Man convicted of murdering 5 children executed in Ohio

(CNN) — William Garner, 37, who was convicted of murdering five children in 1992 in Cincinnati, Ohio, was executed by intravenous lethal injection at 10:38 a.m. Tuesday at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, according to the state’s Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

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HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man who beat his 6-year-old son for eight hours until the boy went into a seizure and died has been charged in the child’s killing, police said Monday.

A man charged with the 1998 murder of a 10-year-old girl Salt Lake City girl was arraigned Monday in 3rd District Court. Matthew John Breck, 31, is charged with aggravated murder — which carries the potential for the death penalty — for the Sept. 10. 1998 stabbing death of Anna Palmer on the front porch of her home.

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A Carson City woman who told authorities she had smoked methamphetamine and then fell asleep next to her infant daughter faces felony child abuse charges after the baby tested positive for the drug. Charlene Marie Benitez, 22, is being held at the Carson City Jail on $50,000 bond after being arrested early Saturday morning. Charges include felony child endangerment and abuse that caused the infant physical or mental harm. The condition of the infant is unknown at this time.

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The North American Riders Against Child Abuse, a two-year-old organization, had a poker ride Sunday, with the money raised going to the St. Clair County Child Abuse and Neglect Council and other such councils in southeast Michigan. Jack “Jacko” Suisse, 48, of Port Huron, president of the riders group, said he is a survivor of child abuse and has participated in similar rides for more than a decade. He started the local group after several child abuse cases in St. Clair County ended in murder.

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Popular social networking website Facebook will add a ‘panic button’ application which will report child abuse to Britain’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP). Once installed, the application appears on the homepage saying that the users are in ‘control online’. Facebook had initially resisted the idea, but finally agreed after months of negotiation with the CEOP, BBC reported.

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Oakland, CA – According to several witnesses, one of them an off-duty police officer, 21-year-old John Taylor Jr. was seen violently shaking a toddler last Saturday evening before tossing her into oncoming traffic. Though the wheels of an oncoming vehicle didn’t touch her, she was burned and scraped by the car’s undercarriage. One witness heard the commotion from her home and raced out to rescue the 18-month old child.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/07/12/john-taylor-jr-tossed-his-toddler-into-traffic/

GASTON COUNTY, NC – When 24-year-old Tracy Hedgepath did not show up for work on Friday, her co-workers contacted her parents who went out to their daughters home to check on her. Once there they found all of the cars in the driveway of the home Hedgepeth shared with her three young children and her boyfriend, 25-year-old Austen Minter. They began repeatedly knocking on the door until finally, 7-year-old Destiny answered. She had been shot in the head.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/07/12/girl-in-serious-condition-after-her-father-kills-entire-family/

KAISER, Mo. — Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 12-year-old boy who is suspected of shooting and killing his parents.
Police were called to Palace Lane Estates mobile home park in the small town of Kaiser, Mo. around 11:50 p.m. Monday night.

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ROSEBURG, Ore. (KMTR) — A sixteen year-old Roseburg boy is charged with the rape and murder of a 5 year old Roseburg girl found dead in her home Friday morning, July 9^th, 2010.

Around 4:48 a.m. Friday morning, Roseburg Police and EMT’s responded to 9-1-1 call from a house on Elaine Street in West Roseburg for a report of a 5 year-old girl who was unconscious and not breathing. The victim’s mother made the emergency call. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Police say a convicted child rapist from Annapolis has struck again. His victim this time was a 13-year-old girl from Dundalk. Investigators say 28-year-old James Mason had been trolling the Internet for about a month looking for his next victim. He found her on MySpace.

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A Long Beach jury finds that Carlos Aguirre, 25, preyed on his underage niece and her friends. He also is found guilty of child pornography and drug charges. Prosecutors say he could face life in prison.

After 90 minutes of deliberation, a Long Beach jury this week convicted Aguirre, 25, on 10 counts of rape in attacks on one niece and two of her friends. Jurors also found him guilty of a child pornography charge and a drug charge.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-long-beach-rapes-20100710,0,4095435.story

Activities that two Placer County men considered “rough-housing” with young children has earned them jail terms for physically abusing a 10-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl.

Jason Anthony Barr, 29, of Colfax and his ex-roommate, Mark Alan Swan, 30, were each sentenced to more than one year in Placer County Jail and four years of probation for conduct that included sitting on the boy’s chest while play wrestling. Barr and Swan each weighs more than 200 pounds.