A 2-year-old child has died after a Suitland man admitted to abusing him, police say. Clifton Edward Bernard, 26, was arrested early Wednesday morning after officials received a report of an unresponsive child in the 3800 block of Swann Road. The victim, Jamir Khaden Shipe of the 3800 block of Swann Road in Suitland, was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of multiple injuries, including head trauma. The child died Thursday, police say. The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

PALMDALE — Authorities Friday said a Palmdale boy has died after sustaining a massive skull fracture and other injuries in a case of suspected child abuse. The unidentified 8-year-old child was pronounced dead at a hospital around 3 p.m. a day after police say he was severely beaten, had broken ribs, and burns over his body. The child’s mother, 29-year-old Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, 33-year-old Isauro Aguirre, were arrested Thursday in connection with the alleged attack. Both are expected to be arraigned Tuesday.

MIAMI — Florida child welfare officials fired an investigator who they said forged documents about substance-abuse treatment for a mother six months before her 11-month old baby died in a sweltering car. Catalina Bruno is accused of leaving her son Bryan Osceola, along with her purse and a can of beer, in the car outside their Miami home. The boy had a 109-degree temperature when he was found. His mother is now jailed on charges of aggravated manslaughter.

Herbert Ward’s profound statement “Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime” truly embraces the impact that child abuse has on our society. According to Childhelp, a leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect, every year 3.3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving nearly 6 million children .The United States has the worst record in the industrialized nation, losing five children every day due to abuse-related deaths. Now is the time to advocate, educate, and work towards ending this epidemic by joining the cause and fighting to change policies, legislation, beliefs, and laws that are continuing to destroy our society’s most vulnerable. Thankfully, there are several organizations, campaigns, and social network groups made up of dedicated, passionate, and educated individuals working around the clock to fight this war. The following is a list of 3 child abuse sites that should be recognized and celebrated for their up-to-date information and statistics, news stories, educational resources, and hard work.

We hope you will decide to report your attack to the police. While there’s no way to change what happened to you, you can seek justice while helping to stop it from happening to someone else. Reporting to the police is the key to preventing sexual assault: every time we lock up a rapist, we’re preventing him or her from committing another attack. It’s the most effective tool that exists to prevent future rapes. In the end, though, whether or not to report is your decision to make.

WEST POINT, Utah — A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new houses and tidy lawns, police said. Authorities believe the boys died from knife wounds and that the 15-year-old boy acted alone in what appeared to be an unplanned attack, Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson said. “As result of the emerging details, the 15-year-old juvenile has officially been taken into custody,” Richardson said.

Police are investigating if 12-year-old Gabrielle Molina committed suicide because she was bullied online and at a school known for below-average student happiness. 12-year-old Gabrielle Molina’s body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in Queens Wednesday, according to the New York Daily News. According to the report, a classmate said Molina was teased in school and online about cutting herself compulsively. Students reportedly told the news organization that Molina’s 15-year-old sister had posted since-removed photos of Gabrielle’s cut arms on Instagram.

PALMDALE, CA — The mother of an 8-year-old boy found not breathing in a Palmdale apartment was arrested on suspicion of child abuse Thursday. Rescue officials received a call about a child needing help around 11 p.m. Wednesday. The boy was found unconscious, with markings around his ankles suggesting he may have been tied up, detectives said. He was also found to have cigarette burns on his body and a skull fracture. The boy was transported to an area hospital where he remained in critical condition. Authorities believe the boy may have been tortured.

PORT CANAVERAL, FL — More than two hours before the Disney Dream left port here last August, a Disney Cruise Line crew member was captured on ship surveillance video molesting an 11-year-old girl in an elevator – a crime Disney Cruise Line said it believes it must by law report immediately. But a Local 6 investigation reveals the incident was not reported until the next day, long after the ship had slipped out of port, enabling the 33-year-old suspect to evade investigation and prosecution by Florida authorities. Disney Cruise Line at first claimed last week it did report the crime while the ship was still in port on Aug. 5. Then, after being told by Local 6 and Port Canaveral police that was not true, the cruise line changed its account.

A 15-year-old girl has been abducted in Iowa, and police say the suspect in the case was found dead from apparently self-inflicted injuries before they could question him. Kathlynn Shepard and a 12-year-old friend disappeared soon after exiting their school bus in Dayton, Iowa on Monday afternoon, according to the Iowa Department of Public Safety. Around 4:30 p.m., the 12-year-old girl ran to a rural residence about five miles away in Pilot Mound and asked for help.

SANDUSKY, Ohio – Sandusky police are investigating the stabbing death of an 11-week-old baby girl. The baby was stabbed at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday at a Dewey Street residence and transported to Firelands Hospital where she died early Friday morning, according to Sandusky Police Chief John Orzech. Police said 19-year-old Denzel Castile was fighting with family members when officers arrived at the house. He grabbed the baby and ran down a hallway, where he stabbed the girl in front of police and family, Orzech said.

VANCOUVER, WA — A Beaverton police officer already facing charges of food stamp fraud is now accused of sexually abusing a 5-year-old child. The SWAT team was called out to a Vancouver home Wednesday leading to the arrest of Christopher Warren. It all began unfolding around 3:20 p.m. on the 9200 block of Northeast 14th Way. Detectives from the Children’s Justice Center utilized the Southwest Washington Regional SWAT team to serve a warrant at a home.

A retired Church of England priest found guilty of a catalogue of historic sex attacks on young children at a Barnardo’s home has been jailed for 10 years. Canon Gordon Rideout, 74, abused more than a dozen girls and boys at the now closed home at Ifield Hall in Crawley, West Sussex, over a four-year period. The former Anglican clergyman from Polegate, East Sussex, also indecently assaulted two girls at an army site in Middle Wallop, Hampshire, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. At Lewes Crown Court, Rideout was found guilty of 34 counts of indecent assault and two counts of attempted rape on 16 children between January 1962 and January 1973. He was cleared of one count of indecent assault on a boy at a second Barnardo’s home in Essex. As he was sentenced today, the Bishop of Chichester, Dr Martin Warner, said Rideout had caused ‘immeasurable and destructive suffering’ over a long period of time.

A North Texas husband and wife have been charged with felony injury to a child after their 4-year-old adopted son was found dead at their home. Police in Cleburne, Texas arrested David, 46, and Angel Cook, 35, on Monday after an autopsy report indicated Buddy Cook’s death was a homicide. The body was discovered March 22. Earlier Child Protective Services affidavits said Buddy apparently died of dehydration and malnutrition and the parents didn’t seek medical attention.