DENVER — Nearly 14 years after six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was murdered in her Boulder home, detectives have launched a new round of interviews looking for potentially missed clues. Investigators have contacted several potential witnesses, including Burke Ramsey, JonBenet’s brother. Burke was 9 years old when his sister was found strangled in the family’s basement. He’s now 23, and police hope a new investigation may trigger memories of additional details.

A Brooklyn mom accused of killing her baby girl and dumping the body in the trash was found guilty of manslaughter Friday. Laura Sergio covered her face with her hands when the judge announced the verdict. “The defendant was a 25-year-old mother who recklessly engaged in conduct that caused a child’s death,” said Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Alan Marrus.

FLORIDA–Authorities arrested a central Florida father Thursday after he boarded a school bus and reportedly threatened students who were allegedly bullying his daughter. James Jones’ raw and obscene rage was on caught on the school bus’ security camera. He was charged with disorderly conduct and disturbing a school function in Lake Mary, Fla.

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Channel 6 News Friday obtained the photos that prompted the arrest and conviction of a Beatrice, Nebraska couple for child abuse. The three photos show a 22-month-old boy duct-taped to a wall, his hands taped and his bottle taped to a wall out of reach. Authorities recovered the pictures from a camera belonging to his mother, 18-year-old Jayla Hamm. Hamm was sentenced last month to a minimum of 10 days in jail.

It’s a disturbing trend. In Vanderburgh County, reports of child abuse and neglect went up by nearly 700 in just one year. Some of that may be because more people are speaking up. There was the central call center that rolled out and that provides for a consistent statewide reporting of abuse and neglect, so we began to do a lot of community outreach.

But it’s not just reports. Across the region, the number of court cases the Department of Children’s Services is dealing with has gone from about 880 to nearly 1200. Neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse have all increased.

Davenport, IOWA – A four-year long manhunt is over after Davenport Police arrested a man Friday wanted for sexual assault and child abuse. Police say in 2006, Herman Morris, 30, used a gun and sexually assaulted a woman multiple times over an 11 hour period. Morris is also accused of beating his girlfriend’s two year-old son so bad with a belt, the child had to be airlifted to a hospital for treatment.

NORRISTOWN, PA — A former Pottstown couple is in trouble with the law after authorities alleged an infant boy in their care was malnourished to the point his “skin was just hanging off him,” according to court documents. Jose Rafael Cardenas Sr., 25, formerly of Walnut Street in Pottstown, was sentenced recently in Montgomery County Court to 11½-to-23-months in the county jail, to be followed by three years’ probation, after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of endangering the welfare of a child in connection with incidents that occurred in 2009.

Police have arrested the 21-year-old mother of a 6-month-old boy hospitalized in Lubbock with life-threatening injuries. Amanda Fain was charged Thursday night with abuse of a child resulting in great bodily harm. She is being held at the Curry County jail on $100,000 cash-only bond, jail officials said. Police responded to Fain’s residence at 405 Johnson St. Tuesday morning for a report her infant son was gasping for breath. The boy was later airlifted to a Lubbock hospital, where he received a poor prognosis.

CEDAR CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) – Police say Thomas Harry Canum III, 24, was booked into the Iron County Jail for Child Abuse Homicide following an investigation in the death of a 14-month-old toddler. Cedar City Police Officers responded to Valley View Medical Center on September 28 around 6:30 pm after doctors started treating the toddler for head injuries.

A St. Cloud mother is in custody after her infant turned up in a hospital with serious injuries and another child was found alone at home. St. Cloud Hospital staff called police at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 17, when a baby came in with injuries that were “consistent with child abuse,” according to a police report. The child was airlifted to an unspecified metro hospital because of the severity of the injuries.

PALM COAST, Fla. — Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a local day care operator on Saturday on child abuse charges.

Christina Cinelli-McFall was arrested after detectives said they discovered a 1-year-old child was either hit or shaken at her day care, Chrissy’s Cottage in Palm Coast.

KABAZI, Kenya — Emma has gone to court every month for 2 1/2 years to try and prove that a neighbor raped her mentally disabled 14-year-old daughter.

The process is excruciating. Evidence went missing. The court file disappeared. Officials mock and ignore her. But the illiterate single mother perseveres, encouraged by a new Kenyan government help line started two and a half years ago to fight child abuse.

In Kenya and a handful of other African countries that have collected data, hospitals, police, the government and aid agencies are getting increased reports of child sex abuse. It’s unclear whether more abuse is happening or more people are coming forward, but the numbers may be the first sign that new initiatives such as help lines, legislation and police units specializing in investigating sex abuse are starting to work.

SAN JACINTO (KTLA) — Police in Riverside County are searching for a man who tried to kidnap a 15-year-old girl as she was walking to school. The attempted kidnapping happened just after 6 a.m. Thursday on Lyon Avenue, south of Merlot Place, in San Jacinto. Police say the suspect approached the girl from behind and grabbed her arm, but she was able to fight him off.