DUBAI–She was sold by her own father, kept in captivity in the UAE and forced to work as a prostitute for several months – all before she had turned 15.

Now being cared for at a shelter in Dubai, the Arab girl – whose name, exact age and nationality are being withheld to protect her identity – is one of the most shocking examples of human trafficking to come to light in the Emirates.

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http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100909/NATIONAL/709089884/1040

Secrecy About Abuse Deaths Stirs a Storm

The department that investigates child abuse for Los Angeles County is under attack for allegedly hiding information about children who died under its watch – highlighting a perpetual and sensitive issue for public child protection agencies around the country.

As some of those agencies have found over the years, withholding information about the death of a child sometimes fuels its own controversy.

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http://www.youthtoday.org/publication/article.cfm?article_id=4284

A caretaker and two other woman who were watching a 2-year-old girl while her mother was out of town are charged with murder in connection with the toddler’s death.

Three women were indicted Monday on murder and other charges by a Columbia County grand jury, according to State Attorney Skip Jarvis Jr.

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http://www.news4jax.com/news/24922046/detail.html

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Racine, Wisconsin (The Weekly Vice)- Breanna Gering, a 23-year-old Franklin woman was charged Tuesday after she allegedly gave birth at the restaurant she worked at, placed the child in a trash bag and then threw the baby into a metal garbage bin.

According to Racine police, officers were called to Wheaton Franciscan-All Saints hospital on a report that Gering was being treated for heavy bleeding and abdominal cramps. Doctors believed that she had recently given birth, but she denied it.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/09/breanna-gering-charged-with-throwing.html

Livermore, CA – Gary Gomez is looking at attempted murder charges after an altercation with his 14-year-old son over the weekend. Gomez, his wife, his son and his son’s two friends were fishing at Bethany Reservoir late Sunday evening when one of the other boys decided he wanted to go home. This displeased Gomez – it was after midnight and he didn’t want to drive the kid home right that second. That displeased Gomez’s son – he was insistent that his father take his friend home. Tempers flared and an argument broke out. That led to a physical confrontation between father and son.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/09/08/police-man-stabbed-teen-son-11-times-during-fishing-trip/

Springfield, MO – Chilquitta Wane Favors, 25, has been charged in federal court with the attempted murder of her husband, Private Charles Favors, and their 10-month-old child. According to authorities, Chilquitta physically assaulted her husband last Friday and was ordered to have no contact with him. Paying no heed to said order, she reportedly slipped a foot-long chef’s knife into the sleeve of her jacket and set out to talk with her husband the very next day. When it was apparent that the man was not going to kiss and make up and was not going to allow her to take custody of her children, she pulled out the knife and got to stabbin‘.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/09/08/woman-accused-of-stabbing-husband-10-month-old-daughter/

23-year-old Cleveland man wanted on child rape charges: U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive of the Week

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Deputy marshals are asking for help to find 23-year-old fugitive Jovonnie Dillard on rape charges.
He is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in February 2009. An arrest warrant was issued Aug. 24, soon after the girl told her family she had been raped.

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http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/09/_us_marshals_fugitive_of_the_w.html

Calgary police are investigating the shocking assault of a young girl on Monday afternoon.

The girl was attacked in a field near Clarence Sansom Junior High, located in northeast Calgary, Alta.

The victim’s age has not been released, but police say the Child Abuse Unit was called in to investigate. The unit focuses on cases of sexual abuse “of children up to but not including 14 years of age at the time of the offence,” according to its website.

A West Palm Beach man has been arrested for hitting at least five children with the flat side of a machete and leaving bruises on their backs and chest.

Miky Sinaise, 29, faces aggravated child abuse and neglect charges after the Department of Children and Families called the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and asked them to meet at his home, said Teri Barbera, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office.

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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime/pbso-man-to-be-charged-with-child-abuse-902163.html?cxntcid=breaking_news

Brooklyn, New York (The Weekly Vice) – Carlotta Pierce, a 30-year-old Brooklyn woman, was arrested Friday after she allegedly starved, bound and beat her 4-year-old daughter to death.

According to Brooklyn Police, Pierce became upset when her daughter, weighing in at just 15 pounds, made a mess while sneaking food during the night.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/09/carlotta-pierce-jailed-after-police.html

Crawfordsville, IN – Ten-year-old Savannah Ross is dead because her mother’s boyfriend is an ignorant douche who apparently forgot the two most important rules of gun safety: 1) Always assume a gun is loaded. 2) Never allow the muzzle to point at anything you are not willing to see destroyed. Simple enough, right? Guess not. According to police, Steven Bixler, armed with a large caliber rifle, walked into a room where Savannah and three other children were playing Saturday afternoon, aimed and fired.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/09/07/10-year-old-girl-shot-and-killed-by-moms-boyfriend/

Yenny Valero, filed a notice of claim on Aug. 27 alleging her son — who has not been identified — was assaulted, sexually abused and raped at the Queens public school he attended during the 2009-10 school year. Valero claims the horrifying incident occurred on June 11 — just days before the school year ended.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/wpix-mom-claims-son-attacked,0,4694874.story

The girl was hospitalized in critical condition.

SANTA ANA — A driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI after his SUV hit nine people, dragging a woman and her two-year-old daughter more than 50 feet along a street in Santa Ana.

The accident happened around 7:50 p.m. Monday in the 1400 block of West McFadden Avenue, near Graham Lane, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertanga.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-santa-ana-girl-dragged,0,3661164.story

The vehicle rolled over in 9 feet of water.

APPLE VALLEY — An 16-month-old baby boy has died after the off-road vehicle he was riding in plunged into a spillway in Apple Valley. CHP detectives say the driver — the boy’s father — was driving under the influence.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/local/ktla-baby-drowns-mojave,0,3415002.story