A father pleads guilty to killing his three young daughters.  Aaron Schaffhausen, 35, changed his pleas Thursday to guilty but insane in the killings of his three young daughters last summer in Wisconsin. With the plea change, prosecutors won’t have to prove Schaffhausen killed his daughters and or that he tried to set fire to their River Falls home last July. READ MORE HERE

Neither party seems completely innocent in this situation.  A 41-year-old man, who has remained unidentified, told police he was robbed at gunpoint – by the 16-year-old girl he had met on Facebook that he was trying to have sex with. According to The Indystar, the man had met the unidentified 16-year-old girl on Facebook and was supposed to meet up with her for sex. READ MORE HERE

Shooting near golf course is deemed murder-suicide

The investigation into Tuesday evening’s murder-suicide at the Wispering Woods apartment complex that left a mother and daughter dead with gunshot wounds to the head should close within the next few days. Leon County Sheriff’s Office Spokesman Lt. James McQuaig said the investigation into the deaths of Jenna Porter, 22, and her 3-year-old daughter, Scarlett Porter, is mostly complete. Investigators are finishing up their reports and waiting on final autopsy results. READ MORE HERE

SOUTH LOS ANGELES — A mistrial was declared Friday after jurors deadlocked in the trial of a gang member charged in the killing of a 5-year-old boy wearing a Spider-Man costume. Aaron Shannon Jr. was dressed in a red-and-blue Spider-Man costume, having his picture taken by his grandfather in the family yard, when shots rang out on Halloween 2010. He was hit in the head as he ran away. He later died. READ MORE HERE

A family’s prayers were answered.  An unidentified 10-year old girl from Northridge, California has been found after being kidnapped from her home. Police are relieved but still searching for multiple suspects following the recovery of a 10-year old missing girl. The young victim, whose memory authorities say has been effected by trauma, recalls being taken by two men and held in several locations. READ MORE HERE

Kidnapped Northridge girl was sexually assaulted, police say

Two males sought in abduction of 10–year–old girl 

Tipline Set Up in Northridge Kidnapping Case

MI — A Farmington Hills substitute teacher has been charged with criminal sexual conduct for an incident with a student under thirteen. Fifty-eight-year-old Andrew Howell was arrested Tuesday for an incident that happened during school hours at Hillside Elementary School in Farmington Hills school on March 19. Howell has been a substitute teacher for over 25 years. READ MORE HERE

Police release details about alleged abuse of Lubbock toddler

LUBBOCK, TX — On Tuesday, police released Johnny Herrera’s arrest warrant, giving us a disturbing look into what allegedly sent his 16-month-old daughter to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Saturday night, the toddler was unresponsive when she was taken to the hospital and is still in critical condition. The child’s father, Johnny Herrera, 27, was arrested and charged with intentionally causing injury to a child on Sunday. The arrest warrant contains a long list of injuries police say the child sustained, including what looks like a bite mark on her cheek and severe head trauma with bleeding and swelling. Even more disturbing, the warrant says Herrera’s two other children witnessed their father abusing the little girl over and over. READ MORE HERE

UNION, New Jersey — A naked, malnourished 4-year-old boy found inside an apartment with the body of his mother, dead for days, had resorted to eating from a bag of sugar and weighed only 26 pounds, well below normal, police said Wednesday as adoption offers poured in from around the world. One of the officers who helped save the boy, spoke out to Eyewitness News. “He said his mommy was sick and he tried to help her, and we said, ‘You did a great job buddy,'” said Police Officer Sylvia Dimenna, Union Township Police Department. READ MORE HERE

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This boy should be an inspiration to everyone.  Youssif was just 5 years old when masked men doused him in gasoline and set him on fire outside his home in Iraq, but now five years later, he is a beaming happy child living the American Dream in California.  In 2007, outside his home in Baghdad, a group of masked men covered Youssif with gasoline and set his face on fire while he was trying to play, reports CNN.  READ MORE  HERE

Father Murders Son, Injures Ex-Wife Before Killing Himself 

A routine custody visit escalated into an “indescribable” tragedy. Kenneth Ayers, 52, of Petersburg, PA, took his own life Saturday morning after killing his two-year-old son and seriously wounding his estranged wife Holly Jo Ayers in her home about 20 miles southwest of State College.  READ MORE HERE

KELSEY’S LAW IN EFFECT STARTING THURSDAY! 

SOUTHFIELD, MI — A new law banning young drivers from talking on the phone while behind-the-wheel goes into effect on Thursday.  However, it is a good idea for drivers of all ages to follow the new rule. This month, Kelsey’s law will be enforced for young drivers. “Kelsey’s law, which takes effect, kind of affects graduated drivers, I think it’s Level 1 and 2, where they’re actually not allowed to talk on the cell phone, either,” Shaw said. READ MORE HERE

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The 21-year-old man who is accused of raping the 11-year-old daughter of his girlfriend had his bail amount tripled today from $50,000 to $150,000. The bail increase comes the same day that the victim gave birth to the rapist’s baby. The child’s sex has not been revealed but it is said to be healthy. Investigators say the sexual abuse occurred over the course of a year when the accused man, Deandre Devon Davis-Williams, would sneak into the girl’s Houston apartment and rape her while her mother was away at work. READ MORE HERE

Employees at a megachurch in Oklahoma have come under legal scrutiny for waiting two weeks to report the rape of a teenage girl. John and Charica Daugherty, youth pastors at the Victory Christian Center, were arrested in September for ‘failing to promptly report child abuse’ after a 13-year-old girl was raped in a church stairwell by an employee of the church, Chris Denman, 20.  According to the Associated Press, the two had declined a plea deal and were set to appear before a jury trial in May before Judge Bill Hiddle intervened and gave them five-year deferred sentences with no jail time. READ MORE HERE

There is a growing outrage as more people hear about a Weslaco-area mother accused of holding her 2-year-old son’s hand on a hot stove.  The child’s hand was burned so badly he had to be treated at a hospital burn center in Galveston.  The mother, Claudia Ponce, claimed the boy burned his hand on a pot of hot soup, but investigators say the severity of the injuries were not consistent with an accidental burn.  READ MORE HERE