Father of 2-year-old Bianca Jones to be tried in abuse, killing of child

D’Andre Lane, the father of missing 2-year-old Bianca Jones, was bound over for trial Tuesday on charges of first-degree felony murder and first-degree child abuse by Judge Ruth Carter in 36th District Court in Detroit.  READ MORE HERE

TAMPA — A toddler whose mother is accused of waiting hours to get help even though the boy was unconscious died Wednesday morning. The 2-year-old, Christian Love, was pronounced dead at 11:21 a.m. at Tampa General Hospital. Family members say they will donate some of the boy’s organs.  READ MORE HERE

Child abuse reporting laws do not apply to adult patients who talk about childhood problems in therapy, the attorney general’s office ruled Wednesday. In December, the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists asked the attorney general to clarify Texas’ mandatory reporter law, which requires certain professionals to report suspected child abuse or neglect to authorities within 48 hours of a disclosure.  READ MORE HERE

While imposing the maximum sentence Tuesday against a woman convicted of child abuse for torturing a 21-month-old girl with cold water, a judge lamented that his options “pale in comparison to any justice that should be doled out.” Mary Horsley, 51, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for her convictions on child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury and attempted child abuse with serious bodily injury. She also was sentenced to two years in the El Paso County jail for her conviction on two charges of misdemeanor child abuse, followed by five years of probation.  READ MORE HERE

Boxing legend Micky Ward, whose story inspired the Mark Wahlberg film The Fighter, has revealed he was sexually abused as a child. In his autobiography, the 46-year-old retired boxer revealed he was molested by a family friend between the ages of nine and 12 in his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts. ‘He never asked me to do anything to him, but rather I was always on the receiving end of his advances,’ he wrote of the ‘homeless bum’ who was 10 years his senior. READ MORE HERE

Former newspaper proprietor Eddie Shah has been charged with several sex offenses, including the rape of a teenage girl, police said today. The 68-year-old was charged alongside a man and woman, both 52, at Hammersmith Police Station today. The charges, said to have happened on various dates in the 1990s, relate to the same alleged victim, who was then aged between 12 and 15 years. READ MORE HERE

Nixa, Mo – Megan Bowman, a 23-year-old Missouri woman was jailed Sunday after she allegedly confessed to molesting two toddlers, taking lewd photographs and then sending the images to a man she met on the Internet. According to Nixa Police, Bowman confessed to taking nude photographs of a 3-year-old girl and then sending the images to men she reportedly met through a Craigslist personal ad.  READ MORE HERE

Miami ‘zombie-like’ face-chewing suspect Rudy Eugene was ‘a beautiful person,’ former classmate says

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Attempted Suicide After High School Bullies Called Him Gay

Bullying led to brain-damage for a teen boy. Zachery Gray, 17, has been left brain-damaged after he tried to commit suicide because he was suffering from nonstop abuse for being gay, at Zephyrhills High School in Pasco County, Florida, even though he had a steady girlfriend.  READ MORE HERE

A mother was too protective of her daughter in a St. Petersburg mall. Debbie Piscitella, 46, choked a 14-year-old boy in public over comments the boy made about her daughter on Facebook. READ MORE HERE

A mother and daughter are forced to cope with the acts of a maniac. A 37-year-old Australian man killed himself Friday with a .9mm hand gun, but only after dragging his eight-year-old son out of primary school and shooting him in the head he forced his seven-year-old daughter to watch. READ MORE HERE

FONTANA— Her eyes were the introductory sparks to a sassy personality. But, on her 16th birthday, Ashley Caldera was taken from her family by gun violence. Lorraine Valdez had to spend her Memorial Day making funeral plans for her daughter. “I can’t believe she’s gone. I want her to walk through that door but I know it’s not going to happen,” her mother said. READ MORE HERE

Gazing straight at the camera, a poised young woman with long brown hair delivered a public service announcement that local officials hope will alert kids to the perils of online pedophiles. “At the age of 13, I was lured and abducted from my home by a vicious Internet predator, ” Alicia Kozakiewicz said, in a video previewed at the San Marcos City Council meeting Tuesday. “On New Years Day, I walked out of my house, on the coldest, iciest night of the year, to meet a monster, whom I thought was my friend.”  READ MORE HERE