Jury convicts Ronald Woodard of manslaughter, child abuse in death of 2-year-old Cameron Russell

Jurors have just convicted Ronald Woodard of manslaughter and first-degree child abuse in the January 2010 death of 2-year-old Cameron Russell. The jury returned the verdict after deliberating all day Tuesday and again this morning.

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SAN FRANCISCO– The pageant mom who went on national television and said she injected her 8-year-old daughter with Botox may have been making up the whole story in an effort to gain publicity. An unidentified source says Kerry Campbell is obsessed with reality television and wants to become famous, RadarOnline is reporting. “It’s beginning to look like Kerry’s claims about giving her daughter Botox injections looks like a hoax, and that Kerry is making the entire thing up for publicity. Kerry is obsessed with reality television, and wants to become famous.

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Mother of Maine Mystery Boy Confesses to Killing Son

CONCORD, MA — A Texas woman has reportedly confessed to the death of a young boy found dumped on a dirt road in Maine over the weekend, authorities said. Julianne McCrery admitted leaving her 6-year-old son Camden Pierce Hughes under a blanket on a deserted road in South Berwick near the New Hampshire border. McCrery told police she accidentally gave her son too much cough syrup and he died.

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RIVERSIDE — Court documents reveal in chilling detail a 10-year old boy’s account of how he shot and killed his neo-Nazi father as he slept in bed. The documents outline the boy’s confession to police after the May 1 killing. Authorities say the boy recounted that he was tired of his father, Jeffrey R. Hall, beating him and his stepmother.

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Melissa Anderson’s worst childhood memory is shepherding her siblings into the closet while they sang loudly to drown out the sounds of her father beating her younger brother. Her father, Richard Jay Swank, pulled Anderson out of school in the fifth grade and made her the primary caretaker of nine brothers and sisters. Most endured beatings, torture and starvation.

Washington–University of Toronto researchers have found that childhood physical abuse is associated with significantly elevated rates of functional somatic syndromes such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivities among women. “Women who reported they had been physically abused as children have twice the odds of chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple chemical sensitivities, and 65 per cent higher odds of fibromyalgia” said lead investigator Professor Esme Fuller-Thomson, who holds the Sandra Rotman Chair at U of T’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and Department of Family and Community Medicine.

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http://in.news.yahoo.com/childhood-abuse-linked-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-fibromyalgia-women-124519661.html

Child abuse and neglect is a national problem which has increased to epidemic proportions in the United States. More than 2.5 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States annually with hundreds of deaths related to child abuse reported each year. Most runaways, adolescent prostitutes and teenage delinquent’s report having been victims of some form of child abuse, and it is reported that a majority of violent criminals suffered abuse, either physical and/or sexual as children. Abuse robs children of the opportunity to develop healthy, trusting relationships with adults, contributes to low self-esteem, and impairs healthy psycho-social development. Indeed, the effects of childhood abuse often last a lifetime.

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http://www.nccafv.org/child.htm

Las Vegas, NV — A local family featured on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is under scrutiny after questions are raised about their little girls’ medical condition. The Cerda family was featured heavily on Action News when they were selected by the show for a new home in March, 2009. Thousands in the community donated their time, and money, to make the Cerda dream home a reality. Allegations this spring, first reported by the Oregonian newspaper in Clackamas County, show the mother may have misrepresented just how bad the girls health was.

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http://www.ktnv.com/story/14657917/allegations-that-vegas-extreme-makeover-home-edition-family-may

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A 6-week-old girl is in stable condition after she was stabbed numerous times. The child’s mother, 24-year-old Danielle Mailloux, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after Kern County deputies were called Sunday night to the 1300 block of Crawford Street.

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http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/121925579.html

HOUSTON– Two people are facing charges in a bizarre child abuse case that they claim involved a ‘spirit’ in the home. Ivan Dejesus Martinez, 21, is charged with injury to a child and Erica Candice Mendoza, 21, is charged with injury to a child by omission. The victim in the case is Mendoza’s two-year-old son.

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Bill would force Facebook to change privacy settings

The Social Networking Privacy Act

A new bill proposed in California could force Facebook and other social networking sites to strip out personal information for children at a parent’s request. The bill known as the Social Networking Privacy Act would require Facebook and others to carefully police which pieces of information on individuals under age 18 are accessible to the public.

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http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/national/new-facebook-bill-20110517

Identity of boy’s remains still unknown

Maine Police Flooded With Tips In Mystery Boy’s Death

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine– Maine State Police said they’ve received about 60 tips following the release of a computer-generated photo of a boy whose body was found over the weekend. A police spokesman told reporters at a news conference Monday that tips are coming in from Maine, New Hampshire and as far away as Ohio.

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http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/05/16/maine-police-look-for-clues-in-mystery-boys-death/

TELFORD, Pa. – Skyler Kauffman, the 9-year-old girl who was brutally assaulted and killed before being stuffed into a trash bin near her suburban Philadelphia apartment, is being laid to rest today. Funeral services for Kauffman were scheduled for Monday morning in Telford. A memorial ceremony was held for the girl Sunday night. Hundreds lined up outside a Telford funeral home to say their goodbyes.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20063210-504083.html

Ex-prison officer, 68, walks up to policeman to confess 20 YEARS after attacks

He admitted to between 100 and 200 rapes and a series of indecent assaults. Pearce, of North Broomhill, Northumberland, was a respected member of the community and worked at Acklington Prison in Northumberland during his career. In a statement setting out the effect of the abuse, the victim, now an adult, said: ‘This has affected my whole life.