Amber Dubois, a 14-year-old was kidnapped from an Escondido street in February 2009, and Amber Dubois’ body was found earlier this year.  Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the “Dubois” bill which outlines three basic measures to bring an abducted or kidnapped child home before he or she falls prey to horrific crimes like rape or child abuse.

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http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6847212-gov-arnold-schwarzenegger-signs-dubois-bills/content/56010012-arnold-schwarzenegger

At least nine little girls have been abducted and brutally raped in a reign of terror which may be the work of a single man preying on the children of Khayelitsha in Cape Town.

The latest victim is a four-year-old found wandering bloodied and bruised near her home in Kuyasa on Tuesday. She had been snatched two days earlier as her grandmother cooked a meal. Police arrested a 30-year-old man this week. Investigators believe he may have committed the spate of harrowing crimes against girls in the area.

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http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article675929.ece/Tragedy-of-nine-girls-who-fell-victim-to-Cape-sex-predator

TENNESSEE–A Kodak man was recently arrested on a child rape charge.

On Thursday Sevierville Police Department officers arrested Ivor J. Parsons, 21, with the aggravated rape of a child under three years old.  SPD Detective Kevin Bush said that police recently received a tip, leading to an investigation and subsequent arrest of Parsons in Knoxville.

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http://seymourherald.com/news/2010/sep/27/sevier-co-man-faces-child-rape/

WAREHAM – Police say a convicted sex offender who got out of prison 18 months ago after serving a 12-year sentence for child rape has been charged with trying to abduct a woman. Lance Porter is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on charges including kidnapping, assault and battery and attempted rape.

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http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100927wareham_man_charged_with_attempted_abduction/

PROVO, UT — A real estate auction is coming to the Provo Library this weekend, but you’re not likely to find anything listed as “spacious” or “roomy” — unless you’re Barbie and Ken, that is. It’s the 12th annual Dollhouse Festival, a yearly benefit to raise funds for child abuse prevention and therapy through the Utah County Children’s Justice Center. The weekend event will feature the usual dollhouse auctions, toy boutique, charity dinner and Mad Hatter Tea Party.

Early release from a 20-year sentence not rare — but is it just?

Eight-week-old Saul Castillo, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a green and white hat, died when his tiny 14-gram heart stopped beating, his emaciated body little more than skin wrapped around sunken eyes and protruding bones.

He had starved to death.

His father, charged in his part in the neglect that led to Saul’s 2004 death, absconded and has not been found.

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7219161.html

The Choking Game is a misunderstood activity causing death and suffering for thousands of families worldwide. It often begins with high-achieving teens choking each other as a way to get high without the risk of getting caught with drugs or alcohol. It ends with thousands of kids dying or suffering permanent brain damage each year.

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http://gaspinfo.com/en/home.html

Indiana continues to increase the number of children it is taking away from families — a fact that bucks the national trend and concerns both state child welfare officials and national experts.

The new federal statistics revealing that trend are especially disturbing because they suggest that either the state’s Department of Child Services is not doing enough to keep families together or that Indiana has a disproportionately high rate of bad parents. Whatever the explanation, it doesn’t bode well for Hoosier children.

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http://www.indystar.com/article/20100927/LOCAL/9270320/Number-of-kids-taken-by-DCS-is-up-again?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|IndyStar.com

NORTH WALES, Pa. – Every now and then I see a picture of a guy attached to a crime story and I immediately think “pedophile.” That includes this story sent to us by our good friends over at Kindertrauma regarding a former vice principle who has been accused of striking up a rather inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old boy. I would’ve bet my gaudy McMansion that 37-year-old Charles Hurst spent a lot of time in the boy’s underwear department at Target purely from this pic of him sporting a creepy smile from underneath his Justin Bieber haircut.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/09/27/former-vice-principal-charged-with-having-inappropriate-relationship-with-former-student/

New Iberia, LA – Police say a 1-year-old boy is in critical but stable condition at the LSU Burn Center after suffering severe burns to nearly 60% of his body – burns believed to have been caused intentionally. Though authorities won’t get into specifics, citing the pending investigation, Lieutenant Ryan Turner from the Iberia Sheriff’s Department had this to say: “We’re pretty sure that the baby was scalded by hot water, and detectives have reason to believe that the incident was intentional.”

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/09/27/police-we-believe-the-intent-was-to-severely-injure-the-baby/

SIMI VALLEY, CA — A Simi Valley woman is under arrest on suspicion of abusing her 3-year-old girl niece, who authorities found with multiple injuries, including burns to her feet. Sarah Hilton, 29, faces one count of felony child abuse and one count of felony corporal injury to a child. On September 21, Simi Valley Police and Ventura County Children and Family Services launched a joint investigation into the alleged abuse of Hilton’s 3-year-old niece. Hilton is the girl’s legal guardian.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-simi-valley-child-abuse,0,710953.story

UPDATE!!!!

Police: Girl Made Up Kidnapping, Sex Assault

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-encinitas-sex-assault,0,5288145.story

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Girl Abducted, Sexually Assaulted on Way Home from School

Police have released two suspect sketches.

ENCINITAS — Police in San Diego County have released composite sketches of two of three men accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl while she was walking home from school. The incident happened Friday around 4:10 p.m. in the 800 block of Melba Road in Encinitas. The 15-year-old girl told authorities she was walking home from San Dieguito High School, when three men in a white, four-door sedan forced her into their car.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-encinitas-sex-assault,0,5288145.s