In response to the recently aired investigative news report on child abuse fatalities in the United States by the BBC, I want to call attention to the importance of child advocacy in the U.S. This issue deserves our attention now more than ever before. This multimedia, 22-minute story, entitled “America’s Death Shame,” began airing Monday, Oct. 17 on BBC World News affiliates, including PBS and NPR stations in most American cities. The focus of the broadcast is on the magnitude of child abuse — and particularly child-abuse-related deaths — in America.

A true story about the shattered lives of a family of children who were abused and tortured, survival was all they knew…For one child to be abused, it is a travesty. Yet, for a family of children to be abused, physically and mentally, on a daily basis for over 15 years, at the hands of various adults—caregivers, parents and guardians—is beyond words. Nevertheless, in this book, JoAnn found the words and strength to capture her childhood story of loss, suffering, hope and survival.

MIAMI — Miami-Dade County has named a street after a 10-year-girl who died after chronic child abuse and launched a new poster to make people aware of an abuse hotline. Officials on Friday renamed a portion of a street “Nubia Way” after Nubia Barahona. Her decomposing body was found in her father’s truck along Interstate 95 in February. Her twin brother Victor was badly burned by a toxic chemical.

Mugshot of Morgan Wilson, former Top Chef Just Desserts contestant and Ritz Carlton pastry chef, indicted on child pornography charges. A former Top Chef Just Desserts contestant who lives in Plano faces felony counts of child pornography. Morgan Wilson was indicted on three second-degree felony charges of possession and intent to distribute child pornography. He was arrested in December 2010 after undercover investigators received file transfers from Wilson’s computer via the file-sharing program Limewire, according to the arrest affidavit.

ERIE, Colo. — An Erie woman and her boyfriend face charges of child abuse, false imprisonment and crimes against an At Risk juvenile after police say they locked a 14-year-old boy inside a small room in their mobile home, often with no food. Amanda Jolliff, 36, and Richard Smith, 31, were arrested late last month after a neighbor called police when he found the frightened boy hiding under his porch.

Over 40 million children will go trick-or-treating this year, and doctors with the American College of Emergency Physicians want to make sure they all stay safe. Experts at the CDCsay children are four times more likely to be hit by a car on Halloween night, compared to any other night of the year. Tragic accidents happen every Halloween, so we put together a simple list of tips that will help keep your child safe while trick-or-treating this year.

The mission of the FBI’s Crimes Against Children Program is threefold: first, to decrease the vulnerability of children to sexual exploitation; second, to develop a nationwide capacity to provide a rapid, effective, and measured investigative response to crimes against children; and third, to enhance the capabilities of state and local law enforcement investigators through programs, investigative assistance, and task force operations.

A Wythe County mother and daughter have been indicted by a grand jury in the death of the daughter’s newborn baby girl. Twila Jean Meadows, 60, is charged with felony counts of child endangerment and concealing a dead body, while her daughter, Ashley April Meadows, 21, is charged with one count of felony child endangerment.

Eric Wayne Dille, 39, is facing 11 counts each of encouraging child sexual abuse in both the first degree and the second degree. Oct. 20. (Linn County Sheriff’s Office) A Mill City man is under arrest on multiple child sexual abuse charges in connection with an undercover investigation, the Linn County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) reports.

Baltimore City School officials have confirmed a joint investigation by their police force and Baltimore City Police. The investigation stems from the sex tape scandal in Baltimore City Public Schools. WJZ TV first broke the story of a 14-year-old Baltimore City Public Schools student who was allegedly taped having sexual relations on Baltimore City Public Schools Property.

TONAWANDA, N.Y. – A youth volunteer from Tonawanda faced a court appearance in a child endangerment and pornography case on Tuesday. Scott Peterson is accused of trading lewd pictures with four underage girls. Girls, met through a church group, were Scott Peterson’s target, police say. He’s pleaded not guilty to allegations that he sent naked pictures of himself and received naked pictures of girls, as young as 14-years-old.

Members of The Anonymous Hacktivist Movement are claiming responsibility for taking down more than 40 secret child-pornography websites and leaking the names of more than 1,500 members of one of the illegal sites. The Anonymous campaign began Oct. 14, when members of the hacktivist group found a cache of child-pornography websites while browsing a secret website called the Hidden Wiki, a guidebook to hundreds of underground websites invisible to search engines and regular Internet users.

FULLERTON, CA) — Two Fullerton brothers have been charged with sexually molesting two young girls on repeated occasions. Cristobal Ortiz Rodriguez, 25, and Eduardo Ortiz Rodriguez, 33, are expected to be arraigned Thursday in Santa Ana.

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