Manassas residents confronted a woman for taping an infant’s mouth shut in July. According to police, when confronted, Kristina Leigh Moore, of the 9200 block of Hood Road, became so agitated that she assaulted her accusers. Officers were called to the scene. When they arrived, Moore’s accusers said that Moore had taped an infant child’s mouth shut to keep it from crying.

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Four years ago, a now 71-year-old woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the child-abuse murder of her adopted 3-year-old son who died in 1974 of what she claimed for decades was from falling off a lawn chair into the grass. Thursday, Catherine Wyman, formerly of Sparks, was sentenced to time served after the Nevada Supreme Court reversed her conviction in 2009 of second-degree murder, saying she was entitled to review her accuser’s psychiatric records.

LAWRENCE – A Lawrence father is facing child abuse charges after allegedly beating his newborn child blind. Emmanuel Quadros, 32, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday. Police say the injuries to the 3-week-old baby boy are so severe that the child is now blind and will likely be wheelchair-bound.

Macon County schools recently revised the Board Policy to give parents the option to opt out of allowing their child to be subjected to corporal punishment. The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) defines child abuse and neglect at a minimum as “any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents as imminent risk of serious harm.”

UK–A paedophile described by police as the UK’s most prolific hoarder of pictures of child abuse has been given an indeterminate prison sentence. Daniel Taylor, 31, possessed more than 300,000 indecent images, including a large number considered the most extreme, Bradford crown court heard. Taylor used 47 devices including hard drives, phones, memory sticks and a laptop to store the pictures.

SANTA ANA – A Santa Ana man facing trial in the beating death of his girlfriend’s sister’s 18-month-old daughter has been charged with abusing another child in 2009, prosecutors said Thursday. Juan Carlos Aguilar, 25, of Santa Ana is now charged with murder, assault on child with force likely to produce great bodily injury resulting in death and two counts of child abuse.

NEW YORK — Levi Aron, accused of butchering an 8-year-old boy on his first walk home alone from an Orthodox Jewish day camp, is competent to stand trial, according to a court evaluation released on Thursday. That means Aron is able to participate in his own defense and understands he is charged with kidnapping, suffocating and dismembering Leiby Kletzky, his defense lawyers said outside state Supreme Court in Brooklyn.

TARZANA, CA – A Los Angeles city official appointed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has resigned amid a child porn investigation blaming his “odd behavior” on a tumor. 63-year-old Albert Abrams stepped earlier this week. FBI agents seized computers and other materials from his Tarzana home on Wednesday.

SAN ANGELO, Texas— A Texas jury convicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs of child sexual assault Thursday in a case stemming from two young followers he took as brides in what his church calls “spiritual marriages.” The 55-year-old head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints stood stone-faced as the verdict was read.

As a parent, I really cringe when I hear about a child being abused by anyone. Unfortunately, children remain prime targets for physical, mental and sexual abuse perpetrated in diverse settings. In order for us to help child abuse victims, we first must acknowledge its existence and then begin to understand how and where it occurs.

All appearances lean toward the mass media approving what is newsworthy stories regarding a mother abusing, neglecting and in many cases murdering her child/children literally and emotionally? Within the last week Los Angeles channel 7 KABC news reported at least two severe cases of child abuse and neglect. On the internet I’ve come across numerous cases of child maltreatment, neglect, abuse and fatalities many never reach newsworthy attention. U.S Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children & Families gives a very detailed report on child maltreatment

A 5-week-old girl is in the hospital and the father has been arrested for child abuse. According to the Wichita Police Department, around 6:00 p.m. Tuesday night, the child was taken into Wesley Medical Center for a head injury. The child had suffered a skull fracture and brain bleed. Workers at the hospital then called police and informed them of the injuries.

STEWARTSTOWN, N.H. — Investigators have seized a pick-up truck driven by the step-father of Celina Cass, the 11-year girl found dead in the Connecticut River a week after she disappeared from her house. Police loaded the silver pickup on a flatbed while executing a search warrant at the family’s home in West Stewartstown.