BRIDGEPORT— A New Haven man was arrested this week on charges that he repeatedly raped his girlfriend’s 8-year-old daughter between January and May while her mother was at work. Elier “Leo” Torres Garcia, 23, met the woman at a nightclub in New Haven in December 2011 and moved into her apartment in Bridgeport the following month.

The couple, referred to as John and Jane Doe in court documents, is suing Ball State’s Burris Laboratory School, after their son suffered repeated sexual abuse, molestation, and harassment from third grade classmates reenacting a pornographic movie they had allegedly seen on school computers. According to BSU Daily News, the Does said “complete lack of supervision and institutional controls” were the cause of their son’s abuse.

Six years ago, Tian Xueming lost his oldest son to leukemia and decided to keep him close by storing his body in the family freezer. Tian Qinyuan was 18-years-old and had just begun college when he was struck down by the disease. Tragically, 6 years earlier, Xueming and his wife had lost their 15-year-old daughter to a heatstroke. Xueming told reporters that Qinyuan was the only thing that had kept the family together after her death.

In Montreal, Canada, Johra Kaleki was charged with attempted murder for repeatedly stabbing her then 19-year-old daughter, Bahar Ebrahimi, during an argument about Ebrahimi staying out too late at night. According to the Montreal Gazette, the defense wishes to dismiss Kaleki’s admission of guilt on the night of the attack because she was mentally distraught when she made the statements although Kaleki was informed of her right to remain silent.

In Greenbier, Florida, 14 year old Cassidy Goodison has been charged as an adult with first degree murder after strangling her newborn baby boy to death and hiding his corpse in a shoe box. According to Daily Bhaskar, Cassidy went into labor in the bathroom of her home and cut the umbilical cord with a pair of scissors.

A 19 year old mother faces jail after leaving her baby daughter on the side of the road and claiming she had been stolen. Kendra Meaker originally told police she had gone into a post office for a few minutes, leaving the baby and her 11 month old in the car unattended.

16-year-old Katie Uffens turned to home-schooling after a cruel bullying crusade by some of her fellow students at Westview High School, San Diego who set up a “Kill Katie Klub” but despite her departure from school, the cheerleader continues to face the abuse through social networking and phone calls.

SANTA ANA, CA — A 21-year old woman was convicted Friday of murdering her infant baby minutes after giving birth and discarding the baby?s corpse in a dumpster. Juana Perez Valencia, of Anaheim, was found guilty by a jury today of one felony count of second degree murder and one felony count of assault on a child with force likely to produce great bodily injury resulting in death. She faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in state prison.

SANTA ANA, CA — A 14-year old boy armed with a shotgun was shot and killed by officers in what authorities now believe may have been a case of ‘suicide by cop.’ The incident began at 10:40 p.m. Thursday when the teenager called 911 several times to report a man with a gun. Officers responded at the location at East Wisteria Place, just east of Maple Street.

LA PUENTE, CA — A freshman soccer player is speaking out about alleged hazing at La Puente High School. In an interview with KTLA, the teenager explained what happened. “This boy jumped out, told the coach he needed me, the coach winked at him and then they just beat me,” the teenager said. “They tried to shove a stick up my butt, but I just held tight, and they just kept beating and beating on me.”

A 28-year-old German woman killed five of her newborn children because she feared her husband would leave her if they had more children. According to BBC News, already having two children, ages 8 and 10, with the woman, the husband knew nothing of the five other pregnancies. The first of the five newborn babies was found in a paper-recycling plant in 2006. The second was found in a car park in 2007.

STILLWATER, Okla — A 13-year-old student dressed as the Batman villain Two-Face shot himself to death in a crowded school hallway on Wednesday.Fellow students at Stillwater Junior High School heard a gunshot just before 8 a.m. and found eighth grader Cade Poulos lying in a hallway, according to KOCO. Several students told KOCO that Cade had gone to school dressed as the fictional character Two-Face, also known as Harvey Dent, for the school’s Super Heroes Day.

AUBURN | Slumped down in his chair with his shoulders hunched, Robert Knapp spent most of his sentencing appearance Tuesday morning in Cayuga County Court staring blankly ahead. Knapp’s facial expression remained stoic as District Attorney Jon Budelmann discussed why the 37-year-old Locke man should spend a great portion of the rest of his life in prison for raping a 3-year-old girl. But when given his opportunity to speak, Knapp unexpectedly exploded.

A volunteer for the Mount Markham varsity football team faces a felony rape charge, according to the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center. Fritz M. Barrett, 24, was charged with felony second-degree rape and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child by state police Investigator Todd Grant , officials said. Barrett was arraigned in the Town of Bridgewater Court and sent to Oneida County jail.