SANTA ANA, CA — Two children were found dead in an Orange County hotel room on Friday after police said an apparently suicidal woman made remarks that led authorities to them, authorities said. Officers found the children dead in a third-floor room at about 9 a.m. at the Hampton Inn & Suites. Police in nearby Costa Mesa had called to request that Santa Ana officers check on the childrens’ welfare, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. READ MORE HERE

Proud mom, model student among 4 found killed in Tennessee

(CNN) — They were sons and daughters, with their whole lives ahead of them. Until — for reasons no one has yet explained — their lives came to a horrific, bloody halt on a rural road on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau. While authorities didn’t detail why or how the four victims were shot dead, they did release their identities on Friday. READ MORE HERE

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Suspect detained in Tennessee

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Jacob Allen Bennett: Tennessee murder suspect knew victims

Police named Jacob Allen Bennett as the lone suspect after four people were found shot dead inside a vehicle in Tennessee

Fugitive wanted for repeated rape of child

The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information which would lead to the capture of fugitive Roy Young Jr. Young is wanted by the U.S. Marshals and the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office.  Young is wanted for rape, sexual assault, and gross sexual imposition.  It is alleged that Young has continually raped and sexually assaulted a young child for the last ten years. READ MORE HERE

Man twice convicted of sexually assaulting children raped girl, 6, with her mother’s consent

A 42-year-old man twice convicted of sexually assaulting children has been accused of repeatedly raping a six-year-old girl with her mother’s consent. Seattle’s Jeffrey Johannes Evenson, a Level III sex offender, was arrested yesterday after the girl, now aged nine, told a family friend she was sexually abused for at least two years. Police allege the unidentified girl’s now-dead mother allowed Evenson, who she lived with from 2008 to 2010, to fondle her young daughter. Evenson was released from prison on child rape charges just two years before he and the girl’s mother moved in together.  He was under Community Supervision until January 2008. READ MORE HERE

Teen Sentenced to LIFE for Killing 13-MO Baby

A Georgia teenager convicted of shooting dead a baby was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, with no parole.   Baby Antonio’s mother had asked the judge to punish 18-year-old De’Marquise Elkins for ‘taking the love of my life’.  Her 13-month-old son was shot in the head in his stroller, as Elkins tried to rob Antonio’s mother, Sherry West, in March. READ MORE HERE

Dreamcatchers unites with Erin’s Law to create childhood sexual abuse awareness

K-POTT BOOKS is proud to announce the release, “Silent Screams” by Dreamcatchers for Abused Children authors. These leading ladies are best known for their work with Dreamcatchers for Abused Children, a worldwide charity dedicated to child abuse awareness. With Erin’s Law going into effect nationwide as early as January 2014, Dreamcatchers for Abused Children has united with Erin Merryn of Erin’s Law to create childhood sexual abuse awareness by creating an educational self-help tutorial handbook. PURCHASE BOOK NOW

Police have launched a new investigation into Britain’s worst ever pedophile after an internal report revealed that officers failed to hunt down his sick accomplices. Millionaire William Goad was caged for life in 2004 for preying on boys as young as eight over the course of 35 years. He was said to have as many as 3,500 victims. Goad died last year in prison aged 68, but some of his victims have long suspected there were others involved in his child abuse ring who escaped the net. Their claims have now been backed by a police probe which said detectives focused so narrowly on Goad that they sidelined claims he had help. The report by Devon and Cornwall Police’s Professional Standards Department (PSD) said hundreds of possible new victims have come forward after his conviction but none had even been interviewed properly. READ MORE HERE

A Roman Catholic priest who took sexually explicit photos of five young girls in his parish – including a two-year-old – has been sentenced to 50 years behind bars. Reverend Shawn Ratigan, 47, pleaded guilty to five counts of producing or attempting to produce child porn last year after church officials sent police flash drive from his laptop containing hundreds of images of children, most of them clothed, focusing on their crotch areas in 2011. READ MORE HERE

Geoffrey Portway: Would-Be Child Cannibal’s Torture Dungeon

WARNING: Disturbing Photos

Documents including disturbing photos of a dungeon built by a man who planned to torture and eat children were filed by federal prosecutors Tuesday. Geoffrey Portway, 40, pleaded guilty in May to distribution and possession of child pornography and solicitation to kidnap a child, according to the Boston Herald. He will be sentenced next Tuesday. Prosecutors said Portway, a British-born Massachusetts man, constructed a basement torture room and regularly chatted online about raping, killing, cooking and eating children. Although it was never used, the photos of the homemade torture dungeon are chilling. READ MORE HERE (click link to see more photos)

Uncle charged with murder in stabbing death of 7-year-old niece

ST. LOUIS — A southern Illinois man was ordered jailed on $5 million bond Wednesday on charges he slashed and stabbed his 7-year-old niece after claiming, according to prosecutors, that she fell and pierced her neck on a stick and needed to be put “out of her misery.” Justin DeRyke, 22, faces three counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors allege he stabbed Willow Long in the chest with a knife Sunday.

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Suicide is a major public health problem. In fact, it is a leading cause of violent death in the United States; accounting for over 34,000 deaths in 2007, the latest year for which the Centers for Disease Control has statistics available. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is not immune to the problem of suicide. At CBP, we care about our workforce. We believe that the loss of even one member of our CBP family to suicide is one too many. READ MORE HERE

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A Charleston, South Carolina family credits the family dog with “sniffing out” an abusive babysitter hired to care for their 7-month old son. Benjamin and Hope Jordan took all the right steps in finding a babysitter for their son, 7-month old Finn. After interviewing several prospects and running criminal background checks, Alexis Kahn seemed like a good fit. The young couple hired Kahn to babysit their son in the family home while they worked during the day. READ MORE HERE

A 67-year-old who was convicted by a jury last month of having raped his son’s prom date was sentenced Monday to 35 years in prison.  Ismael Cruz faced a minimum 25-year term because of two prior trips to prison for driving while intoxicated. His attorney asked state District Judge Ray Olivarri for the minimum. READ MORE HERE

A Galveston man and his girlfriend are facing serious jail time if convicted of sexually abusing his 14-month-old granddaughter. According to FOX 26 in Houston, prosecutors said 34-year-old Jason Michael Grant told his girlfriend, 24-year-old Alisha Drake, to videotape him having sex with the baby. READ MORE HERE