A family in Mexico has been jailed for scooping out the eyes of their 5-year-old boy during a satanic ritual. Fernando Caleb Alvarado Rios was told to close his eyes by his mother, grandparents, aunt and uncle as they danced in a circle and called upon Lucifer to appear. When the little boy was too scared to do so, his mother, Maria del Carmen Garcia Rios, fetched a spoon and gouged out his eyes, with the help of the rest of the family. READ MORE HERE

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SALINA, Kansas —  A Salina woman who pleaded no contest to first degree murder charges in connection with the death of her 3-month-old son is sentenced to life in prison. Judge Patrick Thompson on Monday sentenced 21-year-old Desirah Overturf to life with no chance of parole for 25 years. The case stems from the death of 3-month-old Jordan Corbin in December. Police were called to the home that Oveturf shared with Jordan’s father, 27-year-old Nicholas Corbin, to the report of an unresponsive child. The infant was pronounced dead at the scene. Nicholas Corbin has pleaded no contest to first-degree murder. READ MORE HERE

Baby on life support

Sascha Marie Garcia’s decision to leave 5-month-old “Baby Andres” with her boyfriend turned tragic. On Thursday, the child was barely clinging to life at Miami Children’s Hospital, and Garcia’s boyfriend, Antwan James Sawyer, 27, was jailed on charges of child abuse. “He’s got lung contusions, two black eyes. [Sawyer] said the child fell off the bed. It’s really bad,” said Miami-Dade police detective Robin Pinkard. READ MORE HERE

Former Christian radio host pleads guilty in child rape

MICHIGAN – A former Grand Rapids Christian radio host pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping an 11-year-old boy in Battle Creek. John Richard Balyo, 35, pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual conduct in the May 17 assault in a Beckley Road motel room. He faces a minimum of 25 years in prison and could be sentenced to a maximum of life. Balyo also faces a minimum of 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in July in U.S. District Court to sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography. He will be sentenced there Nov. 6 and in Calhoun County on Nov. 10. READ MORE HERE

Man accused of putting toddler in clothes dryer

BANGOR, Maine —According to court documents, a New Hampshire man is accused of placing a 2-year-old boy in a clothes dryer in Bangor last month.  Adam Morton is charged with aggravated assault. The court documents said on Aug. 2 the boy was taken to the hospital with burns to back and arms, as well as burns and blisters on this feet. READ MORE HERE

What Offenders Want You to Know

From PARENTING SAFE CHILDREN – During the summer of 2014, I met with six groups of people who have sexually abused children: Four groups of men who, as part of their probation, attend a treatment group; one group of female offenders in their treatment program; and then one group of men in prison. I participated in these offender groups with the sole purpose of better understanding this crime so I can better equip parents and professionals to prevent it. Nearly all of the men and women were glad to have me participate because they don’t want to offend again and they want you to know how to keep children safe and to speak up on children’s behalf every chance you get. READ MORE HERE

The former president of a Mason County elementary school PTA has been sentenced to 23 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised released after pleading guilty to four child-pornography charges in an investigation that turned up video of him raping an 8-year-old child in a school classroom. David Michael Navarro, 38, was arrested last year after police in Denmark and Australia joined the FBI in tracking down that video and others which had caught the attention of law enforcement officials in those countries. READ MORE HERE

Bodies of 5 missing South Carolina kids found

Camden, Alabama — A district attorney says the bodies of five children missing from South Carolina have been found in rural Alabama. The children’s father is in custody. Wilcox County, Alabama, District Attorney Michael Jackson told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the father is suspected of killing the five children in South Carolina and dumping the bodies in Alabama. READ MORE HERE

5 missing SC children found dead; father confesses

5 Children Found Dead in Alabama; Father Detained

Bodies Of 5 Missing Children From South Carolina Found 

UPDATE: Pictured: Five children ‘killed by their Spice-smoking engineer father before he dumped their bodies in trash bags 11 months after he divorced their mother for having an affair with a neighbor’  

Sonya Katrina Spoon, 24, of Cheverly, Maryland, smiled in her mug shot Sunday after police say she admitted she murdered her two young children.  A 911 call was placed regarding two unconscious children suffering respiratory distress in the early morning hours. Major Cesar Pacheco of Prince George County Police told ABC2that while on the scene, responding officers found evidence of foul play and the children’s mother was detained. “There were bags that were placed over the children’s heads,” said Pacheco. Spoons’ children, 1-year-old Ayden Soon and his sister, 3-year-old Kayla Thompson were both rushed to the local Children’s Hospital by paramedics, but died within hours of the 911 call. READ MORE HERE

The search is on for a Pennsylvania man accused of raping a young girl. The Berks County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday an arrest warrant was issued for Kerwin Goris of S 6th Street in Reading.Prosecutors accuse Goris of child rape, deviate sexual intercourse with a child, corruption of a minor and child endangerment for an alleged incident with a girl under the age of 13 that occurred in Goris’ home on June 18. Anyone with information on Goris’ whereabouts is asked to contact district attorney detectives at 610-478-7171 or county crime alert at 877-373-9913. READ MORE HERE

Wanted: Reading man sought in rape of child

Father fatally shook his 2-month-old son after the boy kept him awake

A dad has been accused of fatally shaking his two-month-old son after the boy kept him awake. Robert J. Kaiser, 32, has been charged with second-degree unintentional murder after the death of the baby was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner. Kaiser, the baby’s primary caregiver, had been looking after the boy at his home in Farming Township, Minnesota on August 27 while the baby’s mother was away for the day. He texted her at one point to say that the baby was keeping him awake, she told police. When she returned to the house, she noticed that the boy ‘seemed different’. He was taken to Albany Hospital before he was taken by air ambulance to a hospital in the Twin Cities. READ MORE HERE

An estranged couple recognized as Adoptive Parents of the Year will be in court Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 9 and 10, for their preliminary hearing on 47 counts of child abuse related charges, including failure to seek medical attention after children in their care were bitten several times by a pet monkey and for keeping a child locked in a dog pen. Deidre Matthews, 46, of Jay is charged in Delaware County District Court with 14 counts of child abuse, eight counts of child neglect, three counts of child abuse by injury, two counts of child endangerment and one count of enabling child abuse. She is in jail in lieu of $100,000 bail. READ MORE HERE

MOTHER ARRESTED IN DEATH OF DAUGHTER, 11

WAUKEGAN, Illinois — An 11-year-old north suburban girl is dead, apparently the victim of child abuse and her mother is charged with murder. The girl was found dead on Friday in the 300 block of Gillett in Waukegan. What took place inside the Waukegan home is something police say is the most tragic thing they have seen in years. Neighbors wish they could have done more. For now, leaving notes, teddy bears and candles is about all they can do. Raasania Cooley was killed, her mother, 32-year-old Nicolette Lawrence is charged with her daughter’s murder. READ MORE HERE