrick Griffin, who was almost 3 when his father took him to a Towson emergency room where he was declared dead.
Mass. mother charged with stabbing 2-year-old girl
A Massachusetts woman has been charged with inflicting 100 wounds on her 2-year-old daughter with scissors and her lawyer says his client believes she was being stalked by a cult.
Baby Left in Car Overnight in Texas Found Dead
A 7-month-old boy left overnight inside the family car in North Texas was found dead on Wednesday morning, Cedar Hill police said.
Couple passed out, kids unsupervised
A couple is accused of passing out under the influence of drugs or alcohol, leaving two small children in their home unsupervised.
Mother, Daughter To Face Robbery Charges
A woman and her daughter accused in an armed robbery at a Halfway bank have been returned to Maryland to face charges.
Police: Mother tried to drown her baby; remains of another found
Columbia Police have arrested a Belleville woman for allegedly attempting to drown her newborn baby.
Mother charged with staging kidnapping
A woman police say lied about being raped by a Fort Richardson soldier in January is now accused of staging a phony kidnapping.
Dad Who Threw Kids From Bridge Convicted
A Vietnamese man was convicted of murder Thursday for throwing four young children to their deaths from a coastal Alabama bridge last year, with the jury needing only 40 minutes to reach a verdict.
Deadbeat dad who owed $94,771 in child support arrested
The Baltimore City Sheriff's Office said today that they arrested a 48-year-old man who owed more than $94,000 in child support payments to two women -- a sum that had accumulated over the past 15 years.
Father testifies he was too busy to notice son's neglect
Taking the witness stand to defend himself against charges of abuse and murder in the death of his young son, John J. Griffin said yesterday he had been too busy with work to notice the boy's worsening condition, and that he had not seen any wounds on the child before taking him to the hospital, where a doctor pronounced him dead.
Police: Son Escapes After Father Kills Mom, Siblings
A 53-year-old man fatally shot his wife and two daughters Wednesday before turning the gun on himself, and a 16-year-old son who survived the attack managed to call 911 as he escaped uninjured from the Miami home, authorities said.
Children Used In Delaware Shoplifting Spree
Delaware police have arrested two women on charges of shoplifting and concealing stolen items on children.
Police: Man Stabs Son Who Wore Hat In Church
Baltimore police said a 58-year-old man stabbed his teenage son who refused to take off his hat at church earlier in the day.
White sentenced to 15 years for indecent liberties with daughter
A Leavenworth County man was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter.
Mom Charged With Stealing From Youth League
A hockey mom from Chelsea has been charged with embezzling over $800,000 from a youth hockey organization.
Woman guilty in cattle-prod case
A Gypsum woman who admitted to shocking her 15-year-old daughter with a cattle prod was found guilty by a jury Thursday of one count of child abuse.
A mother in Louisiana is accused of killing her own child. Investigators say the murder weapon was an SUV. And published reports describe the suspect as a former police officer.
2 face incest charges involving children
One suspect, now living in Harahan, is accused of sexually abusing his daughter between October 2004 and October 2007. Authorities say the alleged abuse started while she was 8 years old; the girl is now 12.
In the second case, a Slidell man is accused of abusing his stepdaughter from February 2007 to July 2008. The girl was 7 when the alleged abuse began, authorities say.
Father Arrested for Not Paying Child Support
Deputies say Atkins was working as a coal miner but didn't pay the roughly $17,000 he owed for child support.
Girl: 'Mom cooks me in the oven like a turkey'; Hamtramck woman arraigned
After telling police that "Mom cooks me in the oven like a turkey," a 4-year-old Hamtramck girl and her four siblings are in foster care and their mother is facing years in prison on torture charges.
Kenner Police Arrest Woman for Baby's Death
Kenner Police confirm they have arrested the 20 year-old mother in connection with the death of a newborn that was found in Lake Ponchatrain Tuesday afternoon. The baby was spotted by witnesses who say they saw the woman throw an object in the water. The baby girl was recovered from the lake with the umbilical cord still attached.
Virginia Beach Couple Charged With Leaving Kids Home Alone
Police say Julie Hammock and her husband Clinton Harris left the 4-year-old at home alone and put her 6-year-old brother in charge while they went to work.
Man shoots 4-year-old son, kills self
Octuplet mom gets $490 in food stamps
Her publicist says the mother of octuplets doesn't feel food stamps and disability payments she gets for 3 of her other six kids add up to welfare.
Suleman, who is 33 and single, also told NBC's "Today" show she was "fixated" on having children.
Police: Carroll Mom Hid Drugs Inside Toddler's Doll
A Carroll County mother is facing several charges after deputies said she hid drugs in her child's doll.
Dad leaves tot in car while bar hopping in NH
Baby girl apprehended in drug arrest
A 15-month-old girl brought to an alleged drug deal by her parents was apprehended by city police.
Annapolis man arrested for fatally throwing child
Man charged in death of infant daughter
A Pasadena father was charged yesterday with shaking his baby to death, county police said.
Jury convicts NC father of beating baby
Mother charged with hiding son's death
Mom gets probation in soccer club theft
Newborn's body found amid tons of trash
Police: Mother Threw Infant Against Wall
Ohio mother pleads insanity in girls' drowning
Butte woman charged on DUI with infant in lap
Man sells daughter for money, meat and beer
Mother charged in toddler's death
Prosecutor: Man held son in scalding water
Police say woman drove drunk with kids
Cops: Dad Ordered to Pay Child Support Kills Son
Parents charged in death of son, 2, waive jury trial
Couple Accused Of Caging Children Gets Plea Deal
Mother indicted in baby's stabbing
Mother who passed out on top of son sentenced
Georgia Man Indicted for Allegedly Holding Wife, Kids Captive in Filthy, Roach-Infested Trailer
Police Say Drunk Dad Made 9 Year-Old Son Drive On Beer Run
Marysville man charged in fatal shooting of 6-year-old daughter
Richard Peters, 42, was charged Tuesday with first-degree manslaughter with a deadly weapon.
Court deputies subdue man accused of drowning kids
Mother, child indicted in Nov. stabbing of girl
Texas mom convicted of dropping tot from balcony
4-Year-Old Starved To Death; Grandmother, Aunt Charged
NH mother hid stolen goods in toddler's pockets
Monroe couple charged with attempted murder of baby
Man accused of killing kids fights divorce effort
Man And Woman Arrested For Leaving Baby In Car
Police Say Woman Broke Infant Twins' Legs
California Mom Gets 15 to Life for Driving Teens to Kill 13-Year-Old Gang Rival
Mother of child abandoned in Martinsburg charged with child neglect
Complaint: Wausau Mother Charged After Cocaine Found In Baby
Texas Mom Throws 4-Year-Old Daughter Into Traffic
Renee Bowman Indicted, Charged With Second-Degree Murder
Mother: 'I didn't kill this child'
Dad Ditches 9 Kids Under New Neb. Law
14-Year-Old Found Starving; Parents Charged
Dad who shocked kids with dog collar enters plea
Beach woman charged with child neglect
Mother, boyfriend convicted of murder in Las Vegas after daughter is found dead in trash bin
Police: Suffolk mother took photos of children bound by duct tape
A woman sent photos of her two young children bound by duct tape, police say.
Takiyah Wright was arrested and charged with binding and threatening to kill her children.
Mother gets 18 months for letting child drive car
Ohio Mom Found Guilty of Killing Newborn Daughter by Cooking Her in Microwave
Man arrested for sexually abusing 10-year-old daughter
Affidavit: Mom of Toddler Found Dead in Trunk Told Police Son Died Accidentally Months Before
Mother Warned 2-Year-Old Son Moments Before He Shot Himself in Eye
Petaluma Man Sentenced For Abusing Underage Niece
Woman charged with abuse of 4-year-old son
Mother, father accused of using stun gun on daughters
Mom Denied Bail In Child Sex Case
Stroke victim says mom mocked him while swiping thousands
FBI: Couple Offered Sex With Girl, 5, for Used Car
WANTED: Greisy Valencia Sought in Child Torture Case
Father Allegedly Holds Family Captive in Georgia Mobile Home for Three Years
Nine Charged in Starvation Death of Disabled, 42-Pound Teen
O.C. Couple Face Child Abuse, Torture Charges
18-year-old guilty of murder; mother gave him the gun, authorities say
A jury found 18-year-old Clarence Johnson guilty of second-degree murder.
Deputies: Woman tried to run over daughter at Devil's Lake
Man arrested in Rome after beating his child's head against monument; girl, 4, in coma
'Compulsive Liar' Florida Mother Arrested in Toddler's Disappearance Last Month
Mom Drugs Twin Girls To Make Child Porn
Parent Arrested After 7 Kids Left in Hot Van
The two arrested are Billy and Sharon McGruder.
Mother arrested after child found unattended in Newport News
Mom sentenced for baby's death
Dad charged after leaving 4 children home alone, went to bar
Mother charged after not reporting child's rape
Dad leads cops to remains of missing kids
Massachusetts Woman, Boyfriend Plead Guilty to Posting Pornographic Photos of 8-Year-Old Daughter
School board member's kids now wards of court
Mom, Girlfriend Accused of Child Torture
Mom Of Torched Kids Pleads Insanity
Jury convicts Aguanga father of torture, child abuse, spousal abuse, false imprisonment
Houston man pleads guilty to beating, starving stepson
Prosecutors Seek Life for Rockville Man Accused of Drowning Kids
Police: Mom stabbed newborn found dead this morning
Father Charged After Death Of Infant
Mom who caged teen son gets 20 years behind bars
Mother faces felony charge in newborn baby case
Dad Pleads Guilty To Negligent Child Abuse
Baby left to die in Grand Junction closet; mom arrested
4 Kids Left Home Alone; Boy Found Wandering Streets
Mom Pleads Guilty for Role in Fire that Killed Three Children
The Marion County woman who left her children to die in a burning home, will avoid trial.
Woman pleads guilty to raping teenage boy
The boy's mother, Maria Conklin Matthie, was also convicted and sentenced in the case.
Police: 2-month-old left in car while parents watch Derby
Mother, grandmother indicted in death of starved baby
Mother Arrested After Children Found Home Alone In Dirty Apartment
Bridgeport mother arrested in death of 3-month-old son
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