SAN FRANCISCO — A toddler found floating in a fountain at a downtown hotel suffered life-threatening injuries. The unidentified boy remains hospitalized, a day after officers pulled him from a decorative fountain at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and revived him using CPR. The officers went to the hotel after the 18-month-old boy’s mother reported him missing. Fire officials tell the San Francisco Chronicle the incident appeared to be an accident. Hyatt spokesman Pete Hillan says the hotel has emptied the fountain and erected a barrier around the 29-inch-deep trough where the boy was found.

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Neglect is the most common form of child abuse and accounts for more than half of all reported cases. Dave Pelzer, author of several books including A Child Called It was the victim of many abuses including neglect. In his book, he writes:

“When I was given the luxury of food, I ate like a homeless dog; grunting like an animal at Mother’s commands. I no longer cared when she made fun of me, as I hurried to devour even the smallest morsel. Nothing was below me. One Saturday while I was washing the morning dishes, Mother scraped some half-eaten pancakes from a plate, into the dogs’ dish. Her well-fed pets picked at the food until they wanted no more, then walked away to find a place to sleep. Later, as I put away some pots and pans in a lower cabinet, I crawled on my hands and knees to the dogs’ dish and ate what was left of the pancakes. As I ate, I could smell traces of the dogs, but I ate anyway.”

Many battered children are also neglected. If their parents or care providers do not provide adequate food, clothing, shelter or medical care, they are neglected. Besides these basic needs, they also deserve love, and an education so they can survive as adults. In North America, an education is mandatory. The child must be home schooled or sent to school.

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http://blog.seattlepi.com/lynscircle/archives/231189.asp

Woman found guilty of child abuse for drugging 10-week-old baby

ANNISTON, AL (WBRC) – In Anniston, a woman has been found guilty of child abuse after authorities say she fed her boyfriend’s 10-week-old baby meth and ecstasy. The Anniston star reports 23-year-old Stevette Patrice Chapman was convicted of abuse and drug possession.

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http://www.myfoxal.com/Global/story.asp?S=13643426

A Kissimmee man is facing charges in connection with the abuse of an infant who is now on life support, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. Luis Angel Guzman, 20, was charged Wednesday with aggravated child abuse. The 10-month-old boy had been gasping for air and then went unresponsive just before authorities arrived at an apartment in the Cobblestone apartment complex about 12:26 a.m. Dec. 1, deputies said. The boy was transported to Osceola Regional Medical Center and then to Arnold Palmer Hospital, where he has been placed on life support. Doctors said the boy’s injuries included possible brain damage and fractured ribs, according to the sheriff’s office.

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-osceola-boyfriend-accused-child-ab20101209,0,2258220.story

A NEW Mexico husband and wife, who allegedly encouraged their family to embrace nudity and incest, were arrested for sexually molesting their children.

According to an arrest warrant filed with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, the father, who claimed to be a nudist, regularly required his family to meet in the morning – naked –and get in a circle and touch one another, the Albuquerque Journal said. The couple allegedly told their children that they needed to practice sex with family members in preparation for married life. Of their eight children, three were minors, aged 16, 14 and 12. They were reportedly placed in the care of family members.

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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/nudist-new-mexico-parents-under-investigation-for-child-abuse/story-e6frf7jx-1225968788357

Lyons, NY — The constipated looking douchebag you see to the left is 30-year-old Aaron Iacono – his ugly mug is staring back at you today because police say he injured his 10-month-old daughter by holding her head and face under a running bathtub faucet on at least two separate occasions. Police allege that on November 30, Iacono held the baby girl’s head and face under a stream of cold water in the bathtub for approximately five minutes, causing her stomach to fill with water. He repeated the act in the bathroom sink three times, hitting her head on the faucet in the process. He then reportedly threw the child to the ground.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/09/man-allegedly-abuses-daughter-chokes-wife-demands-oral-sex/

GULFPORT, MS — They made an arrest in the beating death of 15-year-old Taylor Adams yesterday. Yesterday afternoon police named a neighbor, 27-year-old Earnest Joseph III, as a suspect and that he was on the run. A short time later, with the help of the U.S. Marshals Service,  Joseph was apprehended Wednesday night in Gulfport, Mississippi after a brief chase. Adams was found beaten to death in her bedroom when her mother returned home from work early Sunday morning. Investigators had determined that she had been killed between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. but didn’t initially report how they came up with that timeline. I read somewhere else they were basing that off of her last activity on Facebook.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/12/09/neighbor-arrested-in-connection-to-beating-death-of-15-year-old-taylor-adams/

Police say the children were killed separately, then immediately disposed of

VANCLEAVE, Miss. — An Alabama man charged with murdering his two young children allowed the kids’ stepmother to torture them by binding the little boy and girl with duct tape, stuffing one in a suitcase and forcing the other to stand in a corner all night, according to arrest warrants. John DeBlase, 27, is charged with two counts of murder, child abuse and corpse abuse. Scattered bones and a skull found in the woods of rural Mississippi on Wednesday are believed to be the remains of his 3-year-old son Chase. Authorities are still searching for the remains of 5-year-old Natalie DeBlase.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-missing-siblings-alabama,0,2268927.story

Toddler Abducted from MacArthur Park Found Safe

Father’s girlfriend is in custody

LOS ANGELES ( KTLA) — A 2 1/2-year-old boy abducted from a park in Los Angeles has been found safe and a woman accused of kidnapping him is in custody.  Police say Ocean Bippy Wilson was found in Long Beach with his biological mother Thursday. The boy disappeared from MacArthur Park Wednesday afternoon after he was last seen with 21-year-old Bianca Simone Jackson, who is dating the boy’s father. Jackson was taken into custody.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-abducted-toddler-macarthur-park,0,4805331.story

STORRS, Conn. (CBS) – He’s a former Chicago high school player who made it onto a major college football program. But that career may have ended before it really started. CBS 2?s Pamela Jones reports. Greg McKee, 18, is facing obscenity and child pornography charges in Connecticut. Game video from YouTube shows him pushing back defenders.

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http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2010/12/08/uconn-lineman-from-chicago-arrested-on-child-porn-charges/