DETROIT, MI– The Detroit family of a 14-year-old who was shot and killed in his own home is searching for answers about exactly what happened. Dontavis Jones was shot by a gun that was being held by his 18-year-old friend. The shooting happened late Saturday on Coplin in Detroit.
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DUNKLIN CO, Mo — A suspect in the disappearance of a 3-year-old Missouri girl last seen riding her bicycle was in custody Saturday, authorities announced. Authorities were searching for Breeann Rodriguez’ body and bicycle in an undisclosed area in Dunklin County, the Senath Police Department and Dunklin County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The unnamed suspect is from the area and is not related to the family, according to the statement. He was being held at the Dunklin County Justice Center pending formal charges.
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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-breeann-rodriguez-missing,0,5698725.story
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities on Saturday found two bodies inside an abandoned car one week after a man abducted his 2-year-old daughter, prompting a statewide Amber Alert. Madeline Layla Samaan-Fay was taken by her father in Sacramento on August 7, according to a press release from the FBI. Mourad “Moni” Samaan has partial custody of his daughter, Madeline, but failed to return her to her mother’s home over the weekend, according to FBI agent John Cauthen.
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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-amber-alert-missing-2-year-old,0,2909235.story
LAS CRUCES, N.M.- Las Cruces Police are looking for a 60-year-old Las Cruces man who has two arrest warrants for sexually assaulting a teenager and threatening to call immigration authorities if the girl acknowledged the abuse. Javier Mendez, 60, is charged with three counts of criminal sexual penetration of a child, and one count each of intimidation of a witness and stalking. Mendez is believed to still be in the Las Cruces area but he has family in El Paso, and could be in that city.
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Before he beat to death his 8-week-old daughter, an Easton man with a history of child abuse had taken the steps the system asked of him. Joseph A. Urquia had completed anger management and parenting classes, and followed the directions of his Northampton County caseworkers. Just the day before Urquia stuck baby Joselynn Urquia “at least twice” in the head, he’d gone to a health clinic where he received family therapy.
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http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-easton-baby-murder-probation-20110812,0,5048717.story
VANCOUVER — The RCMP is investigating allegations that at least 30 girls, aged 12 to 17, were sent from the Mormon community in Bountiful, B.C., to Texas as child brides. Police have been investigating since February this year, the RCMP said in a statement Thursday night. The allegations relate to events that may have occurred at least a decade ago but also as late as 2005 or early 2006, the RCMP said.
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Former child-star Corey Feldman is making some shocking claims in a new interview with ABC’s Nightline. The 40-year-old actor, who starred in hit films in the 1980s like “The Goonies” and “Stand By Me,” told Nightline that the biggest threat to children in show business is something that just isn’t talked about — pedophilia. “I can tell you that the number one problem in Hollywood was, and is, and always will be pedophilia. That’s the biggest problem for children in this industry… it’s all done under the radar. It’s the big secret,” he said.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/12/corey-feldman-pedophilia-is-hollywoods_n_925287.html
DES MOINES, Iowa — Police said a 48-year-old man has been charged with trying to lure a 13-year-old girl into a Des Moines alley. Polk County jail records indicate that Robert Harding, of Des Moines, is being held on two charges: enticing a minor under 16 and a parole violation.
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http://www.kcci.com/r/28832819/detail.html
SANTA ANA– A Santa Ana man charged in the beating death of an 18-month-old girl has been indicted on new child abuse charges dating back to 2009. Juan Carlos Aguilar, 25, has been indicted on one felony count of murder, one felony count of assault on child with force likely to produce great bodily injury resulting in death, and two felony counts of child abuse.
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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-santa-ana-toddler-squeezed-to-death,0,7150804.story
13-MO Toddler Suffered Over 47 Injuries At Time Of Death
Okay, first off I just want to say that this is one of those stories that will first make you angry, and by the time you have finished reading it you will be disgusted to no end. It might even make you cry.
Christopher Thomas was 13-months-old when he died at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin on November 11, 2008, only a day after sustaining yet another beating from his aunt and foster caregiver, Crystal Keith, now 25. But the issues that led to the infant’s untimely and violent death began months earlier and ultimately involved the torture of his 2-year-old baby sister. Both children, it turned out, were taken from their biological mother’s home in March 2008 by caseworkers from the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare and placed in Keith’s home.
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The ages of consent in North America for sexual activity vary by jurisdiction. The age of consent in Canada is 16 and all US states set their limits between 16 and 18. The ages of consent in the countries of Central America range from 15 to 18. The age of consent in Mexico is complex. Typically, Mexican states have a “primary” age of consent (which may be as low as 12), and sexual conduct with persons below that age is always illegal. Sexual relations between adults and teenagers are left in a legal gray area: laws against adults “corrupting” minors may be used sometimes to punish such sexual encounters, as well as laws against engaging in sexual relations with “chaste and honest” teenage girls by means of “seduction”. These laws are situational and are subject to interpretation.
Below is a list of all jurisdictions in North America:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#United_States_Virgin_Islands_.28United_States.29
READ MORE ABOUT “ROMEO & JULIET LAWS” HERE:
http://womensissues.about.com/od/datingandsex/a/Romeo_and_Julie.htm
James Lester Rogers – Sex Offender – Caught On Fair Grounds Dressed As Cookie Monster
Scott County, Iowa- James Lester Rogers, a 25-year-old registered sex offender was arrested again Friday when police found him dressed up in a Cookie Monster outfit talking to children. According to the Smith County Sheriff’s Office, Rogers was handing out fliers and posing with children for pictures when police discovered him at the Mississippi Valley Fair dressed in a Cookie Monster costume.
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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2011/08/james-lester-rogers-sex-offender-caught.html
The brutal murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky has rocked the Orthodox Jewish community into finally acknowledging that it needs more oversight to protect its children. The fact that Leiby Kletzky was allegedly kidnapped, drugged, smothered, dismembered and killed by Levi Aron, a member of the Orthodox world, has forced the community to reevaluate just how effective its approach to child safeguarding is.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/09/leiby-kletzky-murder-spur_n_922830.html
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