Virginia Beach couple found guilty in boy’s death

Christy Lamour arrived at Portsmouth Naval Medical Center early the morning of April 4, 2011, with the limp, swollen body of her 5-year-old son in the back seat. Doctors rushed outside and tried for 45 minutes to revive Christian Lamour, but were never able to restart his heart. Lamour told doctors, police detectives and social workers she thought her son had come down with the flu or a stomach virus. She explained away his bruises by telling them he’d fallen off his bunk bed.  READ MORE HERE

A daughter forced to act as her father’s ‘wife’ has waived her right to anonymity to help other abuse victims. Emma Frost, 22, was left devastated after suffering a decade of sexual abuse at the hands of her father. Now, after seeing him jailed for life, she is taking the brave step of sharing her story in the hopes she can help others who have suffered a similar plight. Emma, from Clacton, Essex, says: ‘I stayed silent for years because I thought nobody would believe me.  READ MORE HERE

A mother has been jailed after she filmed her children getting changed for the sexual gratification of her new pedophile boyfriend. The 42-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had earlier signed a bizarre ‘contract’ with her new lover – a retired fire and rescue worker – agreeing to become his ‘sex slave’.  READ MORE HERE

A man accused of murdering a gay supermarket worker embarked on a campaign against uncaught paedophiles using ‘military strategy’ to track them down after overhearing convicted prisoners planning new offences while in prison, a court heard. Christopher Hunnisett, who is on trial accused of killing supermarket worker Peter Bick, told the court he used the internet and a network of ‘live sources’ – some made in prison – to investigate rumours of child abuse. He assigned possible offenders militaristic ‘call signs’ depending on the strength of evidence against them, he said.  READ MORE HERE

NEW MADRID COUNTY, MO– A Missouri woman faces more than a dozen charges for statutory rape and sodomy in New Madrid County. Sheriff Terry Stevens says Melissa Eaton, 48, of Lilbourn, Missouri allegedly carried on a sexual relationship with a teenage boy. According to court records juvenile authorities alerted investigators about the situation. READ MORE HERE

Sarasota, Florida — A grandmother and grandfather are facing numerous charges for towing a toy plastic car from behind their SUV… with their grandchild seated inside. According to the arrest report, a Sarasota deputy on patrol spotted the SUV on Sunday, pulling a small plastic Hot Wheels car with the 7-year-old girl inside.  The toy car was connected to the SUV with dog leashes tied to the trailer hitch.  READ MORE HERE

TUCSON, Ariz. — Tucson Police released surveillance video Friday of several potential witnesses who they want to speak to regarding the disappearance of six-year-old Isabel Celis. The video shows a group of five people – two men and three women – walking through a parking lot headed in the general direction of the Celis house after Midnight on April 21, the morning Isabel was reported missing. As of Sunday afternoon, police said they had identified and interviewed three of those people.  READ MORE HERE

TACOMA—A Bonney Lake mother who prosecutors say repeatedly bleached her child’s eyes, causing permanent vision damage, was charged Monday with Assault of a Child in the First Degree. In May, 2011, the 15-month-old girl was airlifted from Tacoma to Harborview Medical Center after suffering a blow to the head. While treating her, medical staff noticed that a previously diagnosed eye condition had worsened. The victim was sleeping up to 22 hours a day because exposure to sunlight had become extremely painful.  READ MORE HERE

Sierra Lamar: Reward Increased in Search for Missing Cheerleader

MORGAN HILL, CA — The reward has been increased from $10,000 to $25,000 in the search for missing 15-year-old Sierra LaMar. Authorities believe the Morgan Hill teenager was abducted from her home on March 16. The high school cheerleader was last seen by her mother at 6 a.m. on March 16, before she left for classes at Sobrato High School. READ MORE HERE

Joshua Waguespack, 33, an 8th grade math teacher at St. Peter’s Catholic school in DeLand, Florida, planted small cameras in pens and left them in the girl’s dressing room. According to The Daytona Beach News Journal, Waguespack lost his iPad at a Walmart when a woman found it, along with the naked pictures of 12 and 13 year-old girls that he uploaded from the small camera. READ MORE HERE

A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM KEVIN EPLING:

International Stand4Change is this Friday! And what a day it will be. We now have over 1 MILLION students in every state in 70 countries, making a global stand on the #1 issue in schools after funding. Be sure to check out the website www.stand4change.org  for the flier and more info.

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We will break the Million mark before Friday, we have messages from one of the stars of GLEE, we are gathering celebrities in major cities to attend events and singer Cody Simpson has taken the message to Australia. As many of us stood together years ago for Hands Across America we finally give our children their time to stand up. Not only for themselves but more importantly for each other. Some schools are planning very sample events, some will just acknowledge the day, some at a different time, and others are going all out. It is up to the schools and the students to decide. Yet we have had some schools/districts say they will not participate because they feel it is a “one-time thing” or if they do participate it will only “bring attention” to the issue.

Even other anti-bullying groups are not sharing the info because it is not “their” group. Personally I think these are very archaic ways of looking at a very real and very different problem. If you choose as a teacher or administrator, law enforcement officer or head of an anti-bullying group, to treat it as a “one time thing” than yes that is all it will be. But this can be used as a catalyst to get them to act. It can be the beginning of something great. And if someone really thinks that participating will only “bring attention” to the issue and create discussion, and yes action on the issue, than I am sorry but that is exactly why it should be done. This is no longer an issue to simply skirt around, it must be addressed and when students can see themselves with a million other students they can know they are not alone.

For every reason I get from schools and communities of why not to do it, I will give you one reason why: the kids. It is about them and how we want them to act and help us take control of this situation. If we keep doing it they way we have always done it, because of the way it affects us and our “routines”, we will continue to fail. Don’t be a Bystander any longer, Stand up and be counted on May 4th, 2012… I will, will you?

JACKSON COUNTY — An airman temporarily stationed at Keesler Air Force Base has received bonds of $125,000 on charges of statutory rape and child pornography, Sheriff Mike Byrd said. Deputies arrested Michael Burl, 23, on Wednesday. Byrd said Biloxi Regional Medical Center called authorities regarding the alleged sexual assault of a girl under the age of 16 from an incident that reportedly occurred Monday. READ MORE HERE

THE thought of thousands of Jamaican children living the nightmare of sexual abuse has motivated three adults, scarred by this horrific act, to share their stories with the hope that the victims can be rescued.  The three — a man and two women — decided to speak after reading an April 1 Sunday Observer article in which Dr Sandra Knight painted a gruesome picture of abuse of Jamaican children, including four-year-old girls she has treated for gonorrhoea, a nine-year-old boy who was raped by his mother’s pastor, and an 18-month-old boy who died after being buggered by an uncle. READ MORE HERE

Rape — forced, unwanted sexual intercourse — can happen to males and females of any age. Rape (also called sexual assault) is about power, not sex. A rapist uses actual or threatened force or violence to exert control over another human being. Some rapists use drugs or alcohol to take away a person’s ability to fight back. Rape is a crime, whether the person committing it is a stranger, date, acquaintance, or family member. No matter how it happened, rape is frightening and traumatic. Someone who has been raped needs care, comfort, and a way to heal. As a parent, how can you support a child who has been raped? Here’s on overview of the tools you’ll need to help your child. READ MORE HERE   (AND)   READ MORE HERE

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