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3-YO Boy Beaten To Death

Posted by Sandra On February - 18 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

An American mother and her boyfriend were charged yesterday in the fatal beating of a toddler whose injuries initially were blamed on a hit-and-run accident. Online court records of Morgan County in Missouri show that 21-year-old Thomas Presley and 25-year-old Jamie Ann Litton face one count of second-degree murder in the death of 3-year-old Blake Litton. Litton also faces two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. READ MORE HERE

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Justice for Lily Trial Has Begun

Posted by Sandra On February - 17 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Macomb Circuit Judge Diane M. Druzinski hears testimony in Lily Lynette Furneaux-Wolfenbarger’s death.

Mom testifies at murder trial of her toddler’s stepmother

Mount Clemens— The last time Lauren Furneaux saw her 2-year-old daughter, the tearful toddler was being handed off to her father in the parking lot of a gas station. Hours later, Lily Lynette Furneaux-Wolfenbarger was dead, and her stepmother, Renee Marie King, is on trial for felony murder, charged with fatally beating the girl. During testimony Thursday in Macomb County Circuit Court before Judge Diane M. Druzinski, Furneaux recounted her last moments with her daughter Nov. 20, 2010, and how she noticed injuries to the girl earlier that month. READ MORE HERE

UPDATE: Father arrested after altercation at wife’s trial in girl’s death

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Girl Raped, Beaten, Starved

Posted by Sandra On February - 15 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Mugshot: Melinda Drabek-Chritton was arrested on tentative charges of child neglect

UPDATE:

Why did nobody save her? CPS received EIGHT abuse reports

UPDATE: Starving teen, held CAPTIVE, also sexually assaulted by stepbrother, 18

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Emaciated 70-lb girl found walking barefoot ‘after escaping years of abuse in parents’ basement

Wisconsin teenager found walking streets barefoot in pajamas last week
‘Beaten, starved and even forced to eat own feces and drink own urine’
Tells police she found what she could on floor and in rubbish to consume

A severely malnourished 15-year-old girl was allegedly forced her to live in the basement of a home by her parents for years while they beat her, starved her and even forced her to eat her own feces. The Wisconsin teenager had been forced her to live in the house’s basement by her father, 40, and stepmother, 42, for six years and an alarm would sound if she went upstairs, police said. She was found barefoot in pajamas near her home last week and allegedly ate what she could find on the floor and in the rubbish, but her parents forced her to eat her feces and drink her own urine. READ MORE HERE

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Father Suffocated His 6-MO Son

Posted by Sandra On February - 13 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Ollie McBride died at a house in Preston, Lancashire, after his father suffocated him and then took his own life

A father suffocated his six-month-old son in the bath and then hanged himself, an inquest heard. Paul McBride, 39, of Lancashire, killed baby Ollie shortly after the break-up of a ‘turbulent relationship’ with the child’s mother, Michaela Swain. The youngster’s dry body was found lying on the bed in the upstairs bedroom of Mr McBride’s home in Preston, Lancashire. READ MORE HERE

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Police Captain Gets 10-Years

Posted by Sandra On February - 11 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Sentenced: Former Police Captain David Bourque was sentenced to 10 years in prison today in child pornography charges as his defense argues post traumatic stress from his job helped lead to his charges

Claims ‘job trauma’ led him to huge child porn collection

A former Connecticut police captain has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for what authorities say was one of the largest and most disturbing child pornography cases they’ve seen. Prosecutors say David Bourque was caught with more than 26,000 images and videos of child pornography on his computers that showed the sexual abuse of young boys, including infants and toddlers. Bourque apologized for his actions in court Friday saying he ‘spiraled out of control’ during the several months he was downloading and sharing the porn. He said he never physically abused any children. READ MORE HERE

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Mother Slit 9-MO Baby’s Throat

Posted by Sandra On February - 9 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Charged: Bradie Simpson, 39, of Camdenton, Missouri, was found in woods 225ft from her home as she held her baby covered in blood with a deep wound

Mom ‘Slit Her Baby’s Throat’ – Found Holding Blood-Soaked 9-Month-Old In Middle Of Woods

A mother allegedly slashed her nine-month-old baby’s throat just months after telling a pastor she could be possessed and might hurt the girl. Bradie Simpson, 39, of Camdenton, Missouri, was found in woods 225ft from her home as she held the baby covered in blood with a neck wound. It comes months after the body of her ex-boyfriend, the baby’s father, was found in the same woods last September, reported ABC affiliate KSPR. Edwin Duncan’s cause of death was never revealed and his body was eaten by vultures before it was found, her neighbour David Doyle said. READ MORE HERE

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Josh Powell Killed Self, 2 Sons

Posted by Sandra On February - 5 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Josh Powell & Two Sons Dead in Planned, Intentional Explosion: Police

UPDATE: Social worker’s frantic 911 call

UPDATE: Father Chopped Sons, 5 and 7, With Hatchet Before Blowing Up House

Father & Sons Dead in Planned, Intentional Explosion

Josh Powell, a person of interest in the Dec. 6, 2009 disappearance of his wife Susan, killed himself and the couple’s two young sons on Sunday in a planned, intentional explosion, police confirm Sunday. According to the The Seattle Times, a case worker delivered the boys to Powell’s house Sunday near Tacoma, Wash., when Powell pushed the worker out of the house. Moments later, there was an explosion. Officials have recovered three bodies from the house that they believe are Josh Powell and his sons Charlie, 7, and Braden, 5. READ MORE HERE

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Ayla: Dive Team Search Resumed

Posted by Sandra On February - 3 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Investigators are combing two chilly bodies of water in Maine this morning as the search for missing baby Ayla Reynolds continues. The Maine Warden Service and the Maine State Police diving units entered the Kennebec River and Messalonskee Stream — both located in the Waterville region where Reynolds was last seen — in hopes of locating the 2-year-old, according to a press release from the Maine Department of Public Safety. Authorities maintain that Reynold’s father, Justin DiPietro — believed to be among the last people to see Reynolds — has not been forthcoming and cooperative with information regarding his daughter’s disappearance. Police are currently investigating Reynolds blood samples discovered at DiPietro’s home. Divers are expected to continue their search through the afternoon. Earlier this week, Boston-area television station WCBV reported that authorities believed Reynolds to be dead — a claim that state police pubic information officer Steve McCausland dismissed as “unattributed, irresponsible and inaccurate,” according to the Bangor Daily News. READ MORE HERE

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5-YO Girl Found Deceased

Posted by Sandra On February - 2 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

The mother of a five-year-old girl could be facing murder charges after the child was found dead in her home with cuts and bruises from her head to her feet. Candy Flores was pronounced dead when paramedics arrived at her tiny southwest Houston apartment complex, where she lived with 14 others. Her mother, Rosa Gonzalez, 41, told police she sustained the injuries while falling off the toilet. Someone in the home called 911 and officers found the five-year-old on the floor of the only bedroom in the house. She had a contusion on her face and a cut on her nose. Paramedics tried to revive her but to no avail. READ MORE HERE

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Family Jailed for Life for Honor Killings of Their Three Children

Posted by Sandra On January - 30 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Killed by their family: Prosecutors said, from left, Geeti, Zainab and Sahar Shafia were murdered in an honour killing because they would not comply with the family's strict disciplinary rules

An Afghan father, his wife and their son have been jailed for life after a jury found them guilty of ‘honor killing’ three teenage sisters and a co-wife in what the judge described as a ‘despicable’ and ‘heinous’ crime. The jury had taken 15 hours to find Mohammad Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Yahya, 42; and their son Hamed, 21, each guilty of four counts of first-degree murder. The four bodies were found in June 2009 in a car submerged in a canal in Kingston, Ontario, where the family had stopped for the night on their way home from Niagara Falls. Prosecutors said the daughters were killed because they dishonored the family by defying rules on dress, dating, socialising and going online. READ MORE HERE

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New Developments: Baby Ayla

Posted by Sandra On January - 29 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Ayla Reynolds

Blood found in house where baby Ayla disappeared

Maine State Police investigators have been analyzing blood that was found in the home where baby Ayla Reynolds was reported missing six weeks ago, an official said Saturday. The revelation comes as investigators say they believe her father, who claims he was home when she disappeared but doesn’t know what happened to her, is lying to them. The blood was found in the basement early in the investigation into Ayla’s disappearance from her father’s home in Waterville, spokesman Steve McCausland said. READ MORE HERE

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Mom Defends Her Son’s Killer

Posted by Sandra On January - 25 - 2012 1 COMMENT

HOUSTON — A woman’s baby is dead and her boyfriend is in jail, accused of killing him. Now, she’s telling us what she says happened. Tiffany Wells is grieving. “I miss him so much,” Wells said. But she is also angry. “Y’all need to get your facts together before you start posting (expletive) all over the news,” she told us. After several attempts by Eyewitness News to reach her on Monday, she came home to the west Houston apartment she shared with her 16-month-old son, Casen Wells, and her fiance, Joshua Beall. Casen is now dead, and police believe Beall is responsible. READ MORE HERE

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10-YO Charged with Murder

Posted by Sandra On January - 21 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

Ryan Carter

Ryan Carter–Murder Victim

10-YO Boy Charged With Murder in Stabbing Death of Playmate

WINTER GARDENS, Calif. — A 10-year old boy has been charged with murder and assault in the fatal stabbing of his 12-year old playmate. The unidentified boy is scheduled to appear at a detention hearing in juvenile court on Thursday. Family members of the 12-year-old victim released his photo Tuesday. Authorities did not release the victim’s name, but his family identified him to reporters as Ryan Carter, a sixth-grader at Foothills Christian Elementary School. READ MORE HERE

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Dominick’s Killer GUILTY

Posted by Sandra On January - 20 - 2012 ADD COMMENTS

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Brandon Hayes Guilty of Murder

Rick Calhoun choked back tears Thursday after a jury found a Genesee County man guilty of killing his 4-year-old grandson. “Our family’s been dead for two years …” Calhoun said. “Now, we’re going to get to start living again, enjoying ourselves together as a family.” Brandon Hayes, 26, of Argentine Township, was found guilty of 10 charges, including first-degree murder, child abuse and torture in the death of Dominick Calhoun. READ MORE HERE

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