Torture or Therapy? Doctors in Dedham, MA used a form of electro-shock “therapy ,” to help “treat,” disabled Andre McCollins, 18, inside his high school, shocking him over 31 times in the span of a few hours as punishment for laughing at his teachers. McCollins had been residing in the Judge Rotenberg Center for Behavioral Therapy where they treat children with physical and social disabilities.

CROSWELL, MI– A four-month-old Croswell area baby has died after sustaining severe injuries last week, said Det. Sgt. Jeff Hook with the Michigan State Police Caro Post. The baby boy died Monday. He had been on life support since he arrived at Detroit Medical Center Children’s Hospital in Detroit April 2. The baby was taken by ambulance April 2 to Port Huron Hospital for severe head trauma before being flown by helicopter to the Detroit hospital.

Statistics show that over 80% of boys and men do not come forward about abuse out of fear and shame. Patrick Dati was one of those statistics, but after years of depression and attempts with suicide, he has decided to tell his story. Patrick is an active speaker and public advocate for several anti-child abuse and anti-bullying organizations, such as National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse and RAINN-Rape, the Abuse & Incest National Network. He was also recently chosen by the SAMHSA/U.S. Department of Human Services as a spokesperson for their 2012 National Trauma Campaign. He has appeared on “WGN News,” “ABC 7 News”, NBC 5 News”, and numerous radio talk shows. Patrick speaks publicly to promote education and awareness about the serious issues of child sexual abuse, and to help others break their silence regarding bullying.

RESISTENCIA, Argentina — A premature baby was found alive in the morgue, 12 hours after being pronounced dead. The mother, Analia Bouter, was told by doctors in a hospital in the Chaco region that her baby was stillborn. But when she and her husband went to the morgue to view their daughter’s body 12 hours later they noticed the infant was breathing, according to the BBC.

One babysitter befriends the wrong parents in a deadly drug affair. Alexis Rasmussen, was the babysitter of couple Eric and Dea Millerburg’s children before being injected with Methamphetamine, raped, murdered, and then left in a remote area of Morgan County, Utah.

WASHINGTON – A child pornography suspect has been placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list to replace al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who was killed by U.S. forces last year. Eric Justin Toth, 30, a former private school teacher, was indicted in 2008 in Maryland on one count related to producing child pornography, according to court records. Authorities found pornographic images on a camera in his possession, the FBI said.

PLATTE CITY, MO — A Platte County jury found a Platte City man guilty of child abuse and possession of child pornography following a week-long trial. After deliberation Friday, the jury recommended James Marquis, 44, spend up to 28 years in prison. “This defendant required a teenage girl to stand in the corner for approximately 10 hours a day for nearly a month. The jury correctly found that was cruel and inhuman punishment, for which he deserves a lengthy prison sentence,” Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd said in a news release.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Washington County Child Protection Citizen Review Panel is providing some important information regarding child care arrangements to promote the idea that “It’s not Safe for Kids Under Eight.”

On the day Renee King was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2010 sexual assault and murder of her stepdaughter, the 2-year-old girl’s mother finally got to confront her. Reading from a prepared statement today in Macomb County Circuit Court, Lauren Furneaux told King, who was shackled and wore a blue jail jumper, of the pain she had caused and said she was glad that King would miss the milestones in the lives of King’s three children that Furneaux would miss because of Lily Furneaux-Wolfenbarger’s death.

A Knoxville man is charged with killing his girlfriend and their young daughter. According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Jorge Molina-Rivera, 28, of Lake Brook Lane, is facing two counts of first degree murder. He is being held on a $2 million dollar bond. Deputies responded to a home under construction on Rogers Island Lane in West Knox County on Sunday afternoon just before 3:30 pm. They found the bodies of the woman and child in a van, along with Molina-Rivera, who was unresponsive.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va.—A man has been convicted of the felony child abuse of his two 2-month-old twins in Montgomery County. John Paul Clark entered an Alford plea in court Monday, meaning that there was enough evidence to convict him beyond a reasonable doubt.

Feeling conflicted about the death penalty? Then David Alan Gore won’t make you feel much better. The convicted serial killer is on a fast train to execution right now, and it’s his own fault. He’s spent the last five years writing letters (now published in a book) bragging about how he raped and killed four teenagers and two adult women some 30 years ago in Florida. Bragging!? Now people, I am about as liberal as they come. I have let my gay male buddy take my then-toddler daughter into a bathroom alone. I have friends who have had abortions, and I don’t judge them one bit.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. —A screaming relative disrupted a DeKalb County courtroom when a judge revoked the bond for a martial arts instructor accused of child molestation and rape. Deputies escorted the sister of Adrian Spellen out of the courthouse as she wailed and screamed that the judge’s decision to revoke bond was unfair. Spellen is accused of molesting a 9-year-old student at his Power Kicks Martial Arts studio near Lithonia last year.

OHIO — A Warren County grand jury indicted an elderly Franklin Township man in connection with having sexual contact with three victims under the age of 13. Raymond A. Terrill, 89, was indicted for rape, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, gross sexual imposition, importuning and attempted gross sexual imposition. There a a total of 11 counts