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“Justice for Lily”–Sex Charge Reinstated Against MI Child Killer

Posted by Sandra On August - 1 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Sex charge reinstated against woman accused in death of stepdaughter, 2

Mount Clemens, MI— A judge today reinstated criminal sexual conduct charges for a woman awaiting trial in the death of her 2-year-old stepdaughter. Macomb County Circuit Judge Diane Druzinski made the ruling today during a hearing for Renee Marie King. The 29-year-old New Haven woman is facing life in prison on charges of felony murder and first-degree child abuse in the Nov. 20, 2010, death of Lily Lynette Furneaux-Wolfenbarger.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Hierarchy Now Faces Charges of Child Abuse

Posted by Sandra On August - 1 - 2011 1 COMMENT

The worldwide religious and corporate hierarchy of the Jehovah’s Witnesses was last week formally charged in the State of Victoria, Australia, with committing criminal offenses of child abuse. Criminal charges were formally filed on July 26th, in the Magistrates’ court of Victoria, Australia, against the organization’s entire hierarchy over alleged breaches of the Victorian Working with Children Act 2005, an act applying especially to “religious organizations.”

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Dad Admits To Abusing Disabled Daughter

Posted by Sandra On August - 1 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Dad: "I just lost it" in disabled daughter beating, report says

YORK, S.C.- A 68-year-old man has been arrested after he is accused of beating and threatening to kill his disabled daughter. According to a York Police report, officers were called to the home of 68-year-old Robert Bruszenski on East Jefferson Street around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday night. Bruszenski called police and told officers that he had beaten his 40-year-old daughter who is confined to a wheelchair and if they didn’t come soon, he would kill her, the report states.

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Adoptive Parents Accused of Torture

Posted by Sandra On August - 1 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

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SANFORD – A husband and wife who adopted a 9-year-old boy and his 6-year-old sister then spanked them until they were bloody and punished them by starving them are to be sentenced this afternoon. Pamela Hardy, 47, of Altamonte Springs, the primary abuser, faces a minimum of 11 years in prison and a maximum of 70 years. She pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse and child neglect in June.

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Texas Agencies Failed to Rescue Lilly Manning

Posted by Sandra On July - 31 - 2011 1 COMMENT

Lilly Manning was 15 when she escaped from a cramped closet in south Sacramento, after being stabbed and beaten and shoved into the darkness. This time, she said, she knew she would have to save herself. Government documents confirm she was right. Four different agencies visited the family at least 11 times on reports of suspected abuse or neglect in a five-year period but did not move to protect her or her siblings.

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Abuse Victim: Beaten, Forced to Eat Dog Poop and Hot Sauce

Posted by Sandra On July - 31 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Ame Deal, a 10-year-old girl, was discovered dead in a locked airtight storage bin outside her family’s house in Phoenix, Arizona, and despite her relatives’ claim that she had accidentally locked herself inside while playing hide-and-seek, the authorities suspect foul play and said she is the victim of child abuse.

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