OKLAHOMA – An Oklahoma dentist and married father-of-four has been charged with killing his mistress’ toddler son after allegedly threatening to murder and mutilate the boy’s father. Bert Franklin, 35, was arrested Wednesday on a first-degree murder charge in the death of 19-month-old Lincoln Van Henry Lewis. The toddler’s mother found him unresponsive at home on Sunday and took him to Mercy Hospital, where he was diagnosed with skull fractures. READ MORE HERE

An alleged pedophile ‘grinned’ and ‘twitched’ as German detectives questioned him about the kidnapping, sexual abuse and murder of two young boys, a court has heard. The prosecutor told a court in Potsdam, near Berlin, how Silvio S, 33, had apparently practiced what he was going to do to his victims by using a children’s doll. Silvio S, a security guard, is accused of murdering four-year-old Mohammed and six-year-old Elias after kidnapping them off the streets. In dramatic scenes in court the prosecutor placed one of the dolls in front of the accused. It was about the same size as a three-year-old child and was one of eight similar dolls found at the suspect’s home.  READ MORE HERE

Child porn investigation leads to 9 arrests

POLK COUNTY — Nine men, including a first-grade teacher, former animal control officer, Disney workers and a Publix worker have been arrested as part of a Polk County child pornography investigation. Sheriff Grady Judd announced the arrests at a news conference Thursday. Search warrants were executed at several homes in the county, the Sheriff’s Office said in an operation it called “Operation Child Shield 3.” READ MORE HERE

A Connecticut TV meteorologist was arrested Wednesday and accused of possessing child pornography. Justin Goldstein, 33, was arrested at the studios of WTNH in New Haven. The station announced that Goldstein had been suspended for the duration of the investigation. Connecticut State Police told Fox 61 that their investigation of Goldstein began last month after videos depicting child pornography had been downloaded to an internet account registered to him. Investigators served a search warrant on Goldstein’s home in Hamden Wednesday and seized computers and other electronic equipment. READ MORE HERE

KALAMAZOO, Michigan — A Kalamazoo mother will stand trial for the March death of her four-year-old daughter. Daveeta Walker is charged in the murder of Kharisma Richardson. A judge determined Wednesday that there is enough evidence to send her case to trial. READ MORE HERE

Deputies arrested a Salem pastor for raping a juvenile he met through his work at a local church, Marion County Sheriff’s Office officials said. Mauricio Aguilera-Garcia, 55, was arrested this week by detectives after a week long investigation, sheriff’s office spokesman Lt. Chris Baldridge said. Aguilera-Garcia is charged with rape, sodomy and unlawful sexual penetration. READ MORE HERE

WACO, Texas – A McLennan County grand jury has indicted a Crawford High School student on charges of continuous sexual abuse of a young child. Donnie Wayne Howard, 17, is accused of taking nude photos of two young children, recording video of the sexual abuse of one of them, and then sharing the images with a friend using an instant message application. Howard remains jailed.in lie of bonds totaling $600,000. READ MORE HERE

A Fayetteville couple was charged Friday with felony child abuse of a 2-year-old girl, with one of the accused charged with the 1998 death and sexual assault of another child almost the exact same age as this victim. Jimmy Tyron Baldwin, 48, was with the victim on June 11 before returning her to her biological mother, authorities said. The victim’s mother took the child to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center because she was “not acting right,” police said. READ MORE HERE

His parents home-schooled him and denied access to health authorities

Pembrokeshire, Wales – An eight-year-old boy who died of scurvy was ‘invisible’ to the authorities after his parents refused to allow officials to see him from the age of 13 months. Dylan Seabridge died at age eight at his family’s isolated farmhouse in and had no direct contact with doctors, nurses or teachers for seven years. His parents Glynn, 47, and Julie, 46, who home-schooled him, initially believed he was suffering from growing pains but the true cause was revealed after he collapsed in December 2011 and later died in hospital. READ MORE HERE

Two 50-year-old men are charged with raping a 10-month-old baby girl

One of the two men accused of raping of a 10-month-old baby girl allegedly bragged about abusing the infant over Skype to an associate. Police also say the Melbourne man, 50, lamented over the fact he and his 50-year-old boyfriend, the baby’s father, ‘did not have enough time to do everything we wanted’ in a conversation with an associate two days after the alleged abuse took place. In another conversation via Skype before the incident, the man allegedly said he and the baby’s father were going away with the child for a few days, adding: ‘incest turns me on so much’, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. READ MORE HERE

Father and his boyfriend charged with ‘raping 10-month-old baby daughter’ for three hours

Australian Roommates Allegedly Raped 10-Month-Old Baby Girl, Shared Video On The Internet

Child sex charges: Two 50-year-old men extradited from Victoria to NSW

Man now faces charges that he smothered a 5-month-old baby boy

Justice will be served for Crystal Williams, stepmom of a 5-year-old boy who was starved and beaten to death. The stepmom will serve a 99-year sentence for the horrific child abuse that led to Josiah Williams’ death just two days after Christmas in 2012. As testified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner, Josiah’s cause of death is listed as “dehydration in a battered, underweight child.” Crystal Williams told the jury that Josiah was a very picky eater, trying to account for him being so underweight. READ MORE HERE

The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act requires states to “check any child abuse and neglect registry maintained by the State for information on any prospective foster or adoptive parent and on any other adult living in the home of such a prospective parent, and request any other State in which any such prospective parent or other adult has resided in the preceding 5 years, to enable the State to check any child abuse and neglect registry maintained by such other State for such information, before the prospective foster or adoptive parent may be finally approved for placement of a child” and to ‘‘comply with any request described…(above) that is received from another State.”

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7/3/2016 – GEORGIA – Georgia is the latest state to launch a child abuse registry. The Division of Family and Children Services on Friday launched a registry allowing employers of certain child-serving agencies to find out if a job applicant was deemed an alleged child abuser by the division. The central child abuse registry, called the Child Protective Services Information System, will include names of people who allegedly abused a child. The registry will only be accessible to certain child caring employers and agencies, allowing these employers to learn if an applicant has a substantiated allegation of abuse with the division. READ MORE HERE

State Child Abuse Registries

Child Abuse Registries in Foreign Countries and Geographic Entities

MDHHS – Central Registry – State of Michigan

Disclosure of Confidential Child Abuse and Neglect Records

Beyond Background Checks – Perform A Child Abuse Registry Check

Establishment and Maintenance of Central Child Abuse Registries

AUBURN, ALABAMA – Investigators with the Auburn Police Department have confirmed that 43-year-old Brandee Morgan, a middle school teacher in Chambers County, has been arrested and charged with second-degree rape and facilitating the travel of a child for an unlawful sex act. Morgan, who lives in Auburn, was arrested on June 30 at the police department. READ MORE HERE