A Salt Lake City mother was charged with child abuse homicide on Wednesday for the February death of her 10-year-old son. On Feb. 20, April Ann Baker, 31, left her son Braedon Baker unattended in the bathtub where he drowned, police reports state. Braedon had been diagnosed with epilepsy in 2009 and was prone to seizure attacks at the time of the incident.

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State agencies that deal with animal abuse are preparing to share that information with authorities that investigate abuse of spouses and children. On Oct. 1, the law goes into effect that requires animal control officers and social workers with the state Department of Children and Families to share information on cases. “Statistics show us that when an animal is being abused in a household, there is an 80 percent chance that a child in the same household is also being abused. This bill sends a strong message that animal cruelty will be taken seriously in Connecticut,” North Stonington State Rep. Diana Urban, who pushed for the law, said in a written statement.

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WHITTIER, CA– A convicted child molester was arrested at a West Whittier library after allegedly asking a teenage boy to go home with him, police said. 48-year-old Michael Pappas, of Whittier, was taken into custody around 3 p.m. Wednesday at Sorensen Library.
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Oklahoma City police arrested a woman accused of forcing a 5-year-old girl in her home to live in a closet among her own urine and feces. The girl, who weighs only 19 pounds, was taken to a hospital. Asusena Marie Gonzales, 31, was arrested Monday on a complaint of child neglect and seven city warrants, including disorderly conduct. She was booked in the Oklahoma County jail but has been released on $20,000 bond.

FLINT — A preliminary examination in the case of the people vs. Donovan Lamar Haynes got underway today in Flint.  Haynes, of Flint Township, is accused of actions that resulted in the death of his daughter, 2 year old Ti’Airra Woodward. The responding officer, Officer Robert Cavett took the stand and testified that upon arriving at the home he observed Haynes mother doing chest compressions on the little girl, with the defendant standing nearby.  He said when he took over CPR the little girl had “no pulse or heartbeat, and was cold to the touch”.  Cavett also identified photos of what were described as “large bite marks” on the girls thigh, arms, chest and face.

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Gadsden, AL – Etowah County investigators have arrested and charged a woman from Glencoe with Torture/Willful Abuse of a Child. According to Sheriff Todd Entrekin, 40 year old Tracy Payne McCord abused a 12 year old special needs child multiple times over a six month period at a home in Glencoe. The child was taken to a local hospital for treatment and later released.

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CORONADO, CA – Authorities continue to investigate a possible link between the deaths of a multi-millionaire’s girlfriend and 6-year-old son at Spreckels Mansion in Coronado. Police were called to the seaside home of of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp founder and CEO Jonah Shacknai around 10 a.m. July 11 after his 6-year-old son, Max, was critically injured from what police said was reported as a fall from a staircase in the home, Coronado Police Chief Louis Scanlon said. The boy later died of his injuries.

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TOO MUCH, TOO SOON?

“The Breast Milk Baby” doll is coming to America. It’s a doll that comes with a halter top that enables little girls to simulate breast feeding. The company who makes it claims the doll lets young girls express their love and affection in the most natural way possible by simulating natural nursing. While it’s a hit in some countries, many people aren’t excited about it coming here? Educational? Or is it too much? We showed the breast milk baby commercial to women and men but who better to talk to than a breastfeeding mom.

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“The accused priest has admitted the allegations made against him in police questioning,” the local police stated on their website on Sunday without naming the priest.  An investigation into the case had commenced in early July, Reuters reported.  Joachim Geyer, the spokesperson for the prosecutors’ office in the German city of Braunschweig, said an arrest warrant had been issued against the priest.  The alleged abuse, however, had taken place some years ago.

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Persistent management lapses and a poor use of technology continue to hobble Los Angeles County’s child welfare system, and two high-profile child fatalities from last year have been newly tied to the breakdowns, according to records and interviews. A special counsel acting for the Board of Supervisors has found that despite pledges to fix the problems, social workers still do not fully retrieve and evaluate case files electronically during home inspections. Not enough equipment is available, officials contend, and it often doesn’t work.

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Charlotte, North Carolina – Darlene Enos, 35, and Vincent McDougald, 41, have been arrested after the pair allegedly molested the woman’s 1-year-old child. According to the New Hanover Sheriff’s Office, an investigation was launched in late June after a woman called and told detectives that she had chatted on Yahoo Instant Messenger with a man who admitted to having sex with a woman’s little girl.

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A Vancouver woman created a strange situation Thursday when she attempted to sell her newborn infant boy to a woman eating at a Taco Bell restaurant, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Her sale price was reportedly $500 for the 3-day-old boy. The woman solicited for the purchase was alarmed enough by the offer to call 9-1-1 from a nearby motel at the 6700 block of Highway 99.

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