Simon Brooks, 15, collapsed after suspected overdose and died in hospital

A bullied schoolboy left a heartbreaking goodbye letter to his mother telling her: ‘I can’t cope any more’ just before he died of a suspected overdose. Simon Brooks, 15, died in hospital four days after writing the note, which also blamed bullies for making his life a misery. His bereft mother Julie Brooks, 48, today said Simon had been picked on for 18 months and dreaded going to school in Pontyclun, South Wales. READ MORE HERE

Mother sentenced to 20-years

A South Carolina mother has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing her six-week-old daughter with an overdose of morphine delivered through her breast milk. Prosecutors said Stephanie Greene, 39, was a nurse and knew the dangers of taking painkillers while pregnant and breast feeding, but chose to conceal her pregnancy from doctors to keep getting her prescriptions.  She lost her nursing license in 2004 for trying to get drugs illegally. READ MORE HERE

Meredith Powell, 24, charged with two counts of 3rd child rape and one count of communication with a minor for immoral purposes

A fourth high school student has come forward claiming 24-year-old former math teacher Meredith Powell sexually abused him during her time at Washington’s Lincoln High School. Powell was arrested in February and then confessed to performing sex acts with multiple students, one as young as 15 years old, inside her locked classroom, as well as sending them sexualized pictures of herself. She previously faced two counts of child rape and one count of communication with a minor for immoral purposes. READ MORE HERE

FBI Needs Public’s Assistance in Identifying Child Sexual Predator

The FBI has released enhanced photos of a suspected child predator and is seeking the public’s help in identifying the man. He is an unknown male, known only as John Doe 28. Images and video of John Doe 28 were obtained that show sexual exploitation of a child. The images and video were recorded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2012. READ MORE HERE

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LEXINGTON, Nebraska — A 20-year-old Nebraska mom faces a felony child abuse charge after she kept allowing her boyfriend to babysit despite her son’s injuries. KRVN reports that the woman was arrested last week — about a month after her boyfriend. Investigators began looking into case after the woman took her then 17-month-old son to the hospital on Feb. 18 with severe injuries. READ MORE HERE

A suspended Connecticut priest charged in a federal firearms and explosives case involving a teenage accomplice has been arrested on allegations he sexually assaulted a child. The Rev. Paul Gotta was arrested Monday by East Windsor police on seven sexual assault charges stemming from encounters with a minor that took place over the span of a year beginning in January 2012. Gotta was administrator of St. Philip and St. Catherine churches in East Windsor when the Archdiocese of Hartford suspended him last July when the sexual assault allegations surfaced. READ MORE HERE

A former nanny for three adopted children Las Vegas police say were subjected to years of abuse and neglect can’t understand what took so long for authorities to intervene, saying: ‘The system is a disgrace.’ Jan Finnegan has slammed the Clark County Department of Family Services following the 23-count indictment of child abuse and neglect charges laid against Dwight Solander, 50, and Janet Solander, 53, the adoptive parents of the three victims involved. Danielle Hinton, 21, the daughter of Janet Solander, has also been indicted, with all three adults arrested on March 20 after the children told authorities they were beaten with paint sticks, forced to take cold showers and dry themselves in front of a large fan and regularly prevented from using the bathroom. READ MORE HERE