As Mark Standish faces the prospect of jail after being convicted of molesting a teenage boy during the sex abuse scandal that rocked Crookham Court School in Thatcham in the late 1980s, his victim Andy Hudson bravely waived his legal right to anonymity to tell Paul Cassell why he finally broke his silence.
He hid behind a sinister veil of depravity and deceit for more than 20 years. A teacher, a man respected and trusted by both pupils and parents, who even acted as the guardian for a number of boys entrusted in his care. But underneath this friendly facade Mark Standish, known more commonly as Alex, had a sick perversion for young teenage boys. READ MORE HERE
The 13-year-old girl had trauma to her head, a stab wound to her neck, and had been asphyxiated.
ROSEMONT, Calif. — Detectives say a girl found beaten and stabbed last week spent a several hours in Rosemont Park before she was killed. They also say people heard screams in the park before her death. During a press conference Thursday afternoon, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department released new information about their investigation into the death of Jessica Funk-Haslam and some surveillance video. Haslam was found dead near the dugout of the baseball fields at Rosemont Park on March 5th. READ MORE HERE
Parents of a young girl are on trial for banishing their daughter to the basement of their home for years. A 15-year-old girl from Madison, Wisconsin has told police detectives that her parents locked her in the basement and only allowed her to eat food scraps and trash. Her father and stepmother have been charged with child abuse, child neglect, and reckless endangerment. READ MORE HERE
She would of been better off exercising and dieting. Nevada mom, Danielle Yvonne Slaughter, stabbed and killed her daughter, Kayla Franks, 6, with scissors, after taking a weight loss product , not sleeping for days, and feeling an evil presence in her home. According to AJC, police found the mother running naked through the streets barefoot and with blood on her hands. Apparently she told police the blood came from the “Lamb of God.” READ MORE HERE
A mother is in prison after a horrible scene in the middle of the road early Tuesday morning. The 39-year-old woman was arrested, and her 18-month-old child placed in foster care, after she dragged the dirty, nearly naked infant down an Oakland County road at 7a.m. Tuesday morning. READ MORE HERE
DETROIT – D’Andre Lane, the father of a two-year-old Detroit girl who has been missing since early December, has been charged with first-degree murder and child abuse. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy made the announcement Wednesday afternoon. Bianca Jones was reported missing by Lane on December 2. READ MORE HERE
DETROIT — Detroit police are searching for a 2-year-old girl who has been missing since her father was carjacked and the thief drove away with her strapped into a seat. Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee says police are working with FBI agents to find Bianca Jones. Her father reported being carjacked at gunpoint about 9:45 a.m. Friday in the New Center area of Detroit. The vehicle was recovered nearby with child seat still inside, but the girl was missing. READ MORE HERE
Social services and other agencies ‘poorly managed’ the care of a 10-year-old boy who hanged himself in his bedroom, a report has concluded. Harry Hucknall, a cousin of Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall, was ‘a sad, lonely and extremely anxious child’ but there was no evidence his situation was ‘demonstrably improved’ by the authorities. The youngster was discovered in his locked room at his home in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria on September 19 2010. READ MORE HERE
A 27-year-old Carpentersville man has been accused of nearly killing a woman by beating her with a hammer, of sexually assaulting her 8-year-old daughter and of stabbing the woman’s dog. Thursday morning, a judge set bail at $3 million for Daniel J. Happ of the 1600 block of Seminole Drive. That means he’ll need to post $300,000 in cash before he can leave the Kane County jail. READ MORE HERE
Police in Honolulu are asking for the public’s help in finding the answers to a horrible mystery: How did the fingers of a child end up in a trash bin at a housing complex? The fingers were found a month ago, according to a Honolulu Police Department news release. “Laboratory testing has determined that the fingers are those of a child,” police said in Monday’s release. The fingers are those of a girl, 2½ to 4 years old, CNN affiliate KHON-TV reported, citing police sources. Six fingers were recovered, according to the report. READ MORE HERE
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