Archive for January, 2012

FL Child Abuse Death Increasing

Posted by Sandra On January - 16 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Child abuse, neglect deaths in Lee County on the rise

The trend runs contrary to figures in Southwest Florida and throughout the state.

After mopping the floors one morning just over a year ago, a Hendry County mother of five left the bucket of water in the garage, out of reach of her 1-year-old daughter. When the older children came home from school, she asked her 8-year-old to watch the baby as she cleaned. Maybe 10 minutes later, she checked in. The toddler was gone and the garage door was open. READ MORE HERE

Education

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Reveals Childhood Abuse

Posted by Sandra On January - 14 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa revealed a painful childhood secret in an interview with CBS2 on Monday. Villaraigosa, who has long been an advocate for victims of domestic violence, told CBS2 that some of his earliest memories include hiding under the bed with his little sister while his father was attacking his mother. “We had to witness the terror that comes with watching your mom getting beat,” said Villaraigosa. Though he was under five years old when the abuse would happen, he had always harbored a feelings of guilt that he wasn’t able to protect his mother from violence. “Deep inside was this feeling of helplessness, that I kind of failed her,” Villaraigosa said. READ MORE HERE

True Stories

Former Marine Tossed Son Overboard When He Wouldn’t Stop Crying

Posted by Sandra On January - 14 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

A drunken father who tossed his seven-year-old son overboard in a busy California harbour, forcing another boat to veer to avoid hitting the boy, has been sentenced to rehab. Thirty-five-year-old Sloan Briles, a former Marine from Irvine, avoided jail by pleading guilty on Monday to felony child abuse and endangerment. He was sentenced to three years of probation, one year in a treatment program for child abusers and six months in a residential alcohol-treatment program run by the Veterans Administration. READ MORE HERE

Abuse Headlines

Mother Killed Her Son and Hid His Mummified Remains In Squalor Home

Posted by Sandra On January - 14 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Rubbish strewn cot: Declan Hainey's bed filled with waste including empty bottles of Irn-Bru, 3 Hammers cider, Lucozade, viodka and crisp packets. On the table are strewn cans of Tenants beer and more snack packaging, with more rubbish on the floor

Life sentence for former heroin addict Kimberley Hainey, 37
She kept death concealed and pretended Declan was at nursery
Experts said he could have lain dead in his cot for up to eight months
She willfully ill-treated and neglected her son, left him alone and failed to feed him

A woman who murdered her toddler son and left his body in a cot for so long it ‘mummified’ was today jailed for a minimum of 15 years. Kimberley Hainey, 37, was found guilty by a majority verdict last month of murdering her son Declan at a flat in Paisley, Renfrewshire. His decomposing body was found in a cot in March 2010 – eight months after he was last seen. Hainey was also convicted of failing to report Declan’s death to police or other authorities and of concealing his body at the flat. At the High Court in Glasgow, she was handed a life sentence and told she will spend a minimum of 15 years behind bars. READ MORE HERE

Abuse Headlines

‘Scream Room’ Abuse Allegations

Posted by Sandra On January - 14 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Middletown: ‘Scream Rooms’ Will No

MIDDLETOWN, CT –Some Connecticut parents are making stunning allegations about punishment handed out to their elementary school children. At the Farm Hill School in Middletown, reports have been trickling out from students, parents and educators that some children are being put into what’s known as restraint and seclusion rooms, but they’re more commonly called ‘scream rooms’ by the children as they hear those sounds coming from the rooms when children are confined in them. READ MORE HERE

Abuse Headlines

Nanny Cam Captured Twins Being Abused

Posted by Sandra On January - 14 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Alice Vesely

A 65-year-old woman is accused of physically abusing twin infants earlier this week in the Lincoln Park neighborhood after a “nanny cam’’ filmed it, police said. Alice Vesely was booked into Cook County Jail Thursday after a judge set her bail at $300,000, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s office. Vesely, 65, of the 2700 block of Fitch Avenue, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a child, police said. READ MORE HERE

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