Mystery respiratory virus affecting children across the U.S.

AOL BREAKING NEWS — More than 900 children and teenagers across Colorado have been sickened by a mysterious respiratory illness that is putting patients in hospitals’ intensive care units for treatment, according to local doctors. The disease, which is called human enterovirus 68, has not been seen previously in Denver, Dr. Raju Meyappan, who works at the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, according to CBS affiliate KCNC-TV. HLN says doctors believe human enterovirus 68 may be related to a similar strain that causes the common cold. READ MORE HERE

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What parents should know about Enterovirus D68

Illinois hospital tells children not to visit due to mystery virus

Unidentified Respiratory Virus Likely to Hit Kids Across Country

Fever, coughing, mouth blisters: Hundreds of Midwest kids affected

Children’s hospitals in 10 states report spike in respiratory illnesses

Respiratory virus affecting thousands across U.S.

Mysterious Respiratory Illness Sickens More Than 1,000

Mystery Virus Hospitalizing Kids Goes from Midwest to All States

Rare Respiratory Virus Now Making Its Way Across the U.S.

Mystery Respiratory Virus Spreading in Children Across the Country 

Bizarre lung virus hospitalizing hundreds of kids across the Midwest, with 30 children admitted each day in Kansas City alone

Human skull found near where Holly Bobo went missing

Police in Tennessee are investigating whether human remains found in Decatur County woods on Sunday may be that of murdered nursing student Holly Bobo, whose body has not been found since she disappeared over three years ago. Officials say two people out looking for ginseng came across a human skull in the area, which is 10 miles from the home of Zach Adams, one of two men charged with kidnapping and murdering the 20-year-old. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said it was too early to tell whether the remains could be linked to Bobo, who was last seen on the morning of April 13, 2011, walking into woods with a man in hunting clothes near her family’s home in Darden. READ MORE HERE

Redfoo reveals he was victim of bullying as mixed race child and opens up about mother’s abusive ex boyfriend in candid interview

Redfoo may have made a name for himself as a wild-haired, leopard-print wearing party rocker. But underneath the brightly colored exterior, the X Factor judge hides a tough past of school-yard bullying and domestic abuse. Opening up about his difficult childhood on a special edition of Sunday Night this week, the former LMFAO singer revealed he was called ‘Oreo’ and ‘zebra’ while being chastised for being of mixed race. READ MORE HERE

A maintenance worker found a ‘deceased human fetus’ in a trash can at a Dallas high school

A staff member has found what is being described by police as a ‘deceased human fetus’ in a bathroom at a Texas high school. Authorities in east Dallas are now looking for a student they believe gave birth inside Woodrow Wilson High School during class time on Friday. A maintenance worker made the disturbing discovery in a trash can in a second-floor girls’ bathroom around 2:30pm. READ MORE HERE

Arrest made after girl’s body found in shallow grave

Arizona authorities have made an arrest in connection with the disappearance and murder of 8-year-old Isabella “Bella” Grogan-Cannella. Justin James Rector, 26, of Bullhead City, was charged Thursday with kidnapping and first-degree murder. The girl’s body was discovered Wednesday in a shallow grave near her home, police said. The body has since been visually identified as Bella. Authorities have not yet revealed a cause of death. READ MORE HERE

ACCUSED MURDERER – ARRESTED:

MEIGS COUNTY, West Virginia — A search for a missing Kanawha County teen has turned into a murder investigation. Ericka Brown, 16, was found dead Saturday and the man accused of answering her ad on Craigslist is now charged with her murder. Brown was reported missing on Aug. 10 from her home in Poca. Her body was found Saturday morning along the Ohio River in Portland, Ohio, in Meigs County. Investigators said it was wrapped in a clear tarp with a cinder block attached. Now, Ernest Roach, is charged with killing her, but that’s not the only charge he’s facing. READ MORE HERE

Convicted child molester gets probation, leaves country

Officer: Convicted Jeffersonville man, Norman Matthews, takes family to Africa, violates probation

JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA — A Jeffersonville man convicted of child molesting in a Clark County court last week is believed to have fled the country with his wife and their two children. Officials have reported Norman Matthews, 58 and his family have fled to Ghana, Africa, the home country of Matthews’ wife. The couple traveled with their 5-year-old son and the woman’s 6-year-old daughter. A $100,000 warrant was issued for Matthews in Clark County Circuit Court No. 1 on Tuesday. The warrant was issued for alleged probation violations committed by Matthews: leaving the area without permission, having contact with the victim of the child molest conviction and having unsupervised contact with another child. READ MORE HERE

Two Adults, Two Children Dead In Murder-Suicide

TULSA, Oklahoma –Police say four people found shot to death inside an east Tulsa apartment Tuesday morning died in a murder-suicide. Officers say a roommate found the four at the Bradford Townhouses in the 2100 block of South 109th East Avenue at 12:35 a.m.  Police said the roommate also found a two-year-old girl sitting on a couch. “The only witness we have right now is a minor child that’s been traumatized so it’ll take a forensic investigator to even attempt to interview a child that young,” said Tulsa Police Officer Demita Kinard. Homicide detectives say it appears a 35-year-old man shot his 22-year-old wife and then their two children, a five-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy, before killing himself. The surviving toddler was not his child, according to police. Officer Kinard says the girl has been reunited with her mother. READ MORE HERE

Man accused of shaking baby, causing serious injury

CRAVEN COUNTY – Deputies have arrested a man accused of shaking his 4-week-old son, causing breathing difficulties to the baby. The Craven County Sheriff’s Office said 19-year-old Jacob Isaak Pinyan is charged with felony child abuse causing serious physical injury. According to the Sheriff’s Office, investigators received a report on Wednesday of a 4-week-old baby suffering from symptoms of Shaken Baby Syndrome. The infant started having difficulty breathing and was taken to a hospital by his parents, deputies said. READ MORE HERE

DALLAS – A community is in shock after the body of a 5-year-old girl was found in an apartment complex in northeast Dallas on Sunday afternoon. Police have taken the girl’s 17-year-old cousin Angel Lizandro Sanches-Zenteno into custody.  He became a suspect in the girl’s death after an eyewitness identified him as the last person seen with her. READ MORE HERE

Mom charged after baby dies — has history of abuse

SOUTH BEND, IN — MONDAY NIGHT UPDATE: Micahyah Crockett, an 11-month-old boy severely injured in what police suspect was a horrific act of abuse this weekend, has died in the hospital. His mother, Nyesha Crockett, has been charged in the death. Nyesha told police she used a shirt to smother the baby —that she threw him on the ground and kicked and struck him. Metro Homicide says Nyesha sent text messages to the father: “Come get him before I hurt him,” “Good luck with everything,” “I hope you find your son,” and “OK, think I won’t?” READ MORE HERE

Man arrested in child’s kidnapping

3-year-old Dante Damien Williams found safe

A 31-year-old man was arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a 3-year-old San Antonio boy who was the subject of an AMBER Alert. San Antonio police said Dante Damien Williams was reported missing at 4:45 p.m. Friday. Police said Dante’s mother and her boyfriend walked into a restaurant in the 200 block of Downshire Drive on the city’s North Side and left the little boy in the car with a friend of the boyfriend identified by police as Michael Daniel Grohman. READ MORE HERE

Father charged with murder in beating death of 4-year-old son

INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Metropolitan police charged a father with murder in the beating death of his 4-year-old son. Preliminary charges against 29-year-old Dennis Price include murder, neglect of a dependent resulting in death and battery resulting in the death of a person less than 14 years of age. “It’s upsetting that happens anywhere, but its upsetting in this neighborhood,” said neighbor Anna Breding. READ MORE HERE

Connecticut sailor leaves 2-month-old son with 29 bone fractures, near death

A Connecticut-based Navy sailor left his 2-month-old son with 29 bone fractures, abuse so horrifying that one pediatrician told investigators she was amazed the baby was alive, prosecutors say. Jordan Rittenhouse, 24, was arraigned Friday and charged with first-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor, The Day of New London reported. The Groton, Conn. man, a father also to a 2-year-old, is behind bars on a $500,000 cash bond. The disturbing case was declared by one doctor as the “worst case of serious physical injury she has seen in her career,” court documents obtained by the newspaper reveal. READ MORE HERE

Groton Father Arraigned In Assault On Infant