Police: Jenise Wright beaten, strangled, raped

Arrest made in 6-year-old girl’s slaying

UPDATE: SEATTLE — A 17-year-old boy was arrested Saturday in the death of 6-year-old Jenise Wright, who went missing last week in Washington, authorities say. The teenager, whose name was not released, will be charged with second degree murder, first degree manslaughter and rape, according to Kitsap County Sheriff’s Lt. Earl Smith. No exact cause of death was immediately released. Smith said at a news conference Saturday afternoon that deputies and FBI agents arrested the boy at his home without incident. The teen lived in the same Bremerton-area mobile home park as the girl. READ MORE HERE

Tragic end after 4-day search for missing girl

UPDATE: A four-day search for a missing Washington girl who vanished from her home over the weekend came to a tragic end Thursday, as authorities said they believe they have found the body of 6-year-old Jenise Wright. Authorities in Kitsap County said Thursday afternoon that they’re trying to narrow in on a suspect, and they’re “not ruling out anything.” “This is going to be a criminal investigation, there’s no doubt about that,” said Deputy Scott Wilson with the Kitsap County sheriff’s office. An autopsy scheduled for Friday will determine the manner and cause of death, Wilson said, but “we suspect that she just did not go off by herself and fall into some bushes and die.” READ MORE HERE

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Jenise Wright, 6, last seen August 2 when she went to bed

FBI Joins Search For Missing 6-Year-Old Jenise Wright

EMERTON, Washington—After dinner on Saturday night, the parents of six-year-old Jenise Paulette Wright say their daughter went safely to bed. In the morning, however, that bed was empty and more than 48 hours later their first grader is still missing. As dog teams scoured the Washington state mobile home park where she lived, police searched cars and checked identification at the entrance to the community. But on Tuesday the entrance was closed completely to non-residents and the FBI stepped in to take over the search. “This is heartwrenching. Our hearts just go out for this little girl, and were going to do everything we can to find her,” Kitsap County Steve Boyer told reporters Tuesday. “We’re going to hope for the very best.” READ MORE HERE

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5 UK teens charged with child rape

A recent graduate of a prestigious New Hampshire boarding prep school has been charged with sexually assaulting a freshman as part of a student tradition in which seniors try to have sex with younger students. A police affidavit obtained by the Concord Monitor alleges 18-year-old Owen Labrie, of Tunbridge, Vermont, sexually assaulted a 15-year-old on campus two days before he graduated from St. Paul’s School in Concord June 1. Police say Labrie denied having sex with the girl. Results are still pending from a state lab, but the affidavit says a nurse reported observing a laceration consistent with forced intercourse. READ MORE HERE

• Hundreds of sex offenders let off with community resolution orders
• Deals allow criminals to avoid the courts by making an apology to victims
• 20 orders given to people who raped children aged under 13
• MP calls for Government review, asking: ‘How on Earth did this happen?’ 

Child rapists, kidnappers and perverts caught with child abuse images have been allowed to walk free by the police – because they said they were sorry. Hundreds of sex offenders have been let off the hook because they apologized to their victims and the police for their actions, according to figures obtained by MailOnline. The government is facing calls to halt the use of controversial use of the resolution orders, with MPs demanding to know: ‘How on earth has this happened?’ READ MORE HERE

• Shawn Ussery, 42, of Florida, charged with sexual battery and aggravated child abuse 
• His 37-year-old live-in girlfriend is facing counts of failure to protect children and lewd and lascivious exhibition

A Florida mother and her live-in boyfriend are facing a slew of child abuse charges after sheriff’s officials say the man repeatedly molested his girlfriend’s children – and she did nothing to stop him. According to the Manatee County’s Sheriff’s Office, 42-year-old Shawn Ussery had not only sexually abused the minors for five years, but he also smoked methamphetamine with at least one of the victims. Ussery was arrested Tuesday at his home in Bradenton on 10 counts of sexual battery, 16 counts of capital sexual battery and a single count of aggravated child abuse. READ MORE HERE

• Was brought in with a blow to the head and had suffered ‘forceful shaking’
• Father attacked him while he was being treated – causing extensive bruising 

A father attacked his baby son in hospital while the little boy was being treated for injuries he had inflicted in a previous violent outburst, it has been revealed. The child was taken to Rotherham District Hospital in South Yorkshire when he was less than three weeks old where medical staff found he had suffered severe head injuries and ‘forceful shaking’. While he was still being treated for his injuries his father attacked him again – leaving him with extensive bruising. READ MORE HERE

STUART, Florida — More than two decades after she reported her 5-year-old son missing from a carnival in New Jersey, a woman investigators say they long considered a suspect was arrested on the day that Timothy Wiltsey would have turned 29. Michelle Lodzinski, 47, was held without bail by a Florida judge after a brief court appearance Thursday. She was arrested Wednesday in Jensen Beach. It wasn’t known whether she would agree to return to New Jersey, where a judge set her bail at $2 million. She appeared on camera from jail wearing an orange jumpsuit and did not yet have an attorney. READ MORE HERE

Genene Jones, 64, will be released from prison in February, 2018

A pediatric nurse who allegedly murdered more than 40 infants in the 1980’s and was sent to prison for 99 years is up for parole this week. The parole board will almost certainly vote to keep Genene Jones behind bars. But no matter what the board does, she will walk free in less than four years.  ‘She’s probably going to be the first serial killer in this country’s history to be legally released,’ said Andy Kahan.

Jones, now age 64, is suspected of murdering dozens of infants by injecting them with a combination of drugs at two hospitals in San Antonio and Kerrville, Texas, between 1971 and 1984. Some estimates say she killed as many as 46 children. However, she was only convicted of two crimes – the murder of 15-month-old Chelsea McClellan and the attempted murder of Rolando Jones, who was 18 months old at the time. Her 99-year prison sentence was reduced by one third because of Texas sentencing laws at the time. She was put away in 1985. She is scheduled to be released in February 2018. READ MORE HERE

A 21-year-old mother of five from Denver has been charged in the beating death of her 2-month-old daughter after a night of heavy drinking. Kelsy Newell-Skinner was arrested last Monday and remains in custody for allegedly beating her daughter, Natalee Marie Skinner-Hurst, over the weekend. The infant, who died at a hospital last Thursday, was brain dead and had multiple injuries, including severe bruising on her head, a swollen left eye, fractured ribs and what are thought to be bite marks on her left thigh. READ MORE HERE

• Rylan Koopmeiners died from blunt force trauma while under the care of nanny found through the website

A Kenosha, Wisconsin, couple is suing the popular child care website Care.com for the death of their baby girl.  Prosecutors say 3-month-old Rylan Koopmeiners died of blunt force trauma on July 27, 2012, while under the care of Sarah Gumm, a nanny the girl’s parents found on Care.com. Now, Nathan and Reggan Koopmeiners claim the website is partially responsible for their daughter’s death. According to the suit, Gumm, 33, repeatedly left the 3-month-old unattended while she allegedly took a taxi to a local pharmacy and purchased wine. The lawsuit goes on to allege that Gumm was under the influence of alcohol while providing nanny services and “negligently struck and/or slammed Rylan on her head causing a head injury” and ultimately, death. READ MORE HERE

Deadly playground attack

KENTWOOD, Michigan — A community in Kentwood is in mourning following a fatal stabbing that took place between two kids on the playground Monday evening. It happened Monday at Pinebrook Village Mobile Home Park at about 6 p.m. Police said four children were at the playground inside the mobile home park when a 12-year-old pulled out a knife and began stabbing Michael Conner Verkerke, 9, repeatedly in the back. Adam Zachow, who lives across the street from the Verkerke’s, said his kids spend the weekend playing with Michael, who goes by his middle name, Conner. READ MORE HERE

Victim: Michael Conner Verkerke, 9, Kentwood, MI

Research has shown, along with parents and caregivers, many educators are unaware of the signs, symptoms and prevention of childhood sexualabuse adding to the rapid and ever rising statistics. This is unacceptable with over 60 million survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the United States affecting 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 7 boys. Many parents and caregivers have trouble talking to their young children about their bodies. Small children are notorious for asking questions that make parents squirm, especially when it comes to sexuality. Sex education and sexual awareness is a topic many parents and caregivers would prefer to avoid, but with childhood sexual abuse statistics at an all time high; it is one of the most important talks a parent or caregiver can have with their child. READ MORE HERE

PENNSYLVANIA – Today WNEP.com reported Pennsylvania State Police have charged 22 year old Tara Paltanavage with abuse of corpse and concealing the death of a baby girl. Pennsylvania State Police spent several hours searching through a trash covered lawn for evidence after a baby was found dead in the trash at a local residence. The coroner told WNEP the “body of a newborn was found in the trash early Tuesday morning along Winfield Drive near Middleport.” It remains unclear how the baby girl died, but an autopsy on the infant is scheduled for Wednesday. READ MORE HERE

DETROIT – Two Detroit men were arraigned in Wayne County Circuit Court in the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old boy on July 29. Calvin Mosby, 28, and Devaunte Starks, 17, were charged with first degree murder in the shooting of Jakari Pearson in the 680 block of East Street in Detroit. Mosby had previously dated Pearson’s mother and allegedly has threatened her. At 1:20 a.m. Mosby, accompanied by Starks, went to the woman’s home and shot Pearson.  READ MORE HERE