A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder after allegedly killing his three-year-old son by locking him in a washing machine and turning it on. Christophe Champenois, from Meaux, near Paris, allegedly stripped Bastien naked and shut him in the machine to punish him for a prank at nursery school – throwing a classmate’s drawing down a toilet. He is then said to have run the cold cycle wash for a few minutes at their house, in the village of Germigny-l’Eveque.

SAN DIEGO, CA — The man accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter by throwing her into a New Jersey river is under arrest Tuesday after a nationwide manhunt, according to authorities. U.S. Marshals arrested Arthur Morgan III, 27, in East San Diego after receiving a tip from the Ocean Township Police Dept. in New Jersey.

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The Penn State football team takes on the Wisconsin Badgers this weekend, and Wisconsin lawmakers are hoping to use the Penn State child sex abuse incident that rocked the campus recently, to launch their own child sex abuse reforms. They’re hoping to pass the Child Victims Act that would wipe away the statute of limitations in these cases, and allow victims to prosecute their abusers.

I don’t know your name, but I know your face. I don’t know your journey, but I know where you are. I am your brother! I must tell you, what you have done is so courageous. The strength that it must have taken for your 11-year-old voice to speak out about such a horrible act is something that I didn’t have the strength or courage to do at that age.

Glendale, CA— A male baby-sitter from Alhambra has been arrested and charged with six felony counts of lewd acts on a child, felony sodomy of a child under the age of ten and felony continuous sex abuse of a child. Jordan Liu, 19, had been employed though SitterCity.com to care for a 8-year-old boy and his 3-year-old brother from March 1 to November 11th. His profile stated that he is a Pasadena City college student with seven years of experience.

A Berks County man faces 18 serious charges after having sex with his 6-year-old daughter and her 9-year-old friend. Richard Marsolick, 39 of Hereford, along with his son and daughter had checked into Cab Frye’s Motel in Hereford Township because they did not have power at their home due to the early season snowstorm.

WEST PHILADELPHIA – November 28, 2011 — A group of 4th grade students has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a classmate. The 8-year-old boy was allegedly attacked in the bathroom of Bryant Elementary School in West Philadelphia at the end of October.

ATLANTA, Ga. – Police say a small child was killed Monday at the hands of her own mother. Atlanta police detectives say the mother threw one of her children out a window in their home before stabbing her 4-year-old daughter to death. The woman, who has not been identified, was shot and killed by police who broke into the home. Officers say when they broke down the door of the home, the woman was sitting in a chair repeatedly stabbing her daughter and she refused to put down the knife. That’s when police shot and killed her.

Joran Van Der Sloot, the man suspected of killing Natalee Holloway, filed a $10 million lawsuit today against Chilean and Peruvian authorities, as well as Ricardo Flores, the father of his second alleged murder victim. Van Der Sloot’s lawsuit says that his human rights were violated while he was investigated for the murder of Stephany Flores.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Springs police said DNA has connected a Louisiana jail escapee to the rape of a 12-year-old girl last month.The escapee, 22-year-old Leonard Wayne Palmer, was captured by police the day after the attack, as they acted on a tip that he was in the area.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An alleged child rapist from California with ties to Staten Island could be lurking somewhere in the borough, and authorities want to nab him. The United States Marshal Service is asking anyone who has seen Patrick Senatore or has information on his whereabouts to call them immediately.

Three-year-old Johnny Crisco’s big, dark eyes could eventually be affected by abuse he endured as a baby. An observant person might notice his head isn’t shaped quite right. The fractures in the child’s skull have healed, as has his broken nose. But he may always suffer the consequences of his abuser’s actions. In June 2009, Johnny’s mother, Candice Crisco, went to work at a thrift store for a few hours. She left the 7-month-old baby in the care of her boyfriend, Adam Dale Watson.

CLEVELAND — An Ohio third-grader who weighs more than 200 pounds has been taken from his family and placed into foster care after county social workers said his mother wasn’t doing enough to control his weight. The Plain Dealer reports ( http://bit.ly/t68M7D) that the Cleveland 8-year-old is considered severely obese and at risk for such diseases as diabetes and hypertension.