LONG BEACH– The body of a 9-year-old girl was found in Long Beach on Saturday. Police said a young girl was found dead with lacerations to her chest. A man with self-inflicted lacerations was transported to a nearby hospital. The two people involved were a parent and a child, police said. They were believed to be residents of Long Beach. READ MORE HERE

Man Guilty of Raping Disabled 7-year-old Girl

HUNTINGTON BEACH — A 30-year old man has been found guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 7-year old developmentally disabled girl. Daniel Vlas Flores, 30, was convicted of kidnapping to commit a sexual offense, sexual intercourse, sodomy and sexual penetration of a child 10 years old or younger, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office. READ MORE HERE

16-YO Missing Honor Student’s Killer Arrested

BALTIMORE, MD — A Baltimore man has been indicted on a charge of first degree murder in the death of Phylicia Barnes, a North Carolina teen who disappeared in Baltimore in 2010, authorities said. Charges against Michael Johnson, the ex-boyfriend of the victim’s sister and the last known person to see Barnes alive on Dec. 28, 2010, were announced Thursday at a news conference. READ MORE HERE

Investigators still searching for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who went missing from a Portuguese holiday rental home five years ago this week, say they believe the girl is still alive and they now have the “best opportunity” yet to solve the case. McCann was 3 years old when she vanished on vacation with her parents Kate and Gerry McCann and twin siblings in the Algarve region of Portugal. The girl’s parents say they found Madeleine missing after having left the children in the home unsupervised while having dinner less than 500 feet away. READ MORE HERE

One of the most senior Buddhist monks in the UK is accused of a string of sexual assaults on two girls aged under 10, including raping one in his temple’s shrine room. The Venerable Pahalagama Somaratana, is charged with four counts of indecent assault and one of rape against a victim in Chiswick in the summer of 1978 and five counts of indecent assault against a second victim at the Croydon temple in the mid-80s.  READ MORE HERE

A toddler suffered terrible brain injuries and the man living with him may be to blame. Jarrod Rudder, 24, is going to jail in connection with the death of a 2-year-old boy who suffered skull fractures and internal bleeding after being thrown by the arm through a lamp and into a wall. READ MORE HERE

A two-year-old boy slipped into a coma after his mother’s boyfriend allegedly slapped him hard in the face repeatedly. Mohd Danish Aiman was playing in the 31-year-old man’s house in Kampung Tualang, Manir at about 9pm on Friday. The man became angry with the boy and slapped him until he lost consciousness. The boy’s 22-year-old mother was at the man’s home at that time. READ MORE HERE

A little girl was not just beaten to death, but she was bitten to death. 2½-year-old Armaney Cotton was pronounced dead Saturday afternoon at St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center after her mother, Brittany Cotton, 19, dropped Armaney off at her boyfriend’s house where the infant was allegedly beaten and bitten to death in what officials are calling a homocide. READ MORE HERE

WANTED: NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR THIS MAN!!

Father wanted for sexually assaulting three of his nine children

A nationwide search is under way for a father who is accused of sexually assaulting three of his nine children while they spent their time living between motels and a store at a shopping mall. James Julius Beaudrie, 36, from Minnesota, is charged with eight counts of third-degree sexual abuse and is believed to have fled Iowa – where the family had been living. His wife Kijua Lynn Beaudrie, 35, has been arrested on three counts of child neglect. She is being held at the Polk County Jail on a $10,000 bond.  READ MORE HERE

19-YO Child Abuse Survivor Suffered Shocking Abuse

“They were always threatening to kill me and bury me under the mobile home in the backyard. I never really believed them. But that one day – the last day I was locked in the closet – I did. I believed them.” – Lilly Manning, now 19

In so many ways, Lilly Manning is your typical teen. She fiddles constantly with her cellphone. She hoards shoes. She frets about having a bad hair day, then obsesses over a missing flat iron. When she laughs, the skin around her eyes crinkles, like a double wink. READ MORE HERE  (AND) READ MORE HERE

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4-MO baby dies after sustaining injuries

CROSWELL, MI– A four-month-old Croswell area baby has died after sustaining severe injuries last week, said Det. Sgt. Jeff Hook with the Michigan State Police Caro Post. The baby boy died Monday. He had been on life support since he arrived at Detroit Medical Center Children’s Hospital in Detroit April 2. The baby was taken by ambulance April 2 to Port Huron Hospital for severe head trauma before being flown by helicopter to the Detroit hospital.  READ MORE HERE

Babysitter Drugged With Heroin And Meth – Raped Her Before Murder – Body Dumped Into Woods

One babysitter befriends the wrong parents in a deadly drug affair. Alexis Rasmussen, was the babysitter of couple Eric and Dea Millerburg’s children before being injected with Methamphetamine, raped, murdered, and then left in a remote area of Morgan County, Utah. READ MORE HERE

Man charged with strangling his girlfriend and little girl

A Knoxville man is charged with killing his girlfriend and their young daughter. According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Jorge Molina-Rivera, 28, of Lake Brook Lane, is facing two counts of first degree murder.  He is being held on a $2 million dollar bond. Deputies responded to a home under construction on Rogers Island Lane in West Knox County on Sunday afternoon just before 3:30 pm.  They found the bodies of the woman and child in a van, along with Molina-Rivera, who was unresponsive. READ MORE HERE

Caught After 5-Year-Old Daughter Finds Her Corpse

Denise Wilder, 37, arrested Wednesday for alledgedly killing her 2-year-old daughter McKinley Wilder could be facing child neglect and murder charges, if the autopsy report, that has yet to be done, shows foul play. According to The Sacramento Bee, family members reported Denise Wilder missing last Wednesday. She was found at her parents’ home intoxicated by a relative along with an unresponsive McKinley and police were called. READ MORE HERE