Ray Howland, American Airlines Manager, Faces Child Rape Charges For Allegedly Arranging Sex With 10-Year-Old Girl

American Airlines manager Ray Howland was recently arrested in a child sex sting operation for allegedly arranging to meet up with a mother and her 10-year-old daughter. The meet up was reportedly meant to take place in Pittsburgh.  Howland reportedly faced multiple charges, including unlawful contact with a minor and criminal attempt rape of a child. He is expected in court next week, the Atlanta Journal Constitution. READ MORE HERE

SARASOTA, FLORIDA —  A 6-year-old girl is in critical, but stable, condition at All Children’s Hospital after her mother allegedly stabbed her. Ashley Parker, 29, was taken into police custody after officers arrived at 2109 Leon Ave. in Sarasota about 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Police said the child’s grandparents found her lying on a floor in the hallway, wrapped in a pink blanket that covered up stab wounds to her stomach and leg. READ MORE HERE

Largest payment of its kind in Australia

AUSTRALIA – More than 70 years after Ron Simpson was raped by a chef and had his back broken with a hockey stick by another man, he still suffers nightmares about the abuse he endured at NSW’s Fairbridge Farm School. The 86-year-old is one of about 150 former residents of the school at Molong to settle a $24 million claim with the foundation that ran the school and the NSW and commonwealth governments on Monday. It is the largest payment for mass child abuse survivors in Australia. READ MORE HERE

Dad and two sons charged with triple murder after fire kills mother and baby

A dad and his two sons were last night charged with triple murder after a fire which killed a mother, her baby and friend. Peter Eyre, 43, and brothers Simon, 24, and Anthon, 21 were due to appear before magistrates this morning. Amy Smith, 17, and her six-month-old daughter Ruby-Grace Gaunt died in Sunday morning’s inferno at her home in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, along with family friend Ed Green, 17. READ MORE HERE

CHESAPEAKE, Virginia — When a Virginia State Police trooper pulled over Tonya Slaton, 44, of Richmond, on Interstate 64 earlier this month, he found a black trash bag in the trunk that contained human remains, according to an affidavit obtained by WTVR. Friday, Virginia State Police confirmed the remains were that of Slaton’s biological son Quincy Jamar Davis. According to the search warrants, one investigator believed “the victim’s death was likely the result of some homicidal action.” READ MORE HERE

TEXAS – An El Paso couple arrested in April on suspicion of sexually abusing two foster children might have earned as much as $1.6 million from the state as foster parents over 14 years, documents show. The actual amount is not exact because three child-placing agencies took a share of the money in administrative fees. Sandra Huerta, 55, and Antonio Huerta, 62, had been foster parents to 36 children since they were licensed in 2000, officials said. READ MORE HERE

Man, 67, has avoided jail time for indecent acts with children

A man has escaped jail time after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting his young daughter and niece in a string of offences over a 20 year period. A 67-year-old, whose identity cannot be revealed, has walked free with a community corrections order after unleashing years of torment on young girls. Earlier this year he was found guilty of five counts of committing an indecent act with a child under 16. On Tuesday he was spared a prison sentence as the judge ruled his crimes were ‘at the lower end’ of sexual deviancy offences. READ MORE HERE

CHRISTOPHER WARD DEININGER Wanted by U.S. Marshals

CHRISTOPHER DEININGER is wanted with Failure to Comply with a Court Order. Between 1997 and 2000 DEININGER was employed as a babysitter and committed multiple sexual assaults on several female children from one to eight years old. DEININGER plead guilty and was sentenced to probation for 12 years. After four years of his sentence, DEININGER left the facility he was court ordered to reside at and fled. DEININGER is an United States citizen. DEININGER is believed to have fled the United States for an international destination. SEE MORE HERE

Family Killed In Murder-Suicide

ROY, Utah — Relatives got a hint something was amiss with a Utah family killed in a murder-suicide when the couple and two young children failed to show up for a planned Father’s Day visit. Police say 29-year-old Russell Smith shot and killed his wife and two young children before turning the gun on himself Sunday at their home in Roy, about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. A relative discovered Smith’s body, along with those of his wife, 26-year-old Shawna Smith, and their children, 6-year-old Tylee and 2-year-old Blake, that night. READ MORE HERE

“When my rapist showed up under the ‘people you may know’ tab on Facebook, it felt like the closest to a crime scene I’ve ever been.” That’s how Kevin Kantor begins his powerful slam poem, “People You May Know.” In the piece, Kantor recounts his experience of coming across his rapist’s Facebook profile — learning his assailant’s middle name, seeing his baby photos, and mentally reliving the assault and its aftermath. “No one comes running for boys who cry rape,” Kantor says. READ MORE HERE

This Man Logged On To Facebook And His Rapist Appeared Underneath

Facebook recommended my rapist – News

Student on Facebook spots his alleged rapist under ‘people you may know’

Message To My Rapist | Facebook

My rapist keeps creating new accounts to add me

From institutional failures on college campuses to public accusations made against high-profile celebrities, the pervasiveness of rape culture has dominated the headlines for the past year, proving that sexual assault knows no gender and has no age. For many survivors, the complex feelings of trauma, shame and powerlessness that accompany an assault can be followed by silence. For some, that silence lasts decades. READ MORE HERE – WATCH VIDEO HERE

David Samuel Floyd

Mississippi – On June 9, at 2:39 a.m. a 911 came in about a house on fire on Hwy. 370, near Brice’s Cross Road. The first Lee County Sheriff Department’s deputy arrived at 2:46 a.m. with the fire department close behind. But that proved too late for 7-year-old Savannah Floyd, who was officially pronounced dead at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital June 14. “The fire was at 500-600 degrees and that was going on the entire time this child was in there,” said Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson. READ MORE HERE

SUSPECT MAY NOW BE IN MEXICO

LEBANON — Authorities turned to the public for help in catching a man accused of sexually abusing a child before he escapes to Mexico. Felipe Sanchez, 31, was indicted on May 15 on two counts of gross sexual imposition involving a child under 10, according to the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office. Authorities in Warren County turned to the public Friday after a learning Sanchez could have headed back to his home in Mexico, according to a press release. READ MORE HERE

Washington – When police arrived at Danny Zimmerman’s SeaTac home, they expected to find child rape photos the sex offender had collected online. The doll was a surprise. In charges filed Thursday, King County prosecutors claim Zimmerman had been brazenly sharing child pornography on Twitter for months. Zimmerman, a 43-year-old previously convicted of child molestation, is alleged to have drawn seven complaints to a national clearinghouse for information about child porn distributors. READ MORE HERE