Son, 57, speaks out against mother as she is set to be sentenced to only 45-days for 1958 death of his baby sister

A Wisconsin woman recently convicted of killing her daughter more than 50 years ago is an ‘evil monster’ who deserves to die in prison, said her adult son, who claims he suffered years of horrific abuse at his mother’s hands. Ruby C. Klokow, 76, of Sheboygan, pleaded no contest in February to second-degree murder in the 1957 death of her 6-month-old daughter, Jeaneen. But as part of a plea agreement, prosecutors have agreed to recommend a sentence of 45 days in jail and 10 years’ probation, citing her age and medical issues. READ MORE HERE

‘We tried to rescue our sister from Philpott’s clutches’: Mairead’s family claim she is a victim of her husband but they cannot forgive her for deaths of their six children

The sisters of child killer Mairead Philpott claim she is a ‘victim’ of her controlling husband Mick – but they cannot forgive her for the deaths of their nieces and nephews. Jennifer Lobban and Bernadette Duffy told of their desperate attempts to convince her to leave Mick since they married in May 2003, and take the children away. They claim Mairead was so unhappy she had even attempted suicide in the months before the tragic fire. READ MORE HERE

A brave woman who was sexually assaulted when she was a child by a predatory rapist known as the Pied Piper waived her anonymity to ensure he was jailed today for 25 years. Darren Purchase, who lived above a sweet shop in order to have access to young victims, dragged Helen Alexander into his home in Worcester when she was 10-years-old and sexually assaulted her on the sofa. Ms Alexander, now 38, stayed silent for decades before agreeing to be interviewed by police when they contacted her as a potential victim. READ MORE HERE

Actress and former porn star Traci Lords has revealed that she was raped as a child while growing up in Steubenville, Ohio. The 44-year-old, who became an infamous teen porn actress, was just ten years old at the time of the sexual assault. She has spoken out in reaction to the current Ohio rape case which has thrust her hometown onto the national stage. Speaking to Piers Morgan on Thursday, she revealed: ‘I was born in Steubenville, Ohio and I was raped in there. So was my mother. I think there’s a sickness in that city.’ READ MORE HERE

Jon Snow told yesterday how the Jimmy Savile scandal has forced him to relive the abuse he suffered as a child. The Channel 4 News veteran described how when he was six years old he was ‘abducted’ by a member of the domestic staff at the school where his father taught. ‘He took me to his room and undressed me, and then himself. Thank heavens someone saw the abduction and eventually a member of staff intervened and rescued me,’ he said. READ MORE HERE

Midwife hanged in 1896 was probably Britain’s most prolific serial killer

The advertisement in the “Miscellaneous” column of the Bristol Times & Mirror newspaper was poignant. ”Wanted,” it read, “respectable woman to take young child.” It was a sadly common request in Victorian Britain, where life was particularly hard for unmarried mothers. The ad had been placed by 25-year-old Evelina Marmon, who two months earlier, in January 1896, had given birth in a boarding house in Cheltenham to a little girl she named Doris. Evelina was a God-fearing farmer’s daughter who had gone astray, left the farm for city life and resorted to work as a barmaid in the saloon of the Plough Hotel, an old coaching inn. READ MORE HERE
Harold Shipman is generally considered to be Britain’s worst serial killer, with more than 250 murders ascribed to his name. But hidden among the tales of habitual drunks, petty thieves and small-time fraudsters published online last week sits the file of a little-known Bristol-born woman who may well have killed more. While largely forgotten today, Amelia Dyer’s crimes paved the way for one of the most sensational trials of the Victorian era – and spotlighted the pandemic problem of infanticide in 19th century Britain. Her Prison Commission file, now visible online, logs Dyer’s final moments on the scaffold at Newgate Gaol on June 10, 1896, and records her hanging with characteristic Victorian efficiency: “On account of her weight and the softness of the textures, rather a short drop was given. It proved to be quite sufficient.” READ MORE HERE

She is a glamorous Hollywood star who has graced hundreds of red carpets. But the cause closest to Mira Sorvino’s heart is a long journey from the bright lights of Tinseltown and into the dark world of human trafficking. In a moving interview with Mail Online, she told how one heartrending meeting with an imprisoned sex slave had changed her life and made her even more determined to end the trade she branded a ‘hideous scourge’. The 45-year-old described coming face-to-face with the woman, who was wrongly locked-up for killing the man who had taken her captive when she was 16. READ MORE HERE

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Singer Mindy McCready has been committed to a treatment facility for mental health problems and her two children have been placed in foster care, it was revealed today. A judge ordered the singer to be sent to rehab during an emergency hearing yesterday to deal with mental health and alcohol issues after she admitted drinking too much after the death of her boyfriend David Wilson. Wilson was believed to have shot himself at the couple’s Heber Springs, Arkansas, home on January 13 but the police later said they were treating his death as suspicious and the investigation remains open. READ MORE HERE

NOTE: Dreamcatchers for Abused Children does NOT condone this sort of punishment and disagrees with the school’s decision 100%. Playing make-believe and role-playing is a normal part of childhood. This seems very excessive  and a bit on the paranoid side on the school’s part. What kind of message is this sending to this child? 

7-YO Boy suspended from school for tossing IMAGINARY grenade during recess while pretending he was ‘rescuing the world’

A seven-year-old boy from Colorado has been suspended from school after he lobbed an imaginary grenade on the playground while pretending to be a hero soldier. Alex Evans, of Loveland, said he was playing a make-believe game called ‘rescue the world’ during recess at Mary Blair Elementary School, which resulted in his removal from class after officials said he broke a key rule. The second-grader explained that he tossed an imaginary grenade into a box containing made-up forces of evil, and made the sound ‘pshhh’ to indicate that the explosive had detonated. READ MORE HERE

Torment of mother whose daughter, five, was ‘raped’ and tortured to death by celebrity cleric ex-husband

The mother of a five-year-old Saudi girl who was tortured to death by her ‘celebrity cleric’ father, has said she wants him brought to justice. Lama al-Ghamdi died in October having suffered multiple injuries including a crushed skull, broken ribs and left arm as well as extensive bruising. It has been alleged that she had also been repeatedly raped and that the injuries she sustained from the sexual abuse had been burned. READ MORE HERE

• James Bulger was two years old when he was killed on February 12, 1993
• Here his father Ralph tells his version of the events for the very first time

I love to watch the damselflies skimming the water like low-flying helicopters above the ocean. Today is no exception as I sit on the river bank watching the warm summer sun glint off their sparkling turquoise bodies before I return to watch my fishing rod. It couldn’t be more tranquil – yet it’s a stark contrast to the turbulence in my head. I’m thinking how my young son would have loved this day out, trying to spot the grasshoppers and sharing ham sandwiches and crisps with me. I always planned to teach James to fish when he was a bit older, to buy him his own little rod and tackle box, but I never got the chance. Now, my fishing trips are when I try to make sense of everything. A small slice of peace in a messed-up world. READ MORE HERE

He’s been plagued by stories and rumors about the strict upbringing of his nine children for most of his life. But Joe Jackson has now admitted to physically disciplining son Michael and the rest of his family, claiming that he doesn’t regret ‘being tough.’ Speaking during Piers Morgan Tonight, which aired on Wednesday, the Jackson patriarch also claimed that he doesn’t believe that there’s any such thing as beating a child but that they ‘will remember’ being punished. READ MORE HERE

The District Attorney who refused to prosecute JonBenet Ramsey’s parents did so because he was ‘too scared’ to put them on trial, it was claimed today. Alex Hunter did not indict John and Patsy Ramsey because he was ‘in over his head’, said Donald Davis, who co-authored one of the most authoritative books about what happened. Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Mr Davis said that Mr Hunter was ‘embarrassed’ at the prospect of losing one of the most high profile cases in recent memory – so decided not to go forward with it instead. READ MORE HERE

Katie Beers Breaks Her Silence About Her Ordeal

Buried Memories: Katie Beers Story is a never-before-told true story of survival, memory and recovery. Katie Beers was a profoundly neglected and abused child even before she was kidnapped on Long Island in 1992. Abducted by a family friend, she was held captive in an underground cell for 17 days and sexually abused. With smarts and strength, she slipped the bonds of captivity and began a new life. Katie, now a married working mother, has revealed her inspiring story of torment and recovery to the TV reporter who, as part of the original media frenzy covering the case, sought the ending to one of the most compelling sagas in New York criminal history. Katie, at the center of a national media storm, dropped out of sight 20 years ago and – until now – has never spoken publicly. Her appearance January on the Dr. Phil show and in People magazine to discuss her book is the first time she has ever spoken publicly. Katie is also expected to be featured in Newsday, the daily newspaper serving 3 million Long Islanders. The telling of her story, upon the 20th anniversary of her rescue (January 13th) offers enlightening hindsight into what enabled Katie to overcome a lost childhood. The book includes never-before told details of her ordeal and the shocking discovery of audio tapes recorded by her kidnapper during the captivity. READ MORE HERE

Katie Beers says kidnapping saved her

Sisters kidnapped as toddlers 40 YEARS ago by their babysitter as they are finally reunited with their family

“THE STORY OF SCARY MOMMY & THE SEX OFFENDER”

Trying to encapsulate this true story is so hard to do. Three little girls, who were left alone in this world, with no one to help them. Ignored by their mother, their mother’s family, the father’s family not listened to….no one cared. These are my beautiful little granddaughters, Layla, Emily and Annie. My son Mick’s beautiful little girls, that we love to death, and haven’t seen for almost three years.

These little girls were trafficked from Illinois, to Florida, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Brazil…..all the while against a court order. I found this information. Why couldn’t the police and the FBI find it? Why didn’t they care? And if I was able to find it on my facebook, why didn’t they find it? Because they didn’t care.  Because the insertion of the police who participated seemed to have a reason to make sure that Monster never paid for his grave disgusting actions.

Monster’s Uncle Ernie who is a cop, placed himself smack dab in the middle of this case, and lied and conspired to help the mother move the children to Monster. Everyone always made a clear path for Monster. And Devil Mother was always there to make sure that no one stopped him from raping her children. These little girls happen to be my granddaughters that I love. I have to hear their pain, their cries, they show me their little bodies, turned inside out, swollen, broken, horribly distended, like a monkey’s bottom. It’s something I wish I’d never seen, and something that tells me quite graphically that these little girls are being raped, sodomized, tortured.

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When Julianne Hough was 10 years old, she lived in London, away from her parents in Utah, studying dance.  That’s when the abuse began, she says.  “I was abused, mentally, physically, everything,” she says in Cosmopolitan‘s February issue, on newsstands Jan. 8.  While attending the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Arts, she says the adults around her took advantage of her being without parental supervision: “I was 10 years old looking like I was 28, being a very sensual dancer.” READ MORE HERE

A California woman has turned to activism nearly a decade after she was held against her will in the world’s most unforgiving industry by the two people who should have been shielding her from danger. Minh Dang, 28, says she was just 10 years old when she was taken to a brothel for the first time by her parents, who would then leave her there for days – and sometimes weeks. She says the pattern of mistreatment began when she was as young as three years old as she was subjected to physical, sexual and emotional abuse at the hands of her father. READ MORE HERE

Blogger admits fear for her own troubled son after Newtown tragedy exposes lack of care for mentally ill

In a desperate cry for help, one mother has written a powerful essay about her mentally-ill son and his violent tendencies in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut tragedy. As parents prepare for the wrenching task of burying 20 first-graders and six adults killed at the hands of 20-year-old Adam Lanza on Friday morning, Liza Long has opened up about the overwhelming struggle she faces in caring for her 13-year-old mentally ill son. READ MORE  HERE

We’ve all disagreed with our parents at some point, but when Lucy Baxter was pushed too far by her father’s behavior, she took extreme action

I am a brand-new divorcée. Devastated, relieved, somewhat confused. But there’s no ex-husband involved: instead, I have cut my father out of my life, told him our relationship is over and, figuratively speaking, delivered him his decree absolute. At the age of 46 I have ‘divorced’ my Dad.  It’s one of the ultimate taboos – deliberately cutting off all contact with a parent. ‘I think most people do not realize how irrationally loyal they are to their parents,’ says clinical psychologist and writer Oliver James (author of How Not To F*** Them Up). ‘Small children love their parents unconditionally and have a strong impulse to protect them from criticism. I remember interviewing [the murderer] Fred West’s daughter Anne Marie, and even though she had been treated about as badly as a child can be by a parent, she was still sticking up for him.’ So there is an inborn instinct that, however badly a parent behaves towards us, we should forgive them. READ MORE HERE

Burying your child is something no parent should ever have to do. But that’s exactly what Trevor and Sheila Fairhurst had to endure when their daughter was killed by Darren Pilkington, her prison pen pal who became her live-in boyfriend after his release. Appearing on This Morning earlier today, the Fairhursts told of how they are now channeling their pain into raising awareness for domestic violence and raising funds for Victim Support Counselling Services via The Carly Fund. READ MORE HERE

By the time she was 12, Rachael*, now 44, had been sexually abused repeatedly by two men. But when she tried to tell her parents, they didn’t believe her. Here she tells her shocking story. I’m the youngest of four children and I was always ‘Daddy’s special girl’. There’s a six-year gap between me and my brother Robert, who is number three, so I really was the baby. My late father was a sergeant in the RAF. He was a drinker who didn’t contribute to the housekeeping, a very angry man who beat me for misdemeanors such as wandering outside my designated play area, and he  regularly hit my mum. But I loved him in spite of everything. When he wasn’t around, I used to  pine for him. He was the only one who ever bought me sweets. Dad could be very caring and loving, but he was unpredictable.  READ MORE HERE

A Glimpse into the Mind of a Child Molester

Following is “Rev. Daniel Dhaene’s” Letter to the Editor submitted in response to a published Belgium article on Father’s Touch (May, 2002). The editor refused to publish his letter, however provided me with a copy at Dhaene’s request.  Reading the letter seems to give the impression that Rev. Daniel Dhaene knows me, my siblings, or that he has been an insider in our family. The last time I spoke with Dhaene was 29 years ago, prior to escaping his house at the age of fifteen. Having changed the spelling of his family name, Dhaene has moved to the Philippines for ‘reasons unknown’, where he currently resides with his fifth wife and their 3 small children, all boys under the age of 10.

A ‘pardon’ which ‘Rev. Daniel Dhaene’ refers to in his voluminous rebuttal is not uncommon in Canada. A pardon is not a judicial reversal of a conviction, nor does it exonerate an ex-convict of his crime. It does make it easier for ex-convicts to gain employment, access housing and other essential services. A pardon cannot seal Police records and can be revoked by the Canadian Government at any time.

Reproduced here is an edited version of Reverend Daniel Dhaene’s letter. I’ve taken the liberty to cut lengthy Bible verses and statements which were overly offensive to my family members. I consciously leave in self serving justifications, rationalizations, untruths and half-truths in order that you the reader may experience a rare glimpse into the mind of a serial pedophile.

Sincerely,

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A brave teenage girl today told of how her father raped her in a sickening attack when she visited him for the weekend. Twisted Robert Hawksworth, 54, plied daughter Emily, then 17, with wine at his Derbyshire home before putting her to bed and then climbing in with her. The teenager had been sexually abused by Hawksworth since the age of 14, but had remained silent until the rape last year, when she reported the crime to the police.  READ MORE HERE