Childress, TX  – Shanice Lambert, a 37-year-old teacher’s aide at Childress ISD, has been indicted on child porn charges after she allegedly drove a student across state lines, took sexually explicit photographs of him and enticed him to have sex with her. According to a federal grand jury indictment, Lambert recorded a student’s sexual activity back in February and then sent the recording to different states. She also drove the student from Texas to Oklahoma on two occasions (Feb 11 and Feb 12) for the purpose of enticing him to have sex with her. READ MORE HERE

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JACKSONVILLE, Fl — A decade before he was charged with murder, a 2-year-old Cristian Fernandez was found naked and dirty, wandering a South Florida street. The grandmother taking care of him had holed up with cocaine in a messy motel room, while his 14-year-old mother was nowhere to be found. His life had been punctuated with violence since he was conceived, an act that resulted in a sexual assault conviction against his father. Fernandez’ life got worse from there: He was sexually assaulted by a cousin and beaten by his stepfather, who committed suicide before police investigating the beating arrived. READ MORE HERE

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Cristian Fernandez, 13-year-old Fla. boy, faces life in prison for allegedly murdering his 2-year-old half-brother

SANTA ANA, CA — A second trial is set to begin Wednesday for woman charged with killing her newborn daughter and dumping her body in a restaurant trash can. An Orange County jury failed to reach a verdict and a judge declared a mistrial Monday in the first murder trial of Juana Perez Valencia. Valencia is accused of giving birth Dec. 22, 2009 in the restroom of Sombrero’s, a Mexican restaurant in Stanton, where she worked as a server.  READ MORE HERE

Daquan Davis, 19, is on trial after shaking 6-month-old, Yusuf E’Miy Stewart-Ali Jr., multiple times until he eventually died. According to the Press of Atlantic City, while reports say the baby was shaken, Stewart’s mother, Ebony, stated that the authorities showed her images of bruises on her baby and that the baby suffered multiple broken ribs in his death.  READ MORE HERE

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach convicted of child sex abuse, will be sentenced on Oct. 9, the judge in the case has ordered. Sandusky, 68, faces hundreds of years in prison after he was convicted of 45 counts of abusing 10 boys over the course of 15 years. The former coach, who has been in jail since the June verdict, has maintained his innocence. READ MORE HERE

Abuse Hotlines

Computer use can be monitored and is impossible to completely clear. If you are afraid your internet and/or computer usage might be monitored, please use a safer computer, call your local hotline, and/or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at  1?800?799?SAFE  (7233) or TTY  1?800?787?3224

We’ve written quite a bit about sexual assault on the Resurgence because it is a huge issue (1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men have been or will be assaulted during their lifetime). Heartbreakingly, many of the victims of this epidemic are children: 15% of those assaulted are under age 12, and 29% are between ages 12 to 17. Girls between the ages of 16 and 19 are four times more likely than the general population to be victims of sexual assault. Here are eight ways you as a parent can protect your children from sexual abuse.  READ MORE HERE

Amy Woodard-Davis, of Houston, TX, visited her biological mother in Galveston, who pitched Amy’s infant body into a burning barrel shortly after she was born in 1971. According to Chron, Amy’s adoptive mother, Lena Woodard, “worked as a burn technician in the Shriners Burns Hospital in Galveston, where Amy came when she was nine months old.”  READ MORE HERE

Abuse Prevention Systems is a complete safety system designed to reduce the risk of child sexual abuse in your organization. Abuse Prevention Systems provides child sexual abuse awareness training, policies and procedures, application forms, reference check forms, interview forms and an ever growing list of instructional documents. All of these are made available on your organizations customized APS Control Panel which enables you to automatically administer and track your safety system. Our clients include schools, camps, zoos, housing foundations, foster care agencies, adoption organizations and churches.  READ MORE HERE

Talking to your child if you suspect that they are being sexually abused

Parents are surrounded by messages about child sexual abuse. Talk-shows and TV news warn parents about dangers on the Internet, at school and at home. However, parents don’t get much advice on how to talk to their children if they are concerned that sexual abuse is occurring. Talk to your child directly.  READ MORE HERE

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How and When to Talk to Your Child About Sexual Abuse

Talking to your kids about sexual abuse

Kaliq Mansor Trial Set to Start Tomorrow

Kaliq Mansor, 34, is charged with murder by abuse in the death of his 11-week-old son. Computer forensics reports show Mansor’s computers accessed information on child abuse law and shaken baby syndrome in the weeks before the death.  Full story »

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Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include asking or pressuring a child to engage in sexual activities (regardless of the outcome), indecent exposure (of the genitals, female nipples, etc.) to a child with intent to gratify their own sexual desires or to intimidate or groom the child, physical sexual contact with a child, or using a child to produce child pornography.

The effects of child sexual abuse can include depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, propensity to further victimization in adulthood, and physical injury to the child, among other problems. Sexual abuse by a family member is a form of incest, and can result in more serious and long-term psychological trauma, especially in the case of parental incest.

Sexual Abuse – How to Protect Your Child

How Child Molesters Fool You and Your Child — Research indicates that one in three girls and one in five boys will be sexually abused. Child safety is our responsibility as adults, not a burden that children should shoulder by themselves. Fewer than 10% of child victims report. Worse still, 52% of child molesters surveyed reported that, when the children did tell, they were able to “talk the adults out of calling the police.” After that, most molested more children. As adults, we need to prepare children and talk to them about sexual abuse and offender behavior. If we don’t talk to them, who will?  READ MORE HERE

Conner’s Story

Conner Bachuss was tortured and murdered by his mother’s boyfriend.

A Fateful Morning — On the morning of December 5, 2010 two-year-old Conner Bachuss woke up and wanted his mommy. Connor’s older sister brought him into his mother’s room. Ms. Bachuss was suffering from a kidney stone that resulted in severe bouts of pain and she had finally fallen asleep. Ronald Saunders, Ms. Bachuss’ boyfriend, told Conner’s sister that her mother was sick and to let her sleep. Saunders then took Conner to the living room. A few hours later Ms. Bachuss woke up and was feeling better. She planned on making breakfast and taking the children to church. Saunders came into her room and asked her if Conner had fallen the previous night. Ms. Bacchus told him “No” and Saunders left the room. Within a few minutes Saunders came back in the room carrying Conner’s lifeless body. READ MORE & SIGN THE PETITION TO BLOCK THIS KILLER’S PAROLE HERE