WASHINGTON— Army Pvt. Jameson T. Hazelbower went AWOL after learning he was suspected of raping a 15-year-old girl. Despite the potential threat to the public that he posed, the self-described sex addict roamed free for nearly three months before local police collared him in Winnebago, Illinois, near where he grew up. An officer responded to a call late on a Friday night in March 2014 about a suspicious vehicle parked in a cul-de-sac outside an apartment complex. Hazelbower, his pants down to his knees, was in the car with a girl, barely 14.

A Vale man who was arrested in December by Lincolnton Police on charges that he raped a child received a total of 162 additional charges on Tuesday, according to a press release. Danny Lee Hensley, 40, of 7873 Matthew Miller Road, was charged by police with 80 felony counts of kidnapping, 80 felony counts of taking indecent liberties with a child, felony attempted first degree rape and misdemeanor communicating threats. Hensley received a $1,000,000 bond on the new charges and is being held in the Harven Crouse Detention Center under a total $1,200,000 bond.

WOODBURY — A Gloucester County woman is charged with murder in connection with the death of her newborn baby, the county prosecutor’s office announced Thursday. Police say Jade Fanz, 19, of Franklin Township, strangled the baby girl and disposed of her body. The child’s corpse was found on the property of her family’s Proposed Avenue home on Feb. 27. In addition to murder, Fanz is charged with unlawfully disturbing, moving or concealing human remains and abuse or neglect of a child.

DALLAS – The two young daughters of Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko were found murdered inside their home in a Fort Worth, Texas, suburb, and his estranged wife sustained multiple stab wounds in the incident, local police said on Friday. Police in Benbrook said Kholodenko, 29, is not considered a suspect in the deaths of his daughters, Nika, 5, and Michela, 1, who were discovered in their bedrooms early on Thursday.

GALAX, Virginia — A 28-year-old mother and her 21-month-old daughter are dead in what police are calling a double homicide. On Thursday, Alyssa Ann Kenny and her daughter Anastasia Leighann Alley were found dead inside their home on Laurel Street in Galax, Va. The two are lovingly referred to as Ally and Ana by family and friends.

Dreamcatchers for Abused Children posted a question on our Facebook page directed to all survivors of child abuse. We asked, “If there was one thing that you would like the public to know about
child abuse and/or how it has affected your life, what would it be?” We were shocked at the amount of heartbreaking, emotional replies we received. We have decided to share these replies as we
feel it is imperative for the public to know – especially the abusers themselves to see just how much they have directly affected their victims.

PORT HURON, Michigan – The “monstrous acts” that led to the murder of Mackenzie Maison defied “explanation or understanding,” a St. Clair County circuit judge said Thursday. Judge Daniel Kelly said Mackenzie is the third child-victim whose case he’s presided over in recent years where the death was orchestrated by the child’s parents and step-parents. “What puzzles me is how, in a community so dedicated to combating child abuse and neglect, these conditions go undetected until it is too late,” Kelly said.

CANTON, OHIO – Officials have charged the child’s father and his live-in girlfriend in connection with the 3 year old’s death. According to Canton police, Mathew N. Miku, 22, faces charges of murder and child endangering. His bond was set at $1 million. Mathew’s live-in girlfriend, Jessica L. Bender, 21, was charged with child endangering. 3-year-old Hailey Miku was found unconscious Friday morning at a home in the 1000 block of Dewalt Avenue NW. When paramedics arrived, they determined the 3-year-old girl was dead. Police are investigating the death as a homicide.

Two southwest Florida residents, Joshua Pierre Louis and Roxanne Paduani, were arrested Thursday for allegedly using a stun gun on their four children. According to news reports, Louis, 28, often used the stun gun on his four children, whose ages haven’t yet been released, to discipline them when they were behaving poorly. One of the children revealed scars to a Department of Children and Families’ investigator and provided details about the ongoing abuse in their Lehigh Acres home.

CA – A 20-year-old baby sitter in the San Francisco Bay Area has been charged with felony child abuse after a hidden nanny camera allegedly caught her trying to smother a child who wouldn’t stop crying, court documents show. Moriah Pulani Gonzales of Livermore, California was charged Feb. 22 by the Alameda County District Attorney. She was booked and released from Santa Rita Jail in Dublin ahead of her arraignment Friday.

OKLAHOMA CITY — A former missionary convicted of sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya was sentenced Monday to 40 years in a U.S. prison. Matthew Lane Durham, 21, had faced up to 30 years on each of four counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. He was ordered to pay restitution of $15,863. Durham asked the court for mercy. “All I wanted was to follow God’s plan for me,” he told the judge.

A township man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl during a sleepover at her Manville home has been indicted. Arthur Wildgoose, Jr., 32, was indicted on Thursday on first-degree aggravated sexual assault and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child. His bail was set at $200,000 cash-only.

One of New Zealand’s worst child sex offenders worked in the country’s education system for more than 30 years before he was arrested and charged with sexually violating 12 young girls last year. Robert Selwyn Burrett will be sentenced in April after he pleaded guilty to 21 charges of child sex abuse in the Christchurch High Court last month. The school caretaker and bus driver subjected his victims, aged between five and 12, to rape, sodomy, forced oral sex and watching pornography in an underground shed that he had installed with curtains and locks.

If you are a victim of crime, you may have to cope with challenges you never expected to face. You may have been wounded or lost property you can’t afford to replace. You may be overwhelmed by fear or anger. And you may not know what to do next or where to turn for help. Victim advocates can help you figure out what steps to take and what choices you may need to make. Victim advocates include paid and unpaid service providers working in a variety of settings to respond to crime victims’ mental, physical, financial, social, emotional, and spiritual needs. Advocates can offer advice on how to stay safe and give you information on medical, mental health, and victim services in your community. Below are some of the options you may want to explore, either on your own or with the help of a victim advocate.