OXFORD, Mass. – A man who had recently separated from his wife shot his two children, killing his 7-year-old daughter, before committing suicide, prosecutors said. A family member called police Saturday night after finding the bodies of 41-year-old Daryl Benway and his daughter, Abigail, in the master bedroom of their two-story Oxford home, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said. READ MORE HERE

A marine is now charged with rape and a fellow marine is charged as an accessory after Onslow County deputies say they took girls to a hotel and they were reported missing. Chandler Bible is charged with first degree rape and Ethan Lee is charged with accessory after the fact.  READ MORE HERE

Attorneys representing a 17-year-old boy accused of killing another teen told jurors Friday that their client has suffered from various mental disorders since he was a child and some of this mental problems can be linked to sexual abuse. But prosecutors told jurors defendant Alex Medina, of Ojai, is a malingerer and manipulator who trying to get out of a long prison sentence for first-degree murder.  READ MORE HERE

As long ago as 1932, the MP Colonel Wedgwood (direct descendent of the famous potter) spoke in parliament on the ‘horrible practice of female circumcision’ that he had seen in Kenya and questioned any acceptance of ‘their customs…their cruelties’. It’s a practice that involves the partial to complete removal of a girl’s external genitals which inevitably has a severely damaging impact on her physical, sexual and mental health.  READ MORE HERE

A convicted child rapist sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl after spiking her Fruit Shoot drink with vodka while on bail for another sex attack on a youngster. Twisted Samuel Omar, 64, was given the opportunity to offend again after his court case for a vile attack on a young girl was delayed because of government funding cutbacks.  The pedophile had been due to stand trial in May for sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl last July and superimposing her face onto pictures of topless models. READ MORE HERE

WOODSTOCK, Ill.—  The nephew of infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy is facing his own legal woes as he stands trial in McHenry County this week on sexual assault and abuse charges. Raymond Kasper, 49, is accused of predatory criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse against a girl under the age of 13.  READ MORE HERE

23 years ago, Kelley Currin was forced into signing a non-disclosure agreement in which her swim coach, Rick Curl, would pay her and her parents $150,000 dollars in exchange for their silence on Curl and Currin’s sexual relationship.  READ MORE HERE

In Joplin, Missouri, Beth Williams, 26, and her roommate Christina Haidle, 27, starved Williams’ 3-year-old daughter to the point where she only weighed 12 pounds, 9 ounces, had a low heartbeat, and a temperature too low to register.  READ MORE HERE

LANCASTER, Ohio — A couple accused of locking their 4-year-old child in a bed after deputies discovered the child’s bed wrapped in steel mesh and equipped with a sliding latch were indicted Friday on 30 counts ranging from kidnapping to child endangerment. Russell D. Terry, 34, and Jamie M. Curnell, 32, each were charged with 10 counts of abduction, all third-degree felonies; 10 counts of kidnapping, all first-degree felonies; and 10 counts of endangering children, all third degree felonies. A Fairfield County grand jury indicted Terry and Curnell on Friday. READ MORE HERE

DETROIT  – Police sources believe two bodies found Friday morning are those of missing Westland teens Jourdan Bobbish and Jacob Kudla. Their bodies were found face down, next to one another, in a field near Lyford Avenue and Gilbo Street, on Detroit’s east side. That field is adjacent to Detroit’s City Airport.  READ MORE HERE

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Vigil held for Westland teens

Ex-cons tied to Westland teens’ car

Allen Charles Davidson, 38, of Paradise Hill leaves Battleford Court of Queen’s Bench on July 20 after pleading guily to manslaughter. He was given a 10-year sentence in relation to the death of a 13-month-old infant who was in foster care at the time of his death.

The Saskatchewan Social Services Ministry is conducting an internal review of the foster care system after a man with 85 prior convictions pleaded guilty to the death of a 13-month-old boy left in his care. Andrea Brittin, the acting assistant deputy minister of child and family services, said a child death review is under way. However, because it is an internal review, the findings will not be made public. READ MORE HERE

70-YO inmate linked to unsolved child rapes and murders in 1970s

Man High On Bath Salts Savagely Beat Girl, 7, While Trying To Steal Her Bicycle

34-year-old Byron Syvinski was high on bath salts when he viciously attacked 7-year-old Am-Marie Martin in order to obtain her bicycle. Syvinski aggressively knocked the girl unconscious while under the influence of bath salts, resulting in severe fractures on Am-Marie’s skull.  READ MORE HERE

Crime Stoppers to offer $25,000 reward in case of missing teens

DETROIT — Two teenagers from Westland have been missing since Sunday night.  As worried family members search for clues, Crime Stoppers is ready to announce a big reward for their safe return. Minutes before we showed up at his east side residence Wednesday, Detroit Police questioned Jake Kudla’s uncle.  We asked him why he was questioned. “Because I’m Jake’s uncle, and I’m the last one to see him.” 18-year-old Jake Kudla and his 17-year-old friend, Jourdan Bobbish, were at the uncle’s home Sunday night, never to be seen or heard from again.  READ MORE HERE