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HUNTSVILLE, AL – Officials are now confirming that the man who was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Huntsville last Friday was a fugitive from South Carolina already convicted of child sex crimes. Madison County Coroner Craig Whisenant identified the man who was shot as 57-year-old Brent Dotson. Dotson was convicted last year of raping a 6-year-old girl. Records show Dotson never showed up for his trial in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina last December, and had not been seen since he was convicted ‘in absentia’. READ MORE HERE

Authorities said Jay Thomas Morgan, who was arrested last year as part of a two-county child pornography investigation, committed suicide in jail Monday morning. In a statement, Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford said Morgan, 50, was found dead in his cell at the county’s Law Enforcement Center. Investigators acting on a tip allegedly found child pornography at Rosalyn Burdett’s home in rural Johnson County on July 30, 2012. Burdett then implicated Morgan. READ MORE HERE

In the private prison industry, longer sentences earn more money from the state. Since 2003, Ciavarella received millions of dollars in bribes for condemning minors to maximum prison sentences. In one case, Ciavarella sentenced a 10-year-old to two years in a detention facility for accidentally bottoming out his mother’s car. READ MORE HERE

Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks   

WARNING!!!! If you take photos with your cell phone and use social media and/or the internet

Pictures you’ve e-mailed or uploaded from your smartphone could leak information that can threaten your safety or that of your children. If you, your kids or grand kids take pics from your phone—WATCH THIS! This is truly alarming – please take the time to watch. At the end they’ll tell you how to set your phone so you don’t run this risk! Please watch this and then be sure to share with all your family and friends. It’s REALLY important info, about what your posting things on your cell phones can do TO YOU!!!

Visit http://tinyurl.com/smartphonerisks to read much more on this investigation.

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Social media children and safety

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Social Networking Safety — National Crime Prevention Council

Erica Lynn Parsons, 15, last seen November 19, 2011, leaving adoptive parents’ home in Salisbury, North Carolina

The FBI and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation have joined the search for a 15-year-old girl who was last seen two years ago, but was not reported missing until late last month. Police became aware of Erica Lynn Parsons’ disappearance only July 30 when her 19-year-old brother contacted them and said that she was last seen leaving the Salisbury home of her parents in November 2011. An attorney hired by Erica’s adoptive parents, Casey and Sandy Parsons, claimed that his clients were under the impression that the 15-year-old went to live with her biological grandmother and wanted to be left alone, the Charlotte Observer reported. READ MORE HERE

Aziza Kibibi was only eight-years-old when her father started raping her. By 10, Aswad Ayinde’s lessons teaching his daughter ‘how to be a woman’ turned violent and his regular raping produced five children out of incest. Those days are now long behind Kibibi, who saw her abusive father sentenced to 50 years in prison on July 26.  Now 35, married and running a promising baking business, Kibibi recently reflected on her ‘nightmare’ childhood on NJ.com.  READ MORE HERE

A third trial of former Indiana state trooper accused of murdering his wife and children in 2000 got off the ground Monday after his two previous convictions have been overturned on appeal. Prosecutors and defense attorneys began questioning 150 prospective jurors in the trial of David Camm to determine whether Camm is guilty of shooting and killing Kimberly Camm, 35, his 7-year-old son Bradley and 5-year-old daughter Jill. Defense attorney Stacy Uliana said both sides began jury selection by weeding out people who had hardships that would prevent them from serving or who had already decided Camm’s guilt or innocence. READ MORE HERE

SAVANNAH, GA — WTOC has learned new information about the arrest of a Guyton man on child molestation and exploitation charges. More charges could be on the way against 19-year-old Brandon Fanning. Homeland Security gave the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in Effingham County a tip about the Guyton man and potential connections to child porn and other materials originating in Effingham County. They busted him for molesting and exploiting a child. READ MORE HERE

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A New Hampshire man used a handgun to shoot his 9-year-old son to death before taking his own life during supervised visitation at a YWCA office in the state’s largest city, officials said Sunday. An adult supervisor was present when Muni Savyon, 54, of Manchester, produced a handgun and shot 9-year-old Joshua Savyon of Amherst before shooting himself, the attorney general’s office said. Reports of gunfire shortly after 10 a.m. brought a heavy response from police officers who set up a perimeter. READ MORE HERE

WOODSTOCK, Ill.  – A young child was abused, suffered a head injury, and spent nearly a week in the hospital; two adults were home with the girl at the time, yet no one has been criminally charged. There was only an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) case on the incident. READ MORE HERE

CA teen found safe, suspected abductor killed in Idaho wilderness

Missing California teen Hannah Anderson has been found safe in Idaho, while her suspected abductor James Lee DiMaggio has been killed, San Diego County Sheriff’s officials say. San Diego Sheriff William D. Gore said San Diego sheriff’s authorities have notified the teen’s father that she was rescued. “He was very relieved and very excited and looking forward to being reunited with his daughter,” Gore said. “She appears well and was rescued and will be transported to a hospital in Idaho,” Gore said. READ MORE HERE

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Hannah Anderson unharmed in rescue that left James DiMaggio dead

California Murder Suspect Shot Dead By FBI; Missing Teen Found

Breaking: 16 Year-Old Hannah Anderson Rescued

SAN DIEGO — Authorities in San Diego on Friday positively identified the second body found in a burning home in Boulevard as that of 8-year-old Ethan Anderson. DNA harvested from the boy’s bone marrow was used to make the identification, authorities said. The boy’s body was found Sunday along with that of his mother, Christina Anderson. The positive identification was announced just hours after a possible sighting was reported of the boy’s sister Hannah and her alleged kidnapper James DiMaggio in Idaho. READ MORE HERE

Kidnapping Suspect James DiMaggio’s Friend Worries Of Suicide

Ethan Anderson remains confirmed, brother of Hannah, son of Christina died in home of James DiMaggio

Missing children’s father Brett Anderson explains ties to murder, kidnap suspect James Lee DiMaggio

SAN DIEGO – The father of two missing children spoke Thursday about his family’s ties with the man suspected in the kidnapping. Brett Anderson expressed shock at the possibility that his longtime friend, 40-year-old James Lee DiMaggio, kidnapped his 16-year-old daughter Hannah and possibly his 8-year-old son Ethan, and allegedly killed his ex-wife Christina Anderson. Authorities confirmed Thursday that tips are coming in, but concern is growing for Hannah’s safety. READ MORE HERE

Suspect in California murder-kidnap, girl believed seen in Idaho

• Police: Amber Alert Suspect Might Have Explosives
• Fugitive in California kidnap-murder case suspected of booby-trapping car
• Hunt for Abductor Could Lead to Canada

According to new government statistics in Hong Kong, the number of cases of sexual abuse against children last year had its biggest jump nine years of available public data. In 2012, 336 children were abused, and for the first half of this year, officials have already registered more than half that figure, or 183 cases. Why the increase? “One possible reason is the popularity of social networking websites on the internet where children are susceptible to sexual abuse pitfalls,” a government spokeswoman told the Wall Street Journal (paywall). READ MORE HERE