The death of an adorable 4-year-old boy callously tortured for weeks by his deranged caretaker has been ruled a homicide, officials said Thursday. An autopsy concluded little Myls Dobson died as a result of child abuse syndrome including dehydration, according to a spokeswoman at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Admitted child abuser Kryzie King, the transgendered gal pal of Dobson’s dad Okee Wade, 37, told investigators she punished the little boy for “being disrespectful” at her W. 49th St. apartment.

The stats on child sexual abuse are alarming. I met author and mom, Jay Dale, on Twitter and she asked me if I was going to cover this issue. I usually post lists of books but wasn’t familiar with books on this topic, and honestly, I struggle with the Birds and the Bees Talk. Still, this is a really important topic and I am delighted that Jay agreed to guest post for me. Here’s a few more books:

HOPE MILLS, NC – The former boyfriend of missing Hope Mills teenager Danielle Locklear admitted to killing her, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and Hope Mills Police Department announced Tuesday night. Sheriff Earl “Moose” Butler and Chief Joel Acciardo called an emergency press conference to announce Je’Michael Malloy’s arrest as well as confirm that a body recovered April 3 from the South River was Locklear’s. Acciardo said Malloy, 17, killed the 15-year-old South View High School student the night of March 11. Earlier that night she left home after telling her grandfather she was walking to a friend’s house about a block away. That was the last time her family saw her.

ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SC — Orangeburg County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man wanted for child abuse. Michael Anthony McClellan, 24, is wanted on charges of Children/Legal custodian, unlawful neglect of child or helpless person. “Officers were called to the Regional Medical Center around 10:45 a.m. March 25 because a two-year-old had been injured, Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said. “The initial investigation indicated a two-year-old and four-year-old were jumping on a bed when the two-year-old was injured.”

LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas man received a sentence of 20 years to life in prison for shaking a baby so severely he suffered brain damage and eventually died. Edward Thompson was sentenced in district court Wednesday. A jury found him guilty of murder in February of this year. When Brayden Grusman-Buckmaster was only 6 weeks old, Thompson, the boy’s mother’s boyfriend, shook him to stop him from crying, causing the boy’s brain to swell.

DALLAS, TX – A joint operation involving 19 North Texas law enforcement agencies recovered five juveniles during an enforcement action focusing on commercial child sex trafficking. The operation resulted in the arrests of four pimps, 18 johns, and three offenders who solicited children for sex trafficking via the internet. The Dallas Division of the FBI worked in conjunction with Dallas Police and Homeland Security Investigations in executing the four-day operation.

SIERRA VISTA, AZ – A Sierra Vista man is in custody for alleged child abuse after his girlfriend’s 3-month-old twins were diagnosed with skull fractures. Cochise County Sheriff’s officials say 21-year-old Steven Michael Rothbauer is being held on a $150,000 bond. He doesn’t have an attorney yet. Rothbauer was booked into jail Tuesday on suspicion of multiple counts of aggravated assault, endangerment and child abuse.

A child bride forced into marriage in Nigeria killed a groom and three of his friends with a poisoned meal, police said Thursday. Fourteen-year-old Wasila Umaru was married last week to 35-year-old Umaru Sani, according to assistant superintendent Musa Magaji Majia. Over the weekend, the groom invited a dozen friends to celebrate at his Ungwar Yansoro village, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the northern city of Kano. The teenager told police she bought rat poison at a village market and used it to prepare a dish of rice.

POMONA – An ex-Azusa resident was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison for fatally beating his girlfriend’s 16-month-old son while the boy was in his care in 2011. Wearing an orange jail jumpsuit and now sporting a beard and a mustache, Stephen Hoffman didn’t make a statement at his sentencing held at Pomona Superior Court. But he had earlier taken out a piece of paper which he unfolded and placed on the table in front of him. It wasn’t clear if this was a written statement. His lawyer didn’t return a phone call for comment.

KINGMAN – If he were immortal, convicted sexual predator Edmund Herald Adams, 54, would be 680 years old before he walks the Earth again as a free man. That’s 626 years and six months from now, less than an hour shy of 228,825 days. After that “release,” thanks to Superior Court Judge Rick Williams, Adams would have to serve a lengthy term of community supervision – one day for every seven he spends in prison – which equates to nearly 13 more years. For good measure, he would also have to register as a sex offender. Adams is not immortal, obviously, and the longtime predator will likely die before he finishes the first of 22 consecutive prison terms he received Monday.

A woman is behind bars after Charleston police said she caused a brain injury to her boyfriend’s child on Tuesday, April 8. Veronica Jacquelyn Sorgman cares for the three-year-old child along with her two children at the couple’s residence. According to the criminal complaint, Sorgman was upset with the three-year-old child for drinking her drink. The three-year-old had an accident in her pants and Sorgman, who had taken some medication for an upset stomach, became upset. She changed the child’s diaper and scolded her for not telling her that she had to go to bathroom.

A student flashing two knives went on a stabbing rampage through the classrooms and halls of a high school outside Pittsburgh on Wednesday morning, authorities said. At least 19 students and a security guard were hurt, some with life-threatening injuries. The suspect, a 16-year-old sophomore, was in custody and being questioned by police, authorities said. His motive was unclear, said Dan Stevens, a Westmoreland County emergency management spokesman. The first photo of the suspect emerged several hours after the mayhem. NBC News is blurring the face of the teen in the photo, from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, because of his age. He had not been charged or identified.

When I started writing publicly about my healing from sexual abuse, I did it to validate my own history and journey and to inspire hope in other survivors. It’s been wonderfully empowering to record my triumphs and to share the process with thousands of fellow journeyers. However, being so public about such intimate feelings and experiences has been costly. For the most part, I count it a bargain compared with the expense of silence, but that resolve isn’t always very convenient or comfortable. One of the recent costs for being so vocal is a lawsuit from my parents. They are suing me for defamation of character and emotional distress. Through their case, they want to shut down OSA and silence my voice.

A six-year-old boy was starved, beaten and only fed gruesome hot dog, carrot and oil ‘shakes’ by his abusive parents, prosecutors have claimed. The boy’s father, Christopher Sefton, and his wife Lori Lloyd allegedly abused the boy for months at their Auburn, Washington home – even keeping the child out of school to hide his bruises. The couple, who allegedly began abusing the boy in October as punishment for imagined misbehavior, now face felony charges.