CEDAR CITY — An infant police say was shaken and critically injured by his father — now a convicted felon — died two weeks ago after several months on life support. The death occurred just one day after another Cedar City child died from what police believe is another incidence of child abuse.

The (now) 11-month-old child was just a few months old when his grandmother found him not breathing at his father’s Cedar City residence. Police were contacted after she took him to Valley View Medical Center on Dec. 18, with severe internal injuries, which medical experts later concluded was consistent with shaken baby syndrome, according to court documents.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700073452/Cedar-City-infant-allegedly-critically-injured-by-father-dies.html

Jacksonville, FL – On October 5, 21-year-old Leendra Dasher called the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Department to report her 15-month-old daughter missing. Dasher told police she had last laid eyes on her baby when she put her to bed at about 11:00 p.m., and that she and the child had been alone in the apartment. She stated that she was a light sleeper and had not been awakened by any strange sounds that evening. Also, two door locks, one only accessible from inside the home, had been locked since 3:00 p.m. Shortly after arriving at Dasher’s apartment, police found the child inside Dasher’s locked vehicle in the parking lot – she had been stuffed into a nylon Puma gym bag.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/10/13/baby-girl-found-stuffed-in-gym-bag-locked-in-car-mother-charged-with-child-abuse/

Oprah Winfrey ‘Disappointed’ That Former Dorm Matron Cleared of Child Abuse Charges

Oprah Winfrey has expressed her “profound” disappointment after a former dorm matron at her all-girls school in South Africa was acquitted of child molestation charges on Monday, October 11. Tiny Virginia Mokopo pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of child abuse amid allegations she had attempted to kiss and fondle students and claims she had assaulted one of the teenagers as well as a co-worker at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, near Johannesburg, in 2007.

READ MORE HERE:

http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/entertainment/201010/91558.php

Amber Alert Issued

Police dogs detect the smell of human remains on cars at missing NC girl’s house

HICKORY, N.C.— Police dogs detected the smell of human remains on two cars at the home of a missing 10-year-old girl who has bone cancer and a prosthetic leg, a search warrant said Monday. The document filed in a Hickory court didn’t indicate that police found any remains in their Sunday search. The warrant said the dogs detected the smell on a sedan and SUV belonging to the father and stepmother of Zahra Clare Baker. Earlier Monday, the police chief cast doubt on the couple’s accounts. They told police they discovered she was missing on Saturday and that one of them had seen her sleeping in her room hours earlier.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/sns-ap-us-missing-girl-north-carolina,0,6217216.story

INGLEWOOD — A 21-year old man has been arrested in the death of a 2-year-old girl. Paramedics were called to the home in the 10600 block of Cimarron Street just after 11 p.m. on Wednesday. They found the child, Erica Johnson, in full cardiac arrest. She was taken to Centinela Hospital Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-southla-toddler-dies,0,4653426.story

Sioux Falls Man Admits to Child Abuse

A 24-year-old Sioux Falls man accused of putting his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in the hospital with
life-threatening injuries in March has pleaded guilty to child abuse. Thomas Ohrtman could face up to 20 years in prison because he has a criminal history. Doctors say the boy suffered skull fractures, internal injuries and bruises in the beating.

SOURCE:

http://www.kdlt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5491&Itemid=57

TACOMA, Wash. — A 4 1/2-month-old baby who was fighting for life at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma after being assaulted has died, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News has learned.The baby’s 21-year-old father was arrested Tuesday morning, accused of assaulting the baby. Now that the baby has died, however, those charges could be amended to manslaughter. Police said the father, Michael Vanderveur, was caring for the child Last weekend when he called 911 at 8:15 a.m. on Sunday to report his baby boy, Ti-Ryn Emery, was not breathing.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25287633/detail.html?taf=sea

WHERE’S THE JUSTICE?

A Carlisle-area man who pleaded guilty to raping four girls and a boy was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in state prison in Cumberland County Court on Tuesday.  Christopher M. Macedo victimized the children from February 2000 to February 2006, up to when he was 16, according to court records. Macedo is now 21.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/10/man_gets_5_to_10_years_in_stat.html

Jaycee Dugard was held captive by a paroled rapist for 18 years

PLACERVILLE, Calif. — A grand jury has indicted the couple accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard and holding her captive in a backyard for 18 years. Phillip and Nancy Garrido were each indicted on 18 counts plus multiple special allegations which could lead to tougher sentences if the Garridos are convicted. The indictment eliminates the need for a preliminary hearing, sparing Dugard and her family from having to take the witness stand.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-jaycee-dugard-trial,0,1766333.story

The former wife of a man accused of raping and impregnating his daughters described their relationship on  as a “first love” that descended into insults, beatings and a grip that prevented her from leaving the house to give birth or send the children to school.

Although their first two children were born in hospitals, the husband became increasingly paranoid about doctors and vaccinations, eventually prohibiting her from any pre- or postnatal care, the wife testified as the first witness in his sexual assault trial.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/4179211/Man-raped-impregnated-daughters-court

Boston’s grisliest mass murder in nearly two decades – made all the more horrific by the senseless execution of a baby in his young mother’s final embrace – sent horror rippling yesterday throughout the city, from the most powerful seats of government to the child’s devastated family.

The slain woman, who died cradling her fatally wounded baby boy, was Eyanna Louise Flonory, 21, of Dorchester, a criminal law student at Bunker Hill Community College, according to her mother, Delorise Flonory, 67, of Brockton.Her murdered grandson, 2-year-old Armani Smith, “was everything” to Eyanna, she said.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100929brutal_slayings_shock_boston/srvc=home&position=0

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio –Two young children and their father are found dead inside their Upper Arlington home Sunday evening, and authorities are calling it an apparent murder-suicide.

Upper Arlington officers were called to a home on the 1700 block of Doone Road at about 7:35 p.m. Sunday on a call for assistance. A woman called 911 for help after finding the three victims inside the home. The victims later were identified as 35-year-old Troy Geller, 8-year-old Solomon and 6-year-old Samson.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/sep/26/13/upper-arlington-home-scene-three-suspicious-deaths-ar-241906/?referer=None&shorturl=http://nbc4i.com/ar/241906/

UPDATE!!!!

Police: Girl Made Up Kidnapping, Sex Assault

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-encinitas-sex-assault,0,5288145.story

*************************

Girl Abducted, Sexually Assaulted on Way Home from School

Police have released two suspect sketches.

ENCINITAS — Police in San Diego County have released composite sketches of two of three men accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl while she was walking home from school. The incident happened Friday around 4:10 p.m. in the 800 block of Melba Road in Encinitas. The 15-year-old girl told authorities she was walking home from San Dieguito High School, when three men in a white, four-door sedan forced her into their car.

READ MORE HERE:

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-encinitas-sex-assault,0,5288145.s