Horrifying scans: Brain of neglected child is much smaller than that of a normal 3-year-old

Gary Glitter is first high-profile celebrity to be arrested in Savile sex abuse probe

SAN DIEGO – An autistic boy, who was 2-years-old when his father allegedly abducted him to Mexico, has been reunited with his mother in San Diego, ending a 5-year search, authorities said Thursday. Julio Rocha, 37, allegedly abducted his son in 2007 after the boy’s mother requested full custody. An arrest warrant has been issued for Julio Rocha, charging him with felony child abduction.  READ MORE HERE

The low-slung, angular BMX motocross bike was on display in a photo posted online. “Is that ur bike?” Autumn Pasquale asked in an apparent Facebook exchange with one of her alleged killers.

“Yeupp.”

“Thts sexy!” she said.

“lol thxx,” he replied. “… yes. cme 2 my house.”

Four days later, 12-year-old Autumn, riding her own white motocross bike, disappeared. Her body was discovered Monday night, stuffed in a recycling container next door to the home of the teenager who was trading Facebook messages with her. The Gloucester County prosecutor has said Autumn was lured to the home of her killers — two brothers who intended to steal her beloved BMX bicycle for parts.  READ MORE HERE

My Opinion: Either this lady is extremely ignorant, or she needs to visit my site and educate herself on child abuse statistics before stating such ridiculous claims. Child abuse has been declared a worldwide EPIDEMIC. I encourage Ms. Fox to visit our website! Maybe we should all contact her and invite her!?

Claire Fox states”Yes, Savile’s crimes were horrible. But let’s not spread fear by imagining child abuse to be widespread.”

MONROE – A former Fayetteville scoutmaster who was not reported to police after molesting as many as 10 boys in the early 1970s went on to work for years at a church-run day care center in Charlotte. The Rev. Rush Otey confirmed Friday that Thomas Menghi Jr. worked as the office manager at Selwyn Presbyterian Child Development Center from 2002 to 2011 and was routinely alone with young children. Parents at the day care center were shocked to learn of Menghi’s past after reading an Associated Press story in which Menghi admitted he abused scouts when he led Troop 786 in Fayetteville. Otey said there were no such complaints at the day care. READ MORE HERE

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police say there are two people in custody and now criminally charged with the alleged child abuse homicide of five-year-old Jayden Banda. The accused are Alyssa Banda and Marcos Colin, Jayden’s mother and her boyfriend. Alyssa Banda and Marcos Colin each face one count of child neglect resulting in death. Colin also faces charges of physical abuse of a child and bail jumping. READ MORE HERE

To protect children from sexual abuse, parents should keep some specific things in mind about how adults interact with their children, particularly in youth-service organizations largely staffed by volunteers, experts say. Parents should be “attuned enough” to notice if “the kid who was happy and engaged until last month … starts breaking things, crying, being moody” — and should try to find out why, said Dr. Jonathan  Slavin, a clinical instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School who works with adult survivors of trauma and sexual abuse. READ MORE HERE

Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention and Treatment Issues

Child sexual abuse: What parents should know

Williamston, S.C.  – Jayme Sanders, a 33-year-old Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) president, has been jailed after she allegedly had sex repeatedly with a 14-year-old student. According to Williamston Police, an investigation began last month when the boy’s mother reported the alleged relationship. Investigators say Sanders met the boy when he became friends with her Sanders’ teenage daughter.  READ MORE HERE

Deputies probe ‘very violent’ scene in Rancho Cordova where Mom, and 2 kids, were brutally murdered

So disturbing was the scene on De Soto Way on Tuesday afternoon that chaplains were called in to counsel the deputies who first arrived. On the quiet Rancho Cordova street, a young mother and two of her children, ages 3 & 4, had been found brutally slain, their bodies discovered, authorities say, when the children’s father arrived home at the family’s duplex. Still alive and apparently unharmed was the couple’s youngest child, a 6-month-old baby boy, found in a back room after deputies followed sounds of his cries. READ MORE HERE

Update: Names of 3 victims slain in Rancho Cordova released

UPDATE: Arrest Made In Killings

Alina Bukhantsov’s brother-in-law, 19-year-old Grigoriy Bukhantsov, is accused in the crime. He was arrested early this morning on suspicion of three counts of murder, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. All three of the victims had injuries “consistent with sharp force trauma,” said sheriff’s Sgt. Jason Ramos. They were found dead in their De Soto Way duplex about 3:30 p.m. by the husband of the woman, who is also the father of the children. It is his brother who is the suspect in the brutal killings.

Bullying Is a Big Problem

Every day thousands of teens wake up afraid to go to school. Bullying is a problem that affects millions of students, and it has everyone worried, not just the kids on its receiving end. Yet because parents, teachers, and other adults don’t always see it, they may not understand how extreme bullying can get. Bullying is when a person is picked on over and over again by an individual or group with more power, either in terms of physical strength or social standing.  READ MORE HERE

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Bullying Prevention
and Intervention

• Best Practices
• School Climate and Culture
• Interventions and Supports
• Resources for Parents, Students and Teachers
• Professional Development

Michigan I-96 Shooting Spree: 24 Linked Incidents Along Interstate, Police Say

FOWLERVILLE, Mich. — A motorist driving along Interstate 96 was shot and wounded Saturday in the latest in a string of shootings in southeastern Michigan, authorities said. Livingston County Sheriff Bob Bezotte said in a news release that the man was taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon after being shot in the left hip by a bullet that came through the driver’s-side door. He was listed in stable condition.  READ MORE HERE

Map reveals horrifying scope of Boy Scout ‘perversion files’ as 5,000 sexual abuse allegations are charted across the nation

14,500 pages detail horrific stories of abuse of children – some of which resulted in no prosecutions

When the Boy Scouts of American were forced to release their ‘perversion files,’ 5,000 incidents of suspected sexual abuse became public. But the horrifying scope of the issue was not fully revealed until the Los Angeles Times plotted all of the reports, going back 60 years, on a map.The orange dots spread across the nation and showed that no state was spared.  From Laramie, Wyoming, to Butler, Kentucky. Towns and cities across the nation had reports of possible abuse among Scout leaders. READ MORE HERE

NYC parents shaken after nanny accused of slashing 2 kids to death in well-to-do neighborhood

New York (CNN) — The New York nanny suspected in the killings of two children in her care began knifing herself when their mother entered the bathroom and saw the bodies in the bathtub, police said Friday. “We believe now that the nanny began to stab herself as the woman entered the room,” Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters in a revised account of Thursday’s events. “We initially thought that had already been done but now information is coming out that she did it as the mother entered the bathroom.”  READ MORE HERE