Gary Eastburn talks Friday about Timothy Hennis being sentenced to death

for the murders of Eastburn’s wife, Kathryn, and two of their children.

SPRING LAKE — Gary Eastburn has questions for the man who was sentenced to death Thursday for murdering Eastburn’s wife and two of his daughters 25 years ago.

“I always wondered: ‘What the hell were you thinking when you did that? What could any of them have done to cause that?’ ” Eastburn said.

Kathryn Eastburn and children Kara, 5, and Erin, 3, were stabbed to death in their home in the Summerhill neighborhood of Fayetteville in May 1985. A third child, 22-month-old Jana Eastburn, was left alive.

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WEST CHESTER — The mother of two young girls testified Tuesday in Common Pleas Court that she had allowed a man she met online to sexually molest them because she wanted to continue their affair.

“I loved him and I loved him dearly,” the woman told the jury hearing the case against Geoffrey Elkington. “I didn’t want him to leave me, so I let him do what he wanted to do.”

The mother is now serving a state sentence for child abuse stemming from the incidents.

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20-Month-Old Baby Found Dead In Killingly

KILLINGLY, Conn. — A Killingly woman was arraigned Friday on charges of murder, assault and strangulation in connection with the death of her 20-month-old son.

Melissa O’Connor, 23, remained virtually silent while her public defender told the judge that because his client collects Social Security disability payments and doesn’t work, any bond, let alone the set $1 million bond, would be too high.

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The AMT Children of Hope Foundation was founded by members of the Ambulance Medical Technicians of the Nassau County Police Department. After a series of cases of infanticide in Nassau County, the emotional impact began taking its toll, on ourselves as well as the community. We sought a level of closure, peace and hope. Looking after these unfortunate victims of a society gone astray through a dignified burial gave us a sense of healing from this pain. We turned our focus toward the despondent people who would commit such a horrible desperate act. Our effort to enlighten these people to other means of solving their problems is the driving force of the Foundation.

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Police believe there are more victims

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) — A Central County man allegedly raped a girl while he was babysitting her.

St. Louis County Police arrested 34-year-old Timothy Broadway Tuesday, stemming from an incident prompting an investigation last month.

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Police: Man Raped 5-Year-Old, Supplied Child Porn

CINCINNATI—A suspect in the rape of an area child was arrested Wednesday evening in North Carolina.

Authorities said 37-year-old Waco “White Wolf” Tohausen was indicted Dec. 21 on charges of rape and pandering sexually oriented materials involving a 5-year-old, for crimes allegedly committed in 2007.

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Now in its 16th year, the Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation’s PANDA program is offering free training to education and medical professionals throughout the state to help practitioners better identify potential cases of child abuse. Provided by Forensic Dentist Lawrence Dobrin, DDS, the program is scheduled at schools and health facilities throughout April in recognition of April’s designation as Child Abuse Prevention month.

The program is also offered during other months and is currently scheduled through May 2010. So far this year, more than 400 professionals have been trained by Dr. Dobrin.

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(CNN) — A Michigan man could face life in prison after he allegedly tortured and ultimately killed his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son last week for wetting his pants, prosecutors say.

Brandon Joshua-Frederick Hayes, 24, “systematically beat” Dominick Calhoun, 4, “pummeling [him] with fists and kicking him” on his arms, legs and genitalia, Genesee County prosecutor David Leyton told CNN.

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Ten children under the age of five have been murdered by a parent or guardian since January, a large increase over last year, said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly in a press conference Friday.

Ten children have been murdered by their parent or guardian since January

Kelly said the significant jump was a cause for concern by the police department.

“We are attempting to do anything we can to address this issue but it’s difficult to identify a specific cause,” he said. “But they seem to be all over the board as to why these terrible  events have taken place.”

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CHICAGO — A 32-year-old Wisconsin man was charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the slayings of his wife, infant son and two nieces.

James A. Larry, of Madison, Wis., was charged with killing his wife, Twanda Thompson, 19; his 7-month-old son, Jihad; his 3-year-old niece, Keleasha Larry; and his 16-year-old niece, Keyshai Fields, at a home in Chicago’s Marquette Park neighborhood.

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EVERETT — An Everett woman told police she broke her 2-year-old son’s elbow and twice bit him because she was angry.

A pediatrician told police the boy “is clearly a victim of child abuse,” according to a police affidavit filed Wednesday in Everett District Court.

The doctor told detectives the mother’s explanations for her son’s injuries were “inadequate.”

The woman, 22, was arrested Tuesday and jailed for investigation of assault.

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