Man, 24, ‘beat his girlfriend’s one-year-old boy to death with a leather belt because he urinated on him during a diaper change’

A 24-year-old man allegedly beat his girlfriend’s baby boy to death with a leather belt because he urinated on him during a diaper change. Austin Hamilton is charged with first degree murder and aggravated child abuse for allegedly ‘losing control’ and repeatedly hitting one-year-old Sincere Williams on Saturday. Sincere died in hospital, with the medical examiner ruling the death a homicide. READ MORE HERE

PENNSYLVANIA – Today WNEP.com reported Pennsylvania State Police have charged 22 year old Tara Paltanavage with abuse of corpse and concealing the death of a baby girl. Pennsylvania State Police spent several hours searching through a trash covered lawn for evidence after a baby was found dead in the trash at a local residence. The coroner told WNEP the “body of a newborn was found in the trash early Tuesday morning along Winfield Drive near Middleport.” It remains unclear how the baby girl died, but an autopsy on the infant is scheduled for Wednesday. READ MORE HERE

Police: Woman in custody in death of daughter

UPDATE:  CANNON BEACH, OR— The mother of a toddler found dead at a coastal Oregon resort has been taken into custody, authorities said Sunday night. Jessica Smith, 40, faces charges of aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder, Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis said. READ MORE HERE

No bail for mom accused of killing 2-yo

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2-YO Toddler found dead at Oregon resort; mom sought
PORTLAND, Oregon — A hotel housekeeper discovered an injured 13-year-old girl and the body of her 2-year-old sister at an inn on the Oregon Coast on Friday, and police were searching for their mother. Cannon Beach Police Chief Jason Schermerhorn said Jessica Smith, 40, of Goldendale, Washington, is a person of interest in the case and investigators want to make sure she’s safe. He asked the public to be on the lookout for a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban that’s gold and has the Washington license plate, APX 3141.  READ MORE HERE

Police looking for Washington mom

Washington mother sought in 2-year-old’s death

Dead toddler, severely injured child found in Cannon Beach

14-YO Armada, MI teen, April Millsap, killed while out walking her dog

ARMADA, Michigan -Police say the body of 14-year-old girl, April Millsap, has been found in a wooded area near a recreational trail in the Macomb County village of Armada.  Police say her death has been ruled a homicide. Armada Police Chief Howard Smith says April took the family dog for a walk on the Macomb Orchard Trail around dinner time on Thursday. Around 8:20 p.m., two people walking on the trail were led by April’s dog to her body. Police say the dog stayed over April, wandering back and forth to the path, seemingly looking for help. Her body was 15 to 20 feet off the trail. READ MORE HERE

April text to boyfriend: ‘I think I’m about to be abducted’

Murder investigation under way 

Teen’s murder shocks Michigan village – USA Today

Family dog protects body of slain 14-year-old girl 

April Millsap: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Death of Armada teen, April Millsap, ruled a homicide

Teen’s body found in wooded area of Armada

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Mom’s Ex-Boyfriend Arrested

Believing his ex-girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter caused their break up — a 42-year-old man snuck into the home and stabbed the 6^th grader to death in gruesome fashion, authorities claim. Investigators say the wounds were extremely gruesome.  Miami police say 11-year-old Marta Guzman did not slash her own wrists, or commit suicide. The Little Havana girl was found unresponsive at her own home on June 22. According to an arrest affidavit, police responded to the Little Havana apartment where Marta lived with her mother, Amaury Alvarenga. Alvarenga called police after arriving home around 2:30 pm to find her daughter’s neck and wrists slashed. READ MORE HERE

Missing pregnant woman found dead, her boyfriend found dead, and gunman commits suicide after police chase

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Pregnant teen strangled, boyfriend decapitated in Craigslist sex case

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A missing pregnant woman has been found dead in the trunk of a vehicle that was driven by the suspect in her boyfriend’s homicide, and police say the accused killer committed suicide while in a car chase with authorities Thursday night. The deaths of 18-year-old Brooke Slocum and the suspect come after Wyoming police found her boyfriend, Charles Oppenneer, dead in Gezon Park on Wednesday, July 16. READ MORE HERE

UPDATE: Triple homicide: Complete coverage of Brady Oestrike’s victims, his suicide, crime details

Missing pregnant woman’s father’s concern: ‘There (was) nothing out of line whatsoever’

Brooke Slocum: Friends, family mourn on social media for missing woman found dead

BROOKE SLOCUM’S FACEBOOK MEMORIAL PAGE

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Brady Oestrike, 31, identified as suspect who killed man, teen girlfriend, unborn baby and himself

WYOMING, MI — Police identified Brady Oestrike, 31, of Wyoming, as the suspect who committed suicide Thursday after what police are calling a triple homicide. Charlie Oppenneer, 25, was found dead near Gezon Park on Wednesday and police were looking for his missing girlfriend, 18-year Brooke Slocum, who was eight months pregnant. Police identified Oestrike as a possible suspect, through Internet contact he had with Slocum, and planned to execute a search warrant at his residence near Porter Street SW and Taft Avenue. READ MORE HERE

KILLER’S FACEBOOK PAGE

Craigslist connection in triple homicide: Brady Oestrike connected online with slain pregnant teen

‘Abused children’ rescued in Mexico

Mexican police have rescued more than 450 children they believe were abused at a children’s home in Zamora in the western state of Michoacan. They were allegedly subject to sexual abuse and forced to beg on the streets. The owner, Rosa del Carmen Verduzco, and eight employees at the House of the Big Family have been arrested. Correspondents say it is one of Mexico’s worst incidents of alleged child abuse at a children’s institution in many years. READ MORE HERE

450 Children Rescued From Rat-Infested Refuge

Mexico rescues 458 children from squalid refuge

Parents and five kids refused to tell gunman where his ex-wife was before he tied up and killed all but one of them in their home

Four children and their parents who were allegedly murdered by a crazed uncle Wednesday night heroically refused to tell the gunman where his ex-wife was, prompting him to tie them up and shoot them in the back of the head, authorities said. The incredible bravery was revealed as it emerged Ronald Lee Haskell, 33, had taped his own mother to a chair a week ago, choked her and threatened to kill her for speaking to his ex-wife, according to police records obtained by ABC News. The lone survivor of the suburban Houston attack, the slain couple’s 15-year-old daughter, suffered a fractured skull when a bullet grazed her head. READ MORE HERE

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Ronald Lee Haskell

Ronald Lee Haskell has been charged with capital murder in the deaths of six people during Houston rampage. 

Who is Ronald Lee Haskell?

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Strangers donate more than $277,000 to heroine, 15, who saved her grandparents after uncle shot dead her family in Houston massacre

A Queens mom made one of the sickest Facebook status updates ever, posting pictures of her dead baby’s corpse after smothering the helpless tot at bedtime, ­authorities said Tuesday. Nicole “Nikki” Kelly uploaded an image of 11-month-old Kiam Felix Jr. lying in a white suit and tie with the caption “RIP Tinkabutt,” alongside a picture of his body in a hospital bed. She also posted a rambling Facebook screed in which she admitted she failed to “protect” the boy. READ MORE HERE

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‘I didn’t want him anymore,’ says mother charged in baby boy’s death

Child abuse investigation: Evidence of ’20 prominent figures’

There is evidence at least 20 prominent pedophiles – including former MPs and government ministers – abused children for “decades”, a former child protection manager has claimed. Peter McKelvie, whose allegations led initially to a 2012 police inquiry, said a “powerful elite” of pedophiles carried out “the worst form” of abuse. He said the network extended into both the House of Lords and the Commons. The government has already announced two reviews into claims of abuse. Home Secretary Theresa May told the House of Commons the first review would be a wide-ranging inquiry – similar to the inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster – led by an independent panel of experts on law and child protection. READ MORE HERE

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Britain Rocked by Politician Child Abuse

Westminster child abuse probe will leave no stone unturned

Prominent public figures including civil servants and MPs thought to be among names implicated in report of child sex abuse

Paedophile at the Home Office: He boasted of storing PIE files where police would never discover them

Home Office gave money to groups linked to paedophiles: As two abuse inquiries are launched, Whitehall investigation finds nearly £500,000 was granted to organisations

New fears of a cover-up over VIP abusers as calls for inquiry

Extraordinary new claims pointing to an Establishment cover-up of child sex abuse by senior politicians emerged last night. Home Secretary Theresa May faces questions from MPs over accusations that politicians, the police and even her own officials have suppressed allegations against powerful individuals for decades. Some 114 files ‘potentially relevant’ to child abuse are now known to have been lost or destroyed by the Home Office. READ MORE HERE

New twist in Westminster scandal: 114 secret files on paedophile cases missing, admits Government

There may have been establishment cover-up of child abuse claims to ‘protect the system’, says Lord Tebbit

Israeli searchers on Monday discovered the bodies of three Israeli teenagers, who were abducted on June 12, north of Hebron in the West Bank. The bodies were found near Halhul on Monday afternoon. Israeli security forces, which had been conducting extensive searches in the area, sealed off the area and declared it a closed military zone. Hebron was also sealed off. A search team from the local Kfar Etzion field school, along with IDF soldiers from an elite unit, found the teens. The local volunteers had been asking for two weeks to join the search. READ MORE HERE

Misty Stoddard, 37, has been convicted of the first-degree murder of her stepdaughter, Melissa Stoddard, 11

A southwest Florida woman will now spend the rest of her life in prison after being found guilty of killing her autistic stepdaughter by gagging her so tightly the little girl became brain dead. Misty Stoddard, 37, blinked away tears after a Sarasota jury took just two and a half hours to convict her of the first-degree murder of 11-year-old Melissa Stoddard on Friday. Melissa died of suffocation in December 2012 after being tied to a wooden plank with her mouth duct-taped shut. She had moved in with her father and his second wife – Misty – just five months earlier to escape her mothers abusive household in North Carolina. READ MORE HERE

A Queensland girl who was repeatedly bashed with a metal pole by her mother asked the woman to pray for her hours before she died alone and in pain. The horrific abuse the eight-year-old was subjected to in the days leading up to her death in Cairns in 2011 was outlined by a Coroner on Friday. “I flogged her with the vacuum pole in her room and kept hitting her and hitting her,” the girl’s mother told police after the death. The girl was beaten with the pole on three occasions between November 22 and 28, 2011. During the days in between she lay in bed in pain. READ MORE HERE