TEMPLE TERRACE — After setting off fireworks with relatives, a Tampa man took his 6-year-old son aside at an apartment complex Friday night and stabbed him more than 20 times, authorities said. He then threw the bloody child over a 6-foot fence into a wooded area, leaving him for dead, and returned to the party as if nothing had happened, Hillsborough County sheriff’s detective Mark Greer reported. The father, Xavier Dequan Thomas Sr., 23, was arrested at 1:06 a.m. Saturday on a charge of attempted murder, jail records show. Family members say he is mentally ill.

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http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/tampa-man-accused-of-stabbing-6-year-old-son-more-than-20-times/1142993

We have now become dedicated to devoting this site not only to these two children but to the children out there whose voices are not heard.  There are still many children that live in dangerous and abusive homes in which none of them have asked to be.  We appreciate the public support already shown.  It’s now our turn to help give back and help those in need.  On this site can be found links to other agencies or persons that may be useful in such cases.  Also available now is the chat room which is open for victims and survivors of abuse.

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http://innocencestolen.com/default.aspx

“There are 400,000 registered sex offenders in the United States, and an estimated 80 to 100,000 of them are missing. They’re supposed to be registered, but we don’t know where they are and we don’t know where they’re living. – Ernie Allen, President of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Childrento co-anchor Hannah Storm on The Early Show

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http://www.yellodyno.com/html/child_molester_stats.html

The year 2010 saw a sharp increase in child abduction cases throughout the country as Karachi alone reported 2,582 cases of missing children in the year.  A statement issued by the Child Rights Legal Centre (CRLC) says that the cases of abduction and murder of children have been reported from all parts of the country. The CRLC has been monitoring child rights violations as reported in the newspapers for the year 2010. The statement says that besides the cases of corporal punishments, child sexual abuse, murders and rape and sodomy, child abductions stood out as one of the new trends in child rights violations in Pakistan. It mentions that Pakistan is among the top five most dangerous countries in the world for kidnap and ransom with incidents in the mid to high hundred each year according to the estimate from Global Security Firm Red 24.

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http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=23307&Cat=6&dt=1/1/2011

Raleigh, N.C. — A Moore County man has been charged with sexually abusing a Raleigh child over the course of nine months, according to an arrest warrant. Victor Almanza, 20, of 108 Holly Place in West End, faces charges of first-degree rape of a child and indecent liberties with a child. The victim was younger than 13 years old, according to the warrant.

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http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/8863946/

Raleigh, N.C. — A Raleigh man has been accused of assaulting and seriously injuring his 3-year-old son on Thursday, according to an arrest warrant. Joseph G. Sinclair, 26, of 1616 Extine Lane, was charged Friday with one count of intentional child abuse inflicting serious physical injury. The warrant states that Sinclair’s son had swollen and bruised eye and lips and bruises resembling fingerprints on his neck and shoulder. The boy required emergency medical care and had to be hospitalized.

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http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/8863909/

Torture, murder charges in tot’s death

STOCKTON – A 19-year-old Stockton woman was in custody Friday on suspicion of murder after her 11-month-old daughter died on Christmas, police said. Police said the baby, Raziah Bates, was brought to a hospital on Christmas Eve, said Officer Pete Smith, a Stockton police spokesman. Medical workers called police when they suspected child abuse, Smith said, and Raziah died within 24 hours. Her mother, Bianca Armstead, was first arrested and booked into San Joaquin County jail on suspicion of child abuse, Smith said, but the murder charge was added after an autopsy.

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http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110101/A_NEWS02/101010310/-1/A_NEWS07

Santa Barbara-Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a North Santa Barbara County man suspected of sexual child abuse. On Thursday, December 16, 2010 Sheriff’s detectives were advised of a possible child sexual abuse crime that occurred in the unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County commonly known as Tanglewood. Sheriff’s detectives conducted an investigation and indentified the suspect as 51-year old Ernest Hernandez Madrigal (DOB 6/18/59) who they arrested on Thursday, December 30, 2010 in the 1100 block of Cook Street in the City of Santa Maria.

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http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=45831

IT REMAINS the stain on a country consistently voted as the best in the world. It remains our national shame. It has followed us as every calendar is discarded, and as every new year is ushered in. The violent death of Maori children at the hands of their whanau and friends. And last week it got personal…

Like most New Zealanders, I regard child abuse in this country to be an overwhelmingly Maori disease. The statistics prove as much, as do the photos of the brown faces that are no longer with us. Their names have entered the legend, James Whakaruru, Delcelia Witika, Chris and Cru Kahui, Nia Glassie, Cherish Tahuri-Wright, and now Sahara Baker-Koro.

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/opinion/4505801/Maori-abuse-is-our-problem

HILLSBORO — A longtime Dayton School District music teacher and assistant football coach faces multiple child porn charges in Washington County. Mark Read Culbertson, 37, of Sherwood was arraigned in circuit court Monday at the Washington County Community Corrections Center in Hillsboro on four counts of first-degree encouraging child sexual abuse, a Class B felony, and 11 counts of second-degree encouraging child sexual abuse, a Class C felony. No children attending school in the district are considered victims, according to Dayton Superintendent Janelle Beers.

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http://www.newsregister.com/article/46542-child+porn+charges+detailed

HENDERSON, Nev. — Questions remain in the child abuse case that Henderson police say nearly killed a 4-year-old boy. According to police, the severe abuse went on for months and involved the boy and his 8-year-old brother. Psychologists and abuse advocates are now speaking out about the case. Paramedics and Henderson police officers found a 4-year-old boy unconscious at a condominium inside the Montelago Village Resort November 23. Detectives report that the boy’s 8-year-old brother had sunken eyes and was so malnourished, his hair was falling out. Police say the mother’s boyfriend, Edward Colucci, bit the boy’s nose, sprayed glass cleaner into his eyes and forced him to eat his own vomit. Police say both boys were victimized by Colucci.

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http://www.8newsnow.com/story/13766336/henderson-child-abuse-case-raises-questions

10% of all proceeds will be donated to Dreamcatchers for Abused Children. Help us to give back by purchasing a copy today.

A Story of Survival is based on the fictional character, Steven Moyer. Steven had a typical teenager’s life until an untimely car accident claimed the lives of both his parents. When his immediate family refused to take him into their homes and care for him, a young and naive Steven was forced into the vile foster care system. Being carted from one foster home to the next (over a dozen times in the last two years), has made it difficult for Steven to make friends or fit into any family unit. Now in his teens, he is abruptly placed with Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Although he is immediately made to feel welcome; once the case worker leaves, the Joneses reveal their true colors. He begins to experience slight signs of child abuse, but over time the abuse escalates from pushing and shoving to full blown beatings. Now with no other choice, Steven is forced to make the hardest decision of his life; escape or continue to experience the daily abuse that could one day cost him his life. This powerful story takes the reader through the daily drama of a teenager’s life through his own personal memoirs. Experience Steven’s pain firsthand as you read through his journal entries during this horrific time in his life. Use the self-help portion of the book to learn more about child abuse, to include signs of abuse. 10% of all proceeds will be donated to Dreamcatchers for Abused Children. Help us to give back by purchasing a copy today.

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