Increase in serious cases of child physical abuse

New research from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia raises concerns about gaps in national child abuse statistics. In the largest study to examine the impact of the recession on child abuse, researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) PolicyLab detected a significant increase in children admitted to the nation’s largest children’s hospitals due to serious physical abuse over the last decade. The study, published today in the journal Pediatrics, found a strong relationship between the rate of child physical abuse and local mortgage foreclosures, which have been a hallmark of the recent recession. The CHOP findings, based on data from 38 children’s hospitals, contradict national child welfare data, which show a decline in child physical abuse over the same period. READ MORE HERE

DRYDEN, MICHIGAN — An Orion Township landlord who suspected his tenant took a rifle during a burglary led Oakland County Sheriff’s Office detectives to a man who was also wanted for child abuse. Edmund Joseph Proulx, 29, of Dryden, was arraigned before Judge Nancy Carniak in Rochester Hills’ 52-3 District Court on Friday, charged with first-degree home invasion, a 20-year felony, and larceny of a firearm, a 5-year felony. His bond was set at $75,000 cash without 10 percent provision. READ MORE HERE

New facts have been released about Shawn Lee Wray, the man accused of raping a six-month-old baby in Kingsport, that are alarming neighbors. WCYB reported that this is not the first time that Wary has been charged with sexually assaulting a child. A copy of the court records from Montgomery County, Texas, show that Wray pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a 13-year-old child. READ MORE HERE

Bodies found in search for missing Missouri sisters Britny Haarup and Ashley Key

EDGERTON, Mo. – Authorities in Platte County, Mo., say officials have found the bodies of two women in a field after officials interrogated “a suspect in the disappearance of Britny Haarup and Ashley Key.” The Kansas City Star reported late Sunday that the bodies were found near Trimble, Mo., in Clinton County. Platte County Sheriff’s Capt. Erik Holland told the newspaper the bodies were those of white women but he could not immediately confirm the victims’ identities or how they had died. READ MORE HERE

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Anger is a healthy, normal emotion when you know how to express it appropriately. Anger management is about learning how to do this. Feeling and showing anger at the right time, in the right degree, and in the right way helps us to get along well with others while setting necessary limits and boundaries so that we can create and live our best life. Anger can also serve as a motivator to help propel us in the direction of our dreams. However, anger that is excessive and/or out of place can lead us to take action that is not in our best interest. In addition, suppressed anger can fester and can lead to a host of problems, such as poor health, dysfunctional relationships, low self-esteem, inability to focus and concentrate, and so on. Anger management can help you with both of these extremes.  READ MORE HERE

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The husband and father who woke up in his Las Vegas home to find his wife and daughter beaten to death said Thursday that he has taken the unfathomable step of forgiving their attacker. Still bearing the scars of the brutal attack which left him requiring two major brain surgeries after 17 head fractures, Arturo Martinez appeared at a press conference three months after the random claw hammer attack.  To gasps from the shocked audience, Mr Martinez said that he would even let  22-year-old Bryan Clay, who broke into their home randomly before raping and killing Mr Martinez’s wife and 10-year-old daughter, kiss him on the cheek. READ MORE HERE

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A nursery worker who sexually assaulted two young boys and was found with almost 18,000 ‘vile’ images of children has been jailed for eight years. Alexander Mortimer, 28, filmed and photographed the abuse of the boys and had 17,967 indecent images and 582 videos of children on his computer. Images found on his laptop and hard drive device ranged from level one ‘erotic’ images to level five, which can include sadism.  READ MORE HERE

A 12-year-old schoolboy who raped two little girls was sentenced to four years’ detention yesterday.  The boy is one of the youngest in the country to have ever been convicted of such offences.  A court heard that his victims, who were aged seven and 11, have been badly psychologically affected by their ordeals. One has been having nightmares and the older girl has been self-harming. READ MORE HERE

Boy, 13, suffers terrible injuries after two adults use mechanical pump at car repair shop to force air into his body as a ‘joke’

Assault: 13-year old Du suffered appalling injuries after two men pushed a high-pressure air nozzle into his rectum and was in a coma for eight days following a six-hour emergency surgery.

FITCHBURG, WI — Fitchburg police said a man was arrested after deliberately striking a 20-year-old Fitchburg woman and their 2-year-old boy with a sport utility vehicle, killing the child and injuring the woman.  Police said Jesus A. Castillo-Dimas, 30, has been booked into the Dane County Jail on tentative charges of first-degree intentional homicide and attempted first-degree homicide in connection with this incident.  READ MORE HERE

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The beleaguered Penn State University Board of Trustees will meet Friday afternoon, a day after it was named in a scathing report as part of the failures that allowed a longtime sexual predator to prey on boys at the prestigious school. It was unclear if the internal report will be discussed at the board’s regularly scheduled bi-monthly meeting Friday. The investigation, headed by former FBI director Louis Freeh, found that several university leaders had “empowered” Jerry Sandusky to continue his abuse, while Joe Paterno, the school’s legendary head football coach, could have stopped the attacks had he done more. READ MORE HERE

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A 23-year-old Senath, Missouri woman is in jail tonight after allegedly admitting to beating her toddler with a cast-iron skillet. Tameca Michelle Bryant , is being held on $100,000 bond in the Dunklin County Jail while her two-year-old son remains hospitalized. According to reports, the 23-month-old boy sustained injuries that did not coincide with Bryant’s account of the accident.READ MORE HERE

PERRIS — Jurors have convicted a 54-year old man of strangling his wife and her 6-year old daughter after learning the little girl was not his biological child. Michael Barbar was charged with two counts of murder and special circumstances of multiple murders and lying in wait in connection with the November 2009 murders. The bodies were discovered November 13 inside the Barbar family home in the 2800 block of Banner Place in Perris.  READ MORE HERE

 Samuel and Diana Franklin of Butler, Georgia are under investigation for abusing their 15-year-old adopted daughter by making her wear a shock collar and locking her in a chicken coop. According to Daily News, the investigation began in June after the Franklin daughter made the accusation of being forced to wear a shock collar for dogs, but it wasn’t until their arrest Tuesday morning that investigators found the collar. READ MORE HERE