A Douglas County man was sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty to charges in a child abuse case, Assistant District Attorney spokesman David Emadi said. Carmichael Crane was charged with two counts of cruelty to children and one count of aggravated battery for injuries he inflicted on his girlfriend’s daughter in November 2014. The mother left the 13-month-old in Crane’s care and went to work. When she returned home, she found the child lethargic and rushed her to the hospital. READ MORE HERE

URGENT! An international hunt has been launched for an Indian-origin man found guilty of repeatedly raping a six-year-old child in the UK. Pedophile Vijesh Kooriyil fled to India earlier this week, just a day before his trial was due to commence in Oxford on Tuesday. The 29-year-old business manager boarded a plane to Delhi on Monday night and was unanimously convicted of two rapes and sentenced in absentia to an extended prison term of 18 years at Oxford Crown Court on Friday. READ MORE HERE

UK launches global hunt for Indian-origin child rapist

UK launches global hunt for Indian-origin child rapist

Fryent Crescent, in West Hendon

LONDON – Detectives investigating the disappearance of a baby boy who went missing 11 years ago have arrested two women on suspicion of murder after the boy’s remains were found in boxes in a shed. The baby, has not been seen for more than a decade, but police have now made three arrests after the discovery of the skeleton in a garden shed of a home in West Hendon, north London. Officers have arrested a 31-year-old woman, named locally as mother-of-six Victoria Gayle, and a woman named as her former foster carer, Margaret, 50. READ MORE HERE

Alabama — The stepmother of a 9-year-old girl pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in the child’s running death Friday under a deal with prosecutors that let her avoid additional time in custody. Jessica Mae Hardin, 31, pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse for the mistreatment of Savannah Hardin, according to a statement from Etowah County prosecutors. She had been charged with murder. READ MORE HERE

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio – A babysitter has been charged with murder after giving an 8-month-old baby “a lethal dose of Benadryl to put him to sleep,” police said. Authorities received a call on Friday, May 13 for an unresponsive baby, and upon arrival located 8-month-old Haddix Mulkey. He was transported to Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The child’s babysitter, Lori Conley, was arrested on Friday, June 3 and has been charged with murder and child endangering, a second-degree felony. READ MORE HERE

HOUSTON — A Houston-area teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy who impregnated her has surrendered at a suburban jail. Harris County authorities had issued an arrest warrant for 24-year-old Alexandria Vera, an English teacher in the Aldine School District. The boy was an eighth-grader she met last summer. She appeared Wednesday at the jail in adjacent Montgomery County. Sheriff’s spokesman Brady Fitzgerald says Vera posted a $100,000 bond and was released. READ MORE HERE

A British pedophile on Wednesday faced a life sentence after admitting a string of sex attacks on children as young as six months, some from poor Christian families in Malaysia. Richard Huckle, 30, took pictures and video footage of himself abusing the children which he uploaded to the dark web — a hard to access part of the Internet often used for illegal activity. Investigators found over 20,000 indecent images on his computer, while Huckle also kept a ledger of his attacks and wrote a manual called “Paedophiles And Poverty: Child Lover Guide”. READ MORE HERE

RIO DE JANEIRO – Police in Rio de Janeiro said on Monday they are certain a 16-year-old girl was gang raped earlier this month, but added that it will be hard to prove her allegation that she was assaulted by more than 30 men. Two suspects in the case were placed in custody on Monday, authorities said. Arrest warrants are pending for four others. READ MORE HERE

2 men arrested, 4 sought in Brazilian gang rape, government says

Brazil Gang Rape: Rio de Janeiro Police Makes Arrests