Friends and family continue to pray for the safe return of a kidnapped Arkansas girl as authorities resume their search Tuesday morning. 14-year-old Sidney Randall of Walnut Ridge was last seen late at night on March 16th, when her mother Denise discovered that Sydney and her stepfather John Cornell were not in the house. When Cornell returned early Sunday morning, he told Denise he was going to the police station to report Sidney missing, but he never reached the station.

HENDERSON — Henderson Police have released a photo of the man who was arrested in connection with an attempted abduction of a 6-year-old girl. James Allen, of Boulder City, faces charges of kidnapping, child abuse and burglary. He is being held in the Henderson Detention Center.

CHARDON, Ohio — Wearing a T-shirt with “killer” scrawled across it, smirking and gesturing obscenely, a teenager was given three life sentences without parole Tuesday for opening fire last year in an Ohio high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. T.J. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. Investigators have said he admitted to the shooting but said he didn’t know why he did it.

Douglas M. Foster, 26, of Houston, Texas is facing a felony charge of super-aggravated sexual assault of a child under 6 years of age, the Houston Chronicle reported today. Police in Houston arrested the man and say that Foster sexually assaulted the 2-year-old daughter of his girlfriend while he was babysitting the toddler. Foster was being held today at the Harris County Jail where he has been denied bail.

Actress and former porn star Traci Lords has revealed that she was raped as a child while growing up in Steubenville, Ohio. The 44-year-old, who became an infamous teen porn actress, was just ten years old at the time of the sexual assault. She has spoken out in reaction to the current Ohio rape case which has thrust her hometown onto the national stage. Speaking to Piers Morgan on Thursday, she revealed: ‘I was born in Steubenville, Ohio and I was raped in there. So was my mother. I think there’s a sickness in that city.’

GALLATIN, Tenn. – A jury has found Lindsey Lowe guilty of first degree murder in the deaths of her twin newborn sons. They deliberated for just over two hours. Lowe was found guilty Tuesday on two count each of felony first degree murder, felony premeditated murder and aggravated child abuse. The judge sentenced her to life in prison for the counts of first degree murder. A sentencing hearing was scheduled Friday, April 26 for the aggravated child abuse convictions. Lowe’s bond was revoked and she was taken into custody. She waved to family members and said “I love you all” as she left the courtroom. During closing arguments, both sides agreed that Lindsey Lowe did not act like a pregnant woman.

A ‘perfect teacher with a dark side’ who worked at an independent school has been jailed after admitting possessing more than 40,000 pornographic images of children. William Stansbury, who was assistant head at Ipswich School, Suffolk, today admitted five offences of making indecent videos and photographs of children aged between 10 and 14. The 46-year-old, who was living in Ipswich at the time but now of Ferndown, Dorset, hung his head as sentence was passed.

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HUNTSVILLE, AL – Professionals in child abuse investigation and treatment are meeting this week in Huntsville, Alabama, including some from Arkansas. At the National Symposium on Child Abuse, they’ll get the latest research on such topics as trauma-focused therapy, sex trafficking and online exploitation. Many youngsters in abusive situations are now seen at Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs), where they are interviewed by specially-trained investigators and receive medical treatment and counseling.

A Wisconsin man accused of starving and torturing his teenage daughter was convicted of child neglect late Friday, but the jury deadlocked on several other charges in what one juror described as ‘a very tough case for all of us to even sit through.’ Prosecutors said the man denied food to his daughter, who weighed just 68 pounds when she fled her family’s home in Madison last year, and subjected her to years of physical abuse. Defense attorneys said the now 16-year-old girl suffered from mental illness and that her father had tried get her treatment.

A South African cardinal who helped elect Pope Francis has described pedophilia as a psychological illness and not ‘a criminal condition’. The Catholic Archbishop of Durban, Wilfrid Fox Napier, told BBC Radio 5 live that people who were abused as children and became pedophiles were not criminally responsible for their actions in the same way as somebody ‘who chooses to do something like that’. Cardinal Napier, who was among the 115 cardinals in the conclave at the Vatican that elected Pope Francis earlier this week, called pedophilia a ‘psychological disorder. And just three days into the new role, the pope and the Catholic Church are now faced with fresh child abuse controversy after the cardinal’s remarks.

The family of a young girl sexually abused by a neighbor two years ago is trying to make her attacker buy their home, in a groundbreaking lawsuit. The couple, from Upper Milford Township in Pennsylvania, want to get away from Oliver Larry Beck but they claim his presence in the neighborhood has made their property impossible to sell. In the first suit of its kind, the unnamed couple are asking a judge to force the 65-year-old, his wife and his mother to buy their residence, at a cost of $235,000, and pay for them to move. In addition, the family is going after damages for the child’s pain and suffering caused by the 2011 molestation.

Eric Law, former weatherman, faces multiple charges relating to sexual encounters with a 15-year old girl. 32-year old Eric Law is accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with a 15-year old girl. Law, who worked at WLBT for nearly a decade, has been suspended until further notice. The unidentified 15-year old told authorities that the two would go to the ‘Law and Order’ room in Law’s home and engage in sex acts.

A husband and wife duo from Utah robbed a Wells Fargo bank together… and brought their kids along for the wild ride. The couple’s children, aged 5 and 2, waited in the getaway car while the duo demanded some cash. “No silent alarms, Be Quiet! Loose Bills,” the note reportedly stated. “Hurry. Sorry… I don’t want anyone to get hurt,” the wife/mother said, reports The Salt Lake Tribune.