ST. PAUL, Minnesota – A 45-year-old St. Paul man has been charged with two counts of malicious punishment of a child after a local doctor notified police that a 3-month-old boy in the ER appeared to be a victim of “classic child abuse.” The criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County late last week states that John Eric Autey brought his son to the emergency room the evening of April 23 and said the child had been vomiting since the day before. The doctor who examined the boy found extensive bruising on his chest wall that looked like fingers, fractured ribs, and a non-life-threatening hemorrhage in the boy’s brain. When asked what happened, Autey said the boy fell from a bed. READ MORE HERE

David Mohney shot his three children and then himself in a tragic murder-suicide in Florida

A stay-at-home dad in Florida who shot dead two of his children and wounded a third before killing himself was in the midst of a nasty divorce from his wife and had asked a judge for a protective order claiming she was the violent one. David Mohney claimed his wife Cynthia was a violent, abusive alcoholic in court papers filed just two months before he gunned down his children Friday in their quiet, middle-class neighborhood just south of Daytona Beach.  He wanted to leave his wife and take the family back to his hometown in South Dakota, police say.  READ MORE HERE

Despite having this horrific abuse caught on tape, and turned over to authorities, police state there is NOTHING they can do

Evil stepmother: Chinese police say they will not take any action against the woman despite the beating being caught on camera

This is the shocking moment a Chinese stepmother whipped, beat, kicked and stamped on a toddler, just because she wet herself. The young girl wails in agony and terror as her stepmother whips her 87 times with a branch, kicks her 14 times and gives her eight slaps to the face. Despite the entire ordeal being caught on camera, the police have refused to act – saying there is nothing they can do.  READ MORE HERE

Halloween, fun and easy accessories can go a long way. But for one North East family, a Halloween facial cosmetic sent their daughter to the ER. Seven-year-old Haily was excited to go to a Halloween party at the Magic Kingdom on October 5th. It was her first trip to Walt Disney World. She dressed up as a peacock, and used “Fright Night” eye-shadow tattoos that her family purchased at the Walmart in Harborcreek. Fourty-eight hours after the party her eyes were red, swollen, and raw. READ MORE HERE

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Human remains were found Saturday on an abandoned property during the search for University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, who has been missing for more than a month, authorities said. The remains were found around noon near Old Lynchburg Road in Albemarle County, said Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo. The area is less than 10 miles from where Graham, 18, was last seen. Longo said he “made a very difficult phone call” to Graham’s parents to share the discovery with them, but forensic tests need to be conducted to determine the identity of the remains. READ MORE HERE

WANTED by FBI: JORGE ALBERTO MARTINEZ, JR.

Jorge Alberto Martinez, Jr. is wanted in Sacramento County, California, for allegedly engaging in multiple sex acts with a 13-year-old girl. Martinez was arrested for this crime and was found to be in possession of illicit photographs of the victim and a loaded handgun. Prior to his trial, Martinez fled Sacramento County. In August of 2006, he was charged in the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, with lewd and lascivious act with a child under 14 years of age, oral copulation with a child under 14 years of age, photographing a minor during a sex act, and possession of a concealed firearm. On July 11, 2007, Martinez was charged in the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento, California, with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and a warrant was issued for his arrest. READ MORE HERE

Little Girl Abducted After Wedding, Body Found

Yangzhou Jiangdu county 7-year-old girl Wang Yanwen went missing after attending a relative’s wedding in Taizhou city Jiangyan district Huagang town on October 3rd. On the evening of the 6th, Taizhou police announced to the public that they’ve found the body of the missing girl Wang Yanwen on a riverbank in Jiangyan district Huagang town, confirming that she had been killed. READ MORE HERE

CONWAY – A Beaver County woman is facing charges after allegedly pulling her 6-year-old daughter’s hair so hard that she caused internal bleeding. According to police, Brittany Ruck, 25, of Conway, is charged in the Aug. 31 incident. The criminal complaint states the girl’s scalp was separated from her skull as a result of Ruck pulling on her hair. “The head injury was described in medical terms as traction,” said Michael Priolo, of the Conway Police Department. “It is a separation between the scalp and skull which creates a void that fills with blood. The blood ended up pulling around the eyes, giving her raccoon eyes.” READ MORE HERE

Family of 3-year-old killed over Facebook feud ‘in disbelief’

DETROIT, Michigan –More details are being released about the shooting which killed 3-year-old Amiracle Williams and wounded four others on  Detroit’s east side Thursday. Police arrested the suspected shooter, a 23-year-old man wanted in Virginia early Friday morning. Investigators have also arrested the 22-year-old man believed to have driven the getaway van. Both have ties to local gangs, according to police. Four suspects were arrested in total, including two others who have since been released. One of the shooting victims, Amiracle’s father Demetrious, 47, was listed in critical condition last night at a local hospital. Fox 2 was told he is awake and alert.  Also shot was Amiracle’s mother Frieda Tiggs, 40, who is expected to be released tonight. READ MORE HERE

Five men have been charged in connection with the brutal attack, which was also filmed and shared

A teenage boy is in a critical condition after he was gang raped at a party by a group of men. The 15-year-old was attacked in Kentucky in a horrendous assault that was also filmed using a mobile phone. Three men have been charged with a serious sexual assault, promoting a sexual performance by a minor and use of a minor in sexual performance. READ MORE HERE

A British man believed to have knowledge of missing Madeleine McCann reportedly fled NSW after being convicted of child sex offences in the late 1990s. British media is reporting that 76-year-old Roderick McDonald will be questioned by UK police about a possible pedophile ring linked to the three-year-old’s disappearance in Portugal more than seven years ago. McDonald, known as Roderick William Robinson while in Australia, has previously been convicted of a number of sex offences, and received a six-month sentence for the sexual assault of a nine-year-old girl in Sydney in 1998-1999. READ MORE HERE

Convicted paedophile believed to have been in Portugal at the time of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance arrested in Malta

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Police in Houston have charged two men for the brutal murder of 14-year-old Jose Meraz, who was slashed to death with a machete. The boy’s mutilated body was discovered in a heavily wooded area near the Addicks Reservoir by a dog walker.  A third suspect, a 14-year-old male is being referred to Harris County Juvenile Probation Department authorities on a murder charge. READ MORE HERE

Who are Child Sexual Abusers?

If trying to protect a child against child sexual abusers, one might want to know what to look for to indicate someone is a child predator. It would be convenient if we could spot a child abuser in a crowd to make sure they didn’t come anywhere near a child. Unfortunately, sexual abusers do not wear black hats nor can any one characteristic tell you who they are. Child abuse offenders often look, and act, just like everyone else. In fact, many times the family of the child has a relationship with the child abuser either because he (or she) is a family friend or because he is a member of the family. There is no single type of person that is a sexual abuser. Sexual abusers can be men or women of any age or socioeconomic status but are generally known by the child as only 10% of child sexual abuse cases are perpetrated by strangers. READ MORE HERE

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