Five arrested in gang rape of Hollywood girl, 16

CLAYTON • The fact that a man would solicit someone online to sexually assault an 11-year-old relative didn’t shock St. Louis County police detectives accustomed to investigating Internet predators. But the fact that he actually showed up last week with the girl to meet a woman he thought was willing to sexually assault the girl did shock them, said St. Louis County Detective Mike Slaughter.READ MORE HERE

8 Reasons Children Don’t Disclose Abuse

For many adults, it’s difficult to understand why a child would ever be silent about the fact they are being abused and not actively seek help. Countless courtroom juries charged with determining the fate of alleged perpetrators have questioned that same behavior, often leading to doubts of the validity of abuse charges or claims. After all, who in their right mind would ever put up with horrible treatment without trying to find refuge or stop it? In most cases, the sad fact is children will NOT immediately tell someone they’re being abused. As we peel the layers of this onion and try to understand what may seem to be odd behavior to many, please keep these key child abuse facts in mind: READ MORE HERE

Top Santander Executive Exposed

A banking executive has resigned after his past as an abusive vicar who preyed on young boys was revealed. Former vicar Stephen Brooks, who was jailed for carrying out 19 sex attacks in Swansea, South Wales, during the 1980s and 1990s, quit his job as a director at Santander after the truth about his abusive background came to light.  The 59-year-old preyed on young boys over a seven-year period while working as a clergyman at St Paul’s Church in Sketty and was given a four-year prison sentence in 1994. READ MORE  HERE

A man has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend’s three-year daughter because he was jealous that she was getting more attention than him. Lylah Aaron suffered a fatal brain injury and three broken ribs after she was kicked, slapped, shaken and punched in the head by Delroy Catwell. Catwell had denied killing Lylah and blamed her injuries on the girl’s mother Precious Chibanda. But a jury at Sheffield Crown Court found him guilty of murder today after a two week trial. He will be sentenced tomorrow. READ MORE HERE

Young girl victim of sex gang

A girl with severe learning disabilities was plied with drugs until she ‘felt dead’ while her teenage pimp passed her around for sex at a party, the Old Bailey heard. The victim, who can only be referred to as A, was one of five under-age girls allegedly abused by  a gang led by Zdeno ‘Skinny’ Mirga, 18, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. She told a court how she was subjected to a string of abuses, including on one occasion being forced to perform sex acts on a dozen boys in a park while Mirga collected £20 a time. READ MORE HERE

Artist kidnapped 8-yo from her bedroom by cutting screen on open window

A Colorado artist has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping an eight-year-old girl from her bedroom in Aurora. John Stanley Snorsky, 26, was arrested on Tuesday morning following a separate incident of felony theft. Following more than 200 tips, the Aurora Police Department arrived at probable cause to charge him with the kidnapping Friday. He has been charged with first and second degree burglary and second degree kidnapping and is being held on $500,000 bond, police said at a press conference today. READ MORE HERE

A soldier stationed overseas watched in horror as his pregnant wife was stabbed in her home while the two chatted on video. Rachel Poole, 31, was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after a man who was allegedly hiding in the home stabbed her multiple times in Texas on Wednesday. Poole was nine months pregnant at the time. Police say Corey Bernard Moss stabbed Poole from behind with a stainless steel knife, according to KFOX. READ MORE HERE

CORBIN, Ky – Corbin Police are actively searching for a man they say is a fugitive out of Tennessee. They say Stephen Eugene Beck, 40, is wanted for 16 counts of rape and 10 counts of exploitation with a minor. Corbin Police posted on their Facebook page they’ve received calls that a man matching Beck’s description has been seen around Baptist Health, which is in the southern part of the town near I-75. Police say he was possibly trying to get medical attention under the name ‘Jeremy Clark.’ But he was released from the hospital before police arrived. READ MORE HERE

(CNN) — Six months after she was freed from the “house of horrors”where Ariel Castro held her captive for 11 years, Cleveland kidnapping victim Michelle Knight is speaking out. In an exclusive interview with Dr. Phil McGraw scheduled to air Tuesday and Wednesday, Knight describes a moment when Castro trapped her in a room and tied her up with an orange extension cord. “I was tied up like a fish,” she said, “an ornament on the wall.” An excerpt released by the “Dr. Phil” syndicated talk show Monday shows Knight sitting cross-legged on a couch and drawing a U-shape in the air with one finger as she describes how Castro hung her by her feet, neck and arms. READ MORE & WATCH VIDEO HERE

There was something wrong with his smell. I knew it as soon as I got in the car. We were in front of the Rainbow Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip. It was 2 a.m. and the place just let out. Guys were circling in cars looking for a party, selling drugs, harassing the groupies, trying to catch a glimpse of someone famous. They were nobodies, but nobodies were usually good for a ride. I was 15 and lived around Hollywood with other groupies, guys who took us in, or crashed with the occasional rock star in town. If I really had nowhere to go, I’d return to my mother’s house, but she lived with my stepfather who was my childhood rapist, so almost anywhere was better than there. READ MORE HERE

Child Rapist On The Run For 10 Years Now

Police say that over the course of five years, Daniel Leija repeatedly raped two young girls, and videotaped his attacks. When police searched Leija’s belongings, they found over 100 videotapes documenting his alleged crimes. Leija’s accusers were 11 and 14 years old when they finally found the courage to come forward to police. Police believe Leija fled to Mexico when he was accused in 2002. READ MORE HERE

(CNN) — Georgia police discovered a badly burned body of a 10-year-old girl Saturday in an apartment complex’s trash can — pointed out by her father, who was standing nearby. The grisly episode began with a 911 call around 3:40 a.m. Saturday by a man who said he wanted to commit suicide, the Gwinnett County Police Department said. While talking to dispatchers, the man indicated there was a dead body with him at the location — his young daughter, he explained, had drank some type of chemical and died. READ MORE HERE

Sarah Adleta sentenced to 54 years for making child porn with husband

ORLANDO, FL  – A judge sentenced Sarah Adleta, a 29-year-old Florida mother, to 54 years in federal prison Monday for sexually abusing her children and producing pornography of the acts, reports the Orlando Sentinel. U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton Jr. said the case was among the most “horrific” he has seen, according to the paper. Prosecutors said Sarah Adleta and her former husband, 25-year-old former Marine officer Jonathan Adleta, made having sex with their two children a part of their “parenting plan,” the paper reports. READ MORE HERE

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