Legislation that would create a state registry of child abusers could die on the House floor if no one takes up the cause in the new legislative session. Rep. John Espinoza, D-Croswell, introduced House Bill 6568 in November. He had hoped to expedite the process and get the bill signed before his term ends Friday. But, by the time he introduced the bill, Espinoza said there wasn’t enough time for a committee hearing, and his colleagues didn’t feel comfortable voting without one. While no one has approached him about sponsoring the bill, Espinoza said he plans to pitch the idea to incoming legislators in the next several days.

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http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20101228/NEWS01/12280309/Child-abuse-bill-in-limbo

It’s sad when the a person whom you assume to have the best interests of the children at heart turn out to be quite the opposite. An Oneida County Child Protective Services case worker has been released on his own recognizance while he faces pending charges of possessing child pornography, according to federal court documents.  The conditions of his release include:

• Participating in a home confinement program, which will include electronic monitoring and a daily curfew from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m.
• Must not possess any computer with online capabilities or use any Internet site without court approval.
• Stay away from places where anyone younger than 18 are likely to gather, including schools, parks and arcades, and must not have any direct contact with a person younger than 18.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/child-abuse-investigator-charged-with-child-pornography

Sacrament, CA – In May, 2004, Truly Lo who was only 6 years old was hit with a clothes hanger and beaten with fists, and strangled for four to six minutes according to prosecutors. Her injuries were so severe that she lost consciousness and has been in a coma since due to brain damage. She was beaten by her stepmother, Weili Kao, who was charged at the time with four felony counts. In August, 2005, Kao was sentenced to 16 years in prison. The beatings and strangulation were dealt out as punishment because the child had told a lie.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/strangled-and-beaten-by-stepmom-girl-dies-after-6-year-coma

Roseville, CA – Scott Carlson, 20, was watching his girlfriend’s baby at a house near Martin and Gratiot while she was at work. The 13-month-old baby was getting into the wrapping paper and Carlson “lost his temper a little”. The baby suffered second-degree burns apparently from a Bic lighter and had a multitude of bruises on the back, buttocks and head that were consistent with intentionally-inflicted abuse.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/baby-burned-with-lighter-for-getting-into-wrapping-paper?cid=parsely#parsely

3-year-old’s teeth and toenails pulled out with pliers

Madison, In – Is it so hard to be alone today that you need to be involved with someone who will hurt your child? Many children are abused by boyfriends. What makes these men attractive to these mothers? There is nothing attractive about any person who would intentionally hurt or abuse a child.

Last month, a 3 year old boy was taken to the hospital by his grandparents. “I couldn’t even recognize his face was so bruised and he had bumps and lumps,” Karl Andersen Senior, the grandfather, said. Prosecutors say 21-year-old Jessica Carder, the boy’s mother, and Andrew Richards, 27, her boyfriend pulled his teeth and his toenails. How? “There’s evidence to support that pliers were used to extract the teeth and that there is damage to the gum and gum line.” prosecutor Chad Lewis said.

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http://www.examiner.com/child-welfare-in-national/3-year-old-s-teeth-and-toenails-pulled-out-with-pliers

One brave child abuse victim speaks out, and her father goes to prison

Sexually assaulted at age 8 by her father in her Gretna home, Rachel Fletcher did something rare and courageous: She told a concerned relative what happened. And when the case came to trial in a Jefferson Parish court two years later, she bravely testified against her father.  Fifteen years later, her father, David Boudreaux, is serving a life sentence in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for aggravated rape.

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http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/11/post_75.html

DALLAS — Dallas police are looking for a capital murder suspect who attempted to wrestle a gun away from an officer who was trying to arrest him Wednesday night. The suspect, identified as Simon Lopez, 26, may have been shot before he fled. He is wanted in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s one-year-old son in Tyler. The struggle happened around 9:30 p.m. at the Red Crown Inn, C.F. Hawn Freeway at St. Augustine Road in Southeast Dallas. Lopez was last seen wearing a blue hoodie and dark jeans.

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http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Dallas-police-open-fire-on-murder-suspect-112357199.html

SAN ANTONIO — He was brutally attacked and left for dead in a southeast Bexar County field. Now, a new arrest in this case brings the total to three people behind bars charged with murder. Could the late April killing of Mark Gabler  be a case of vigilante justice gone too far?  The suspects reportedly took justice into their own hands after Gabler allegedly molested a seven year old girl. Richelle Vasquez is now behind bars on murder and theft charges in connection with the April 26 murder. The 31-year-old joins Shawn Phillips and Kenneth Nelsen behind bars for the same crime.

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http://www.kens5.com/news/Vigilante-justice-gone-too-far-Third-suspect-jailed-in-murder-case-112497154.html

Deepika Parmar, who threw her month-old daughter to her death at KEM Hospital in October, was granted bail by the sessions court on Monday. Bail was granted against a surety of Rs 15,000 on humanitarian grounds. According to the police, on October 26, they had found Parmar’s child in the gutter outside a toilet at the hospital. They alleged Parmar had thrown her child out of the toilet window.

Parmar was arrested soon after she was discharged from the hospital on November 22 and was remanded in judicial custody at Byculla jail. Parmar was charged under Section 317 (exposure and abandonment of child) and murder under the Indian Penal Code.

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http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mum-who-threw-child-to-her-death-gets-bail/Article1-643628.aspx

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines — A five-year old girl was raped and killed in Leyte town on Christmas Day and a man who was recently released from jail on probation and also the drinking partner of the child’s father, was arrested for the crime. The suspect, Fernando Regoño, was arrested hours after the discovery of the child’s body, Inspector Miguelito Bocade, chief of police of MacArthur town, said on Monday. Bocade said the child’s body was found in a grassy portion in Barangay (village) Danao, the village where both the victim and the suspect resided. The suspect was released on probation last November 26 for a homicide case.

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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20101227-311218/5-year-old-girl-raped-killed-by-dads-drinking-buddy

Authorities in Louisiana are searching for a child rape suspect. On Dec. 15 at approximately 8:51 p.m. the West Monroe Police Department began investigating a reported rape of a 15-year-old juvenile. The suspect, Enrique S. Velazquez, is wanted for questioning in his involvement in sex crimes involving a 15-year-old juvenile occurring between January and September of this year. The suspect should be driving a 2007 Nissan Titan silver & black in color. The truck has a cross on the front and back windshield with the vehicle displaying Louisiana License Plate # X582701.

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http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=133729&catid=2

ELTON – The stepfather and mother of an 8-year-old child were arrested here Monday on charges of aggravated rape and aiding in the crime. Elton Police (EPD) Sgt. Miguel LaFleur said Wednesday that on Saturday, Dec. 18, EPD received a report of child molestation. The complainant claimed an 8-year-old reported inappropriate behavior by her stepfather and mother, Elton residents Michele “Mike” Trouvè, 54, and his wife, Joni L. Trouvè, 30.

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http://www.jenningsdailynews.net/news.php?id=6247

CLIFTON, N.J. — A search was underway in New Jersey for a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl. According to police, 20-year-old Leonardo Quintero met the young girl online. He reportedly lured her to his 19-year-old friend’s house in Clifton last friday. Once there, police said, Quintero raped the girl while his friend videotaped the act with his cell phone camera.

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http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/12/22/police-search-for-child-rape-suspect-in-n-j/