A Franklin man’s guilty pleas to child-sex charges will mean he’ll have to serve 20 years in prison and live out his life as a Tier III sexual offender when he’s released. James Redman, 57, entered the pleas Tuesday on charges of rape of a victim younger than 13 and gross sexual imposition as well as Importuning involving the same victim, Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell’s office said Wednesday. READ MORE HERE

Pediatric dentist ‘Hit children with tools, called them names and stuffed bibs in their mouths to stop them crying’

A pediatric dentist who last year pleaded guilty to abusing a four-year-old patient already had a string of accusations on his record spanning eight years, which included hitting children with dental tools, calling them names and performing unnecessary dental work, it emerged today. Thomas Floyd, 62, from Florida, was arrested last September and, under a plea deal, was sentenced to five years probation and agreed to relinquish his dentist license. Under the agreement, the state agreed not to pursue additional charges against Floyd from any other known victims from his former dental practice. READ MORE HERE

Mother beat man to death with a baseball bat after her four-year-old daughter said he abused her

A 30-year-old woman has been arrested after she confessed to police she beat a homeless man to death with a baseball bat.  Forsythia Owen claimed she attacked Denzle Rainey in an alleyway where he had been sleeping rough because he allegedly molested her four-year-old daughter. As she was interviewed by police Owens, of Englewood, Colorado, allegedly swung her arms repeatedly as she demonstrated how she delivered the fatal blows.  Mr Rainey was found in the alley with serious injuries. He had a cracked skull, broken ribs and vital organs had been damaged.  A post-mortem examination showed his broken ribs had cut into his liver, Fox 13 reported. READ MORE HERE 

A Chilean judge ordered a probe Monday into allegations that a former army commander was responsible for the abduction and torture of three children during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. At the time of the alleged torture in 1973, the children were aged one, three and 12. The defendant, Juan Emilio Cheyre, was then a lieutenant in the army but he later served as army commander in chief, from 2002 to 2006. READ MORE HERE

Haleigh Cummings, 5, vanished from her own bed while her father was at work & his teen girlfriend was supposed to be babysitting. The babysitter, Misty Croslin, claimed she woke up at 3 a.m. and discovered Haleigh missing, the back door propped open with a cinder block. After intense and exhaustive searches for the little girl, interviews with key players, & even arrests, we are still no closer to finding out what happened to Haleigh Cummings. Could little Haleigh still be alive? Will a new age progressed photo help generate leads? Friday night, a deeper look inside the mysterious disappearance of Haleigh Cummings on Nancy Grace Mysteries at 8 & 11 p.m. ET on HLN. READ MORE HERE

PORT HURON, MI — Joe Guy and Jennifer Galvan, convicted of beating their 3-year-old daughter to death in 2010, are staying in prison. The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld their convictions Tuesday, rejecting their appeals of life sentences for felony murder, first-degree child abuse, torture and possession of marijuana. READ MORE HERE

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AT A GLANCE: THE PRHAZE GALVAN CASE

Sabrina Bonner Helped Partner Rape Son in Prison

CINCINNATI, W.VA — A priest charged with taking a 10-year-old boy to West Virginia for sex more than two decades ago was found guilty on Friday. Federal jurors in Cincinnati found Robert Poandl guilty of one count of transporting a minor in interstate commerce with the intent of engaging him in sex, a charge that carries a possible sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Poandl, from the suburban Cincinnati-based Glenmary Home Missioners, took the boy to Spencer on Aug. 3, 1991, and raped him while visiting a church there, prosecutors said. Poandl’s attorney, Stephen Wenke, told jurors the allegations were false and denied the boy was even on the trip. READ MORE HERE

Flanked by his family and a team of security guards, Rolf Harris cut a frail figure yesterday as he appeared in court for the first time to face sex abuse and child porn charges. He is facing nine charges of indecent assault relating to attacks on two girls aged 14 and 15 in the 1980s and claims that he made four indecent images of children last year. His counsel, Sonia Woodley QC, indicated that he would fight the charges. READ MORE HERE

A 45-year-old man from western Sweden has been charged on 25 counts of sex offences against children, including rape. The investigation against the man was opened when a 13-year-old girl committed suicide in Kumla in March. The man has now been charged for offences including gross exploitation of children for sexual posing, aggravated sexual abuse, child rape, molestation, and several cases of attempted aggravated child exploitation for posing. READ MORE HERE

The community is reacting to a new development in the case of teenage girl who went missing two years ago. Police announced Friday morning that they believe they have found the remains of 14-year-old Chyenne Kircher in the woods behind her home in East Dubuque. She disappeared in October of 2011, but a recent break in the case had agents with the FBI and Illinois State Police digging near the home where she lived with her mother, brother and stepfather. Earlier this week, they charged her stepfather with first degree murder. Terry Abbas is accused of strangling Chyenne, causing her death. While an autopsy will be conducted, police are convinced the remains belong to Chyenne. READ MORE HERE

A 60-year-old woman is under arrest in Missouri in connection with an alleged child abduction case that took place nearly 13 years ago in Florida, authorities said. Sandy Hatte, who is related to the child’s family, is accused of kidnapping an infant back in 2000, according to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office. “The dad was working, came home from work, and [Hatte] was gone with the baby,” Detective Eric Menconi of the Livingston County Sherriff’s Office told ABC News. “He hasn’t been able to find them since.” READ MORE HERE

EL CAJON, CA – Tassie Behrens, a 26-year-old California woman whose two toddlers drowned at a friend’s home four months ago, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of felony child abuse and drug violations in connection with their deaths, CBS affiliate KFMB reports. Behrens was taken into custody without incident at a motel in El Cajon late Thursday morning in connection with the deaths of her 1-year-old daughter, Harley Bradford, and her 2-year-old son, Jason Bradford, authorities say. READ MORE HERE

A Northern California woman who burned, whipped and brutalized her fiancé’s daughter while he was in prison has been convicted of torture and sentenced to life behind bars. A judge sentenced 37-year-old Duewa Lee immediately following her conviction by a jury on Thursday on 11 felony counts. Lee received an indeterminate life term on the torture conviction, plus another nine years for the other counts related to the abuses endured by the girl. The girl was 12 at the time of the abuse and is now 14. READ MORE HERE