Arizona authorities are investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl, who police believe was the victim of prolonged physical and sexual abuse and weighed only 15 pounds when she was hospitalized. On May 23, the El Mirage Fire Department was called to the girl’s home in Surprise to provide emergency medical treatment to the unresponsive child, identified as 3-year-old Alexandra Velazco-Tercerro. Alexandra remained unresponsive and was transported to a hospital, where additional life-saving measures were attempted, according to authorities. READ MORE HERE

Body Identified as Jadianna Larsen; Mother’s Boyfriend Arrested

SACRAMENTO, California – A man has been arrested in the disappearance and death of 6-year-old Jadianna Larsen. Jadianna was first reported missing Thursday morning around 11 a.m. by her mother’s boyfriend, 25-year-old Juan Rivera. Rivera, who was Jadianna’s caretaker, told investigators that he had a “medical emergency” and woke up to find the girl missing. READ MORE HERE

A Washington father of 12 has been arrested for allegedly beating, starving and raping his children as part of a cult.  “These children were held against their will, denied nutrition, denied medical care, and physically and sexually abused,” Scott Wilson, of the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, told Q13 Fox. “It’s one of the worst cases of abuse we’ve ever seen.” READ MORE HERE

Boyfriend charged with killing 18-month-old is also person of interest in 21-month-old’s death

JACKSON, Michigan – One day before he was arrested for allegedly killing an 18-month-old in March, Scott Jurewicz became a suspect in the death of a second child, a 21-month-old Summit Township boy. While Prosecutor Jerry Jarzynka was waiting to press any criminal charge until his office received what he said was a critical medical report, Scott Jurewicz, 27, began a relationship with another woman. He was living in her home near Vandercook Lake when her son was found dead Thursday, May 21, according to court records. READ MORE HERE

A Republic man was arrested after a manhunt in Mississippi, and he is now facing 11 felony charges in Greene County for allegedly molesting and sodomizing an 8-year-old girl. Donovan B. Lipich, 44, was charged Wednesday with five counts of statutory sodomy, five counts of child molestation and one count of attempted statutory rape. According to court documents, an 8-year-old girl told authorities Lipich had been molesting her since she was 7 — touching her inappropriately, forcing her to touch him and forcing her to perform sex acts on him. READ MORE HERE

FLORIDA – Two brothers stand accused of repeatedly raping a girl living in their West Palm Beach home for at least the last three years. Facing hundreds of charges of sexual assault against the girl who is now 13, the two are being held without bail in the county jail. West Palm Beach police say Noe Ramos, 28, and Uriel Ramos, 26, confessed to the crimes, which amounted to each man raping the girl multiple times a week. READ MORE HERE

LONDON — The extraordinary scale of sexual abuse perpetrated against children by British VIPs was laid bare on Wednesday when officials disclosed that they were investigating allegations against 76 politicians and almost 250 “persons of public prominence.” Thousands of victims have come forward since police forces launched a series of investigations into child abuse that went unpunished for decades. In total, police are investigating 1,433 suspects as part of inquiries into abuse within institutions or committed by prominent men. READ MORE HERE

More than 260 celebrities and politicians among 1,400 child sex-abuse suspects in U.K. investigation

An autopsy to be performed on Thursday may help Bellefontaine authorities determine how a 5-year-old boy died early Wednesday. Just after noon on Monday, a woman called 911 seeking medical attention for her boyfriend’s son, Michael G. Barton. “He’s 5 years old. He is not breathing and we’re not feeling a heartbeat,” Skybree Schindler said from her home in Bellefontaine. Dispatchers instructed Schindler and the boy’s father, Anthony Barton, 24, also of Bellfontaine St., to perform CPR until medics arrived. As Schindler talks to dispatchers, Barton can be heard in the background saying, “Come on buddy. We’ve done this before. Come on.” The boy was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead just before 1 a.m. Wednesday. READ MORE HERE

Mom signs consent for son’s circumcision to get out of jail

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida—With handcuffs on her wrists and tears rolling down her cheeks, Heather Hironimus looked up to the courtroom ceiling, briefly clasped her hands together in prayer, and finally picked up her attorney’s pen. The 31-year-old West Boynton mom — jailed since May 14 for defying a judge’s custody order and refusing to let her 4 1/2-year-old son be circumcised — gave her consent to the procedure wanted by the boy’s dad, Dennis Nebus, of Boca Raton. READ MORE HERE

Crying and shackled, mother consents to son’s circumcision after being jailed

Heather Hironimus bullied into signing circumcision

DPD Larger Suspect Sketch

Detroit police have released the sketch of a man suspected in four separate reports of attempted abductions in the area of West Chicago and Evergreen Road on the city’s west side. On Tuesday, a 14-year-old girl was dragged into an alley near Livernois Avenue and Cortland Street in Detroit. She was raped by a man wearing a mask. Police also are investigating four attempted abductions of girls aged 14-17 just a few miles away from where Tuesday’s attack happened. Young teen girls are being targeted as they walk to school by a predator trying to drag them into his car. READ MORE HERE

An assistant principal from Sydney’s west has been charged with alleged child grooming offences and possession of child abuse material. Homebush Public School teacher Alexander Gollan was arrested about 6.30pm on Wednesday and charged with inciting a victim under 10 years to commit an indecent act. Police said they were made aware of the suspicious activities of a man who was allegedly using a social media platform to engage in indecent conversations with a nine-year-old girl in September last year. READ MORE HERE

Schoolgirls abused by 60 men in child sex ring

ST. LOUIS  – A former human resources director for the city police who later worked as a ranger for the St. Louis Zoo has been charged with child molestation and rape, according to court documents. The circuit attorney’s office charged Larry Brockelsby, 73, of the first block of Walton Court in O’Fallon, Mo., with six counts of sex crimes including rape, statutory sodomy, child molestation and statutory rape. The charges allege that Brockelsby attacked two girls, between the ages of 12 and 14, in 2003 and 2006 when he lived in the 6500 block of Murdoch Avenue in St. Louis. The street is known during the holidays as “Candy Cane Lane” for its extravagant Christmas decorations. READ MORE HERE

The functioning of women and child development ministry’s nodal agency, which handles adoption requests, has come under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court. The apex court has expressed its concern over increasing complaints of overseas child trafficking in the garb of adoption. The court is hearing a PIL by NGOs Advait Foundation and Sakhee seeking a moratorium on foreigners adopting Indian children, alleging that many children who are being illegally taken away to foreign countries faced post-adoption abuse. READ MORE HERE