Neither party seems completely innocent in this situation.  A 41-year-old man, who has remained unidentified, told police he was robbed at gunpoint – by the 16-year-old girl he had met on Facebook that he was trying to have sex with. According to The Indystar, the man had met the unidentified 16-year-old girl on Facebook and was supposed to meet up with […]

The investigation into Tuesday evening’s murder-suicide at the Wispering Woods apartment complex that left a mother and daughter dead with gunshot wounds to the head should close within the next few days. Leon County Sheriff’s Office Spokesman Lt. James McQuaig said the investigation into the deaths of Jenna Porter, 22, and her 3-year-old daughter, Scarlett Porter, is mostly complete. Investigators are finishing up their reports and waiting on final autopsy results.

SOUTH LOS ANGELES — A mistrial was declared Friday after jurors deadlocked in the trial of a gang member charged in the killing of a 5-year-old boy wearing a Spider-Man costume. Aaron Shannon Jr. was dressed in a red-and-blue Spider-Man costume, having his picture taken by his grandfather in the family yard, when shots rang out on Halloween 2010. He was hit in the head as he ran away. He later died.

A family’s prayers were answered. An unidentified 10-year old girl from Northridge, California has been found after being kidnapped from her home. Police are relieved but still searching for multiple suspects following the recovery of a 10-year old missing girl. The young victim, whose memory authorities say has been effected by trauma, recalls being taken by two men and held in several locations.

A boy died at the hands of his merciless parents. Nathan Sloop, 34, of was charged with the murder of his 4-year-old son, Ethan Stacy, after burying his body in a shallow grave among the mountains of Utah. According to Opposing Views, text messages shared between Sloop and his wife, 30-year-old Stephanie Sloop, showed evidence that the two routinely conspired to psychologically and physically torture Ethan.

MI — A Farmington Hills substitute teacher has been charged with criminal sexual conduct for an incident with a student under thirteen. Fifty-eight-year-old Andrew Howell was arrested Tuesday for an incident that happened during school hours at Hillside Elementary School in Farmington Hills school on March 19. Howell has been a substitute teacher for over 25 years.

LUBBOCK, TX — On Tuesday, police released Johnny Herrera’s arrest warrant, giving us a disturbing look into what allegedly sent his 16-month-old daughter to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Saturday night, the toddler was unresponsive when she was taken to the hospital and is still in critical condition. The child’s father, Johnny Herrera, 27, was arrested and charged with intentionally causing injury to a child on Sunday. The arrest warrant contains a long list of injuries police say the child sustained, including what looks like a bite mark on her cheek and severe head trauma with bleeding and swelling. Even more disturbing, the warrant says Herrera’s two other children witnessed their father abusing the little girl over and over.

UNION, New Jersey — A naked, malnourished 4-year-old boy found inside an apartment with the body of his mother, dead for days, had resorted to eating from a bag of sugar and weighed only 26 pounds, well below normal, police said Wednesday as adoption offers poured in from around the world. One of the officers who helped save the boy, spoke out to Eyewitness News. “He said his mommy was sick and he tried to help her, and we said, ‘You did a great job buddy,'” said Police Officer Sylvia Dimenna, Union Township Police Department.

A brave woman who was sexually assaulted when she was a child by a predatory rapist known as the Pied Piper waived her anonymity to ensure he was jailed today for 25 years. Darren Purchase, who lived above a sweet shop in order to have access to young victims, dragged Helen Alexander into his home in Worcester when she was 10-years-old and sexually assaulted her on the sofa. Ms Alexander, now 38, stayed silent for decades before agreeing to be interviewed by police when they contacted her as a potential victim.

This boy should be an inspiration to everyone. Youssif was just 5 years old when masked men doused him in gasoline and set him on fire outside his home in Iraq, but now five years later, he is a beaming happy child living the American Dream in California. In 2007, outside his home in Baghdad, a group of masked men covered Youssif with gasoline and set his face on fire while he was trying to play, reports CNN.

A routine custody visit escalated into an “indescribable” tragedy. Kenneth Ayers, 52, of Petersburg, PA, took his own life Saturday morning after killing his two-year-old son and seriously wounding his estranged wife Holly Jo Ayers in her home about 20 miles southwest of State College.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Why a father and daughter jumped to their deaths off a bridge Thursday morning is still a mystery — and probably will remain one. Witnesses reported seeing the two climb over the railing on the Christopher S. Bond Bridge and then hug before holding hands as they jumped 120 feet into the icy cold water of the Missouri River below. Adding to the drama: Some thought the woman was holding a baby, wrapped in a blanket. Rescue workers searched the muddy water of the Missouri with no luck. But the pickup truck left at the scene was registered to a 29-year-old woman from the small town of Peculiar, Mo. (population under 5,000) 30 miles south of Kansas City. Her father’s cell phone was in the truck. There was no suicide note. Not in the truck. Nor in the single-wide mobile home they shared in Peculiar.

SOUTHFIELD, MI — A new law banning young drivers from talking on the phone while behind-the-wheel goes into effect on Thursday. However, it is a good idea for drivers of all ages to follow the new rule. This month, Kelsey’s law will be enforced for young drivers. “Kelsey’s law, which takes effect, kind of affects graduated drivers, I think it’s Level 1 and 2, where they’re actually not allowed to talk on the cell phone, either,” Shaw said.

Before they turn 18, one in every four girls will have been sexually abused. Before they turn 18, one in every eight boys will have been sexually abused. Most sexual abuse against children is committed by someone the child knows. Child molesters are skillful. Children often like child molesters because they so often seem to enjoy the same things children do: games, movies, toys. Child molesters tell us, “It’s easy to slip into a child’s life. All you gotta do is show them any attention.”