Boyfriend Charged With Felony Child Abuse Resulting In Death
Bond was set Friday morning at 10 percent of $150,000 for an Omaha man charged with felony child abuse resulting in death. During the court hearing, prosecutors began to lay their case out against Tyler Kennedy, saying that he admitted to slapping and shaking 16-month-old Orlando Were. According to prosecutors, Kennedy was caring for his girlfriend’s son while she was at work last Saturday when medics were called to their home near North 36th Avenue and Pinkney Street just after 6:30 p.m. READ MORE HERE
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---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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