Boy’s biological father reported suspected abuse FIVE MONTHS earlier

A one-year-old was allegedly beaten to death by his mother and her boyfriend after the boy’s father made frantic calls to child protection services months before begging them to protect his son. Jayden Noel died on January 18 after repeated blunt force trauma to the head, according to the county coroner, who ruled his death a homicide. READ MORE HERE

It’s an unthinkable crime. A mother harming her child. Police say Carmen Paul, 29, of Shreveport did just that. Now her ten month old is the hospital. Shreveport Police P.I.O. Bill Goodin says the child is in stable condition at the L.S.U. Health Center. The child suffered a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain, and the mother is in deep trouble. READ MORE HERE

PASADENA, CA — Police arrested a former substitute teacher at a Head Start program in Pasadena for allegedly molesting a 4-year-old girl. The girl’s parents, who asked to remain anonymous in order to protect their daughter, said they received a letter last month warning about a criminal investigation involving teacher Miguel Angel Garcia.  READ MORE HERE

Paul LaDuke, the former Schaumburg Christian School teacher accused of fondling himself in class, pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexual exploitation of a child and will receive 30 months of probation, his attorney said. LaDuke, 75, was fired from his job in November shortly after a student reported seeing him fondle himself during an algebra class. Authorities said he had confessed to engaging in similar conduct over the past 10 years, though he had never before been the subject of a complaint.  READ MORE HERE

WEST ADAMS, CA — USC officials are expected to announce a $125,000 reward Friday for information leading to the gunman who shot and killed two USC graduate students. Police suspect a lone gunman shot Ming Qu and Ying Wu, both 23, around 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, possibly during a robbery attempt.  READ MORE HERE

One mother and her boyfriend get arrested for molesting her two daughters. Unnamed mother, 31, and her boyfriend, 29, were arrested in Florida after the woman’s two daughters were found in filthy rooms, a 7-year old girl with a broken ankle that had not been treated, using a cane to walk, and a 4-year old with a learning disability who had been molested by her mom’s boyfriend.  READ MORE HERE

A man beats his infant daughter to death for not being a son.

Baby Nehan Afreen, only three months old, died on Wednesday morning in Bangalore after her father Umar Farooq, 25, tortured her for not being a boy. Afreen was admitted to the hospital with cigarette burns and a dislocated neck. She had multiple convulsions, ultimately aggravating a cardiac arrest, which ended the child’s life. READ MORE HERE

Torture or Therapy?  Doctors in Dedham, MA used a form of electro-shock “therapy ,” to help “treat,” disabled Andre McCollins, 18, inside his high school, shocking him over 31 times in the span of a few hours as punishment for laughing at his teachers. McCollins had been residing in the Judge Rotenberg Center for Behavioral Therapy where they treat children with physical and social disabilities.  READ MORE HERE

4-MO baby dies after sustaining injuries

CROSWELL, MI– A four-month-old Croswell area baby has died after sustaining severe injuries last week, said Det. Sgt. Jeff Hook with the Michigan State Police Caro Post. The baby boy died Monday. He had been on life support since he arrived at Detroit Medical Center Children’s Hospital in Detroit April 2. The baby was taken by ambulance April 2 to Port Huron Hospital for severe head trauma before being flown by helicopter to the Detroit hospital.  READ MORE HERE

Statistics show that over 80% of boys and men do not come forward about abuse out of fear and shame. Patrick Dati was one of those statistics, but after years of depression and attempts with suicide, he has decided to tell his story. Patrick is an active speaker and public advocate for several anti-child abuse and anti-bullying organizations, such as National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse and RAINN-Rape, the Abuse & Incest National Network. He was also recently chosen by the SAMHSA/U.S. Department of Human Services as a spokesperson for their 2012 National Trauma Campaign. He has appeared on “WGN News,” “ABC 7 News”, NBC 5 News”, and numerous radio talk shows. Patrick speaks publicly to promote education and awareness about the serious issues of child sexual abuse, and to help others break their silence regarding bullying. READ MORE HERE

RESISTENCIA, Argentina — A premature baby was found alive in the morgue, 12 hours after being pronounced dead. The mother, Analia Bouter, was told by doctors in a hospital in the Chaco region that her baby was stillborn. But when she and her husband went to the morgue to view their daughter’s body 12 hours later they noticed the infant was breathing, according to the BBC. READ MORE HERE

Babysitter Drugged With Heroin And Meth – Raped Her Before Murder – Body Dumped Into Woods

One babysitter befriends the wrong parents in a deadly drug affair. Alexis Rasmussen, was the babysitter of couple Eric and Dea Millerburg’s children before being injected with Methamphetamine, raped, murdered, and then left in a remote area of Morgan County, Utah. READ MORE HERE

Handout of FBI image of its “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” poster shows Eric Justin Toth, aka David Bussone

WASHINGTON – A child pornography suspect has been placed on the FBI‘s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list to replace al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who was killed by U.S. forces last year. Eric Justin Toth, 30, a former private school teacher, was indicted in 2008 in Maryland on one count related to producing child pornography, according to court records. Authorities found pornographic images on a camera in his possession, the FBI said. READ MORE HERE

PLATTE CITY, MO — A Platte County jury found a Platte City man guilty of child abuse and possession of child pornography following a week-long trial. After deliberation Friday, the jury recommended James Marquis, 44, spend up to 28 years in prison. “This defendant required a teenage girl to stand in the corner for approximately 10 hours a day for nearly a month. The jury correctly found that was cruel and inhuman punishment, for which he deserves a lengthy prison sentence,” Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd said in a news release. READ MORE HERE