A former soldier brutally beat his girlfriend’s eight-year-old son into a coma because he accidentally deleted a game on his Xbox. Rocky Donadio, a father-of-two, stomped on the boy’s stomach so hard he permanently damaged his internal organs. The boy will have to be fed through a tube for the rest of his life.
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Janet and Bill Thompson recently discovered that their son Scott had been molested. They were appalled and saddened by the idea that someone violated their child, nine-year-old Scott. Friendly an bright, Scott is a popular child who played Tom Sawyer in his class play, and with his red hair and freckles, he was well suited to the part. He loves the outdoors and enjoys building tree houses and forts with the other neighborhood kids.

The Thompsons feel numb and confused. They wonder why they couldn’t prevent their son’s abuse. Would Scott believe them when they said they would protect him from further harm? Was it a realistic promise? Why did their emotions swing so dramatically? And how were they to keep their seven-year-old daughter, Beth, safe? Had their seventeen-year-old son, Brad, been molested as well but was too afraid to let them know?

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(Memphis 02/18/2011) Jimmy and Janice Clay remember the precious moments they spent with their grandson, Brennan Rayford. They keep a picture of him on their wall. It’s been almost two years since the 11-month old died but now they say they can finally begin to heal. “He was a sweet grandbaby and we’re just thankful that justice is done,” said Janice Clay.

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FARMINGTON, MO. • Nearly four years after the crime, a former St. Francois County man accused of severely assaulting his infant son accepted on Friday a plea deal that carries a maximum sentence of 14 years. Steven Roloff, 23, appeared in a Farmington court Friday on the charges of second-degree assault and abuse of a child in connection with the March 2007 beating of Conner Zwierksi, now 4, at his Bonne Terre, Mo., residence. In his plea, called an Alford plea, Roloff did not admit guilt but conceded there was enough evidence to be convicted through a trial.

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Study: Child abuse, neglect up in Colorado

DENVER — The rate of child abuse and neglect in Colorado is on the rise, in sharp contrast to the rest of the nation, which has seen a decrease over the last several years. That troubling conclusion comes in a new report from the Kempe Center for Child Abuse and Prevention, based in Denver. The study has experts in this field asking some tough questions like:

• Has too much money been cut from prevention programs?
• Are people who are suffering economically taking it out on their kids?
• Are agencies at fault for not doing enough to identify, intervene and help families at high risk?
• Why is the number of child abuse and neglect cases increasing in Colorado, while the rest of the nation is experiencing a decrease?

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WORCESTER — A mother and her boyfriend suspected in the beating death of the woman’s 4-year-old daughter were asked about physical abuse of the child months ago by a family doctor, according to court records. But Lymari Acevedo, 27, and her 33-year-old boyfriend, Richard Castillo, never returned to the doctor’s office for a follow-up visit, according to court records, and the suspected abuse was never referred to state agencies. The identity of the doctor was not revealed as the case is under investigation.

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ONTARIO– An Ontario woman and her son were found dead in their home Friday night after what police believe was a murder-suicide. Officers responded to a home in the 900 block of East Rosewood Court around 8 p.m. after receiving a tip about a possible dead body. Two bodies, along with a hammer and knife, were found inside the residence.

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HENLEY ON KLIP, South Africa — The body of a newborn baby was found in a plastic bag at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, police have confirmed. According to reports, a 17-year-old gave birth to the baby Wednesday. No word whether the baby had been murdered or died of natural causes.

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In an interview set to broadcast Feb. 20, Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R) told CBS that he had been sexually abused by a camp counselor when he was 10 years old. Such an experience is more common than most people believe, according to researchers who specialize in studying childhood sexual abuse. But victims, especially male victims, often feel silenced by shame, researchers say.

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A Maricopa County Superior Court judge convicted a Mesa man of killing his former-girlfriend’s 7-month-old son. On Friday, Justin Richard Sobolik, 30, was convicted of child abuse and first-degree murder for the August 2006 death of Logan Nicholas Balk, who was born one month premature. Judge Susanna Pineda scheduled Sobolik for sentencing March 18.

WILSON COUNTY — The Wilson County Sheriff Office is investigating a possible case of child abuse. Deputies say the child showed intentional signs of physical abuse and Shaken Baby Syndrome.

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