Iowa teen abducted after getting off school bus

A 15-year-old girl has been abducted in Iowa, and police say the suspect in the case was found dead from apparently self-inflicted injuries before they could question him. Kathlynn Shepard and a 12-year-old friend disappeared soon after exiting their school bus in Dayton, Iowa on Monday afternoon, according to the Iowa Department of Public Safety. Around 4:30 p.m., the 12-year-old girl ran to a rural residence about five miles away in Pilot Mound and asked for help. READ MORE HERE

SANDUSKY, Ohio – Sandusky police are investigating the stabbing death of an 11-week-old baby girl. The baby was stabbed at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday at a Dewey Street residence and transported to Firelands Hospital where she died early Friday morning, according to Sandusky Police Chief John Orzech. Police said 19-year-old Denzel Castile was fighting with family members when officers arrived at the house. He grabbed the baby and ran down a hallway, where he stabbed the girl in front of police and family, Orzech said. READ MORE HERE

VANCOUVER, WA — A Beaverton police officer already facing charges of food stamp fraud is now accused of sexually abusing a 5-year-old child.  The SWAT team was called out to a Vancouver home Wednesday leading to the arrest of Christopher Warren. It all began unfolding around 3:20 p.m. on the 9200 block of Northeast 14th Way. Detectives from the Children’s Justice Center utilized the Southwest Washington Regional SWAT team to serve a warrant at a home. READ MORE HERE

A retired Church of England priest found guilty of a catalogue of historic sex attacks on young children at a Barnardo’s home has been jailed for 10 years. Canon Gordon Rideout, 74, abused more than a dozen girls and boys at the now closed home at Ifield Hall in Crawley, West Sussex, over a four-year period. The former Anglican clergyman from Polegate, East Sussex, also indecently assaulted two girls at an army site in Middle Wallop, Hampshire, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. At Lewes Crown Court, Rideout was found guilty of 34 counts of indecent assault and two counts of attempted rape on 16 children between January 1962 and January 1973. He was cleared of one count of indecent assault on a boy at a second Barnardo’s home in Essex. As he was sentenced today, the Bishop of Chichester, Dr Martin Warner, said Rideout had caused ‘immeasurable and destructive suffering’ over a long period of time. READ MORE HERE

A North Texas husband and wife have been charged with felony injury to a child after their 4-year-old adopted son was found dead at their home. Police in Cleburne, Texas arrested David, 46, and Angel Cook, 35, on Monday after an autopsy report indicated Buddy Cook’s death was a homicide. The body was discovered March 22. Earlier Child Protective Services affidavits said Buddy apparently died of dehydration and malnutrition and the parents didn’t seek medical attention. READ MORE HERE

Maine — A 20-year-old Orono man was charged Tuesday with murder in connection with the death of  Nichole Cable, a 15-year-old girl from Glenburn. Police discovered a body they believe is Cable’s on Monday night in a wooded area of Old Town. Kyle J. Dube was charged with intentional and knowing murder, police announced during a press conference at the former Superior Court building. Dube’s arrest came nine days after Cable was last seen alive on Mother’s Day evening. Hundreds of volunteers and law enforcement personnel had spent many of those days searching for the missing girl, combing the woods and fields for miles around Cable’s home. READ MORE HERE

1. Man accused of killing Glenburn teen denied bail, has received death threats, attorney says
2. Family remembers Nichole “CoCo” Cable, warns of social media dangers
3. Kyle Dube arrest, murder charge surprising to some who know him

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The bruises to a 2-year-old boy who investigators say was beaten extend from his “head to his knees,” and it’s some of the worst injuries one Washington County Sheriff’s official said he’s ever seen. The boy’s mother, Amanda Percell, 22, and a man investigators said is her boyfriend, Andres Lorenze Allen, 29, 533 Browning Road, Telford, are both charged with aggravated child abuse and child neglect or endangerment. READ MORE HERE

HAUGHTON, LA – Authorities arrested three Ark-La-Tex daycare workers, accused of child abuse involving at least eight children, ranging in age from 1 to 4, in alleged incidents over the past two weeks. Investigators say they received a tip this week about the alleged abuse happening at the TLC Child Care and Learning Center, located in the 4600 block of Highway 80 East in Haughton, Louisiana. On Wednesday (5/15/13), the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested 23 year old Tronica Peterson of Haughton and 25 year old Antionikia Moncrief of Minden. Each faces two counts of simple battery and cruelty to a juvenile. And, 31 year old Fanisty Kennon of Haughton faces six counts of simple battery. Authorities say Peterson videotaped several of the incidents. READ MORE HERE

ROSWELL, N.M  – Police are looking for a man who is wanted on numerous child abuse charges. Taylor Adams, 20, is wanted in Roswell for 15 counts of sexual assault on a child and nine counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. If you have any information on his whereabouts you are asked to call Roswell police. READ MORE HERE

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ORLANDO, FL — A central Florida man was sentenced Tuesday to the statutory maximum of 20 years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography and 25 years of supervised release. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). According to court documents, Jose Manuel Rivera Jr., 35, of Melbourne, downloaded and collected more than a dozen movies depicting the sexual exploitation and abuse of prepubescent children, some as young as three years old.  Rivera also admitted to molesting a toddler on two separate occasions when the child had previously lived in his family’s home. READ MORE HERE