Theodore Sypnier, at age 100, is New York States oldest registered sex offender, in the back where he belongs, prison, according to the director of a halfway house the state’s oldest registered sex offender was staying at.

“He remained adamant that he was going to continue his behavior of molesting children. As a father myself, I’m glad to see him back in jail,” Rev. Terry King, Executive Director of Grace House, a halfway house in Buffalo, New York told ABC News today.

A veteran Queens prosecutor said Thursday that a recent surge in brutal child abuse cases – including four deaths – is the worst she has seen in the borough in 25 years. At least eight Queens children have been badly beaten since Feb. 25, and authorities are unsure what to do to stop the disturbing upswing.

“We’ve never seen anything like this,” said Marjory Fisher, chief of Special Victims Bureau in the Queens district attorney’s office.

The state legislature appears to have reached a reasonable compromise in debating whether to lift a 30-year statute of limitations on the filing of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse.

Advocates for the change say having a statute of limitations in cases of child sexual abuse makes no sense. According to experts, it is common for child sexual abuse victims to suppress memories. Some children are unable to process the reality that a person they love or trust has violated them. They can feel guilty that they have done something wrong and fear turning to anyone.

TEXAS: Dozens of volunteers have joined police in Wylie, Texas as they work to identify a young boy found dead last week.

The body was found Thursday morning by a landscaper mowing the grass near Lavon Lake. The Collin County medical examiner said Friday that the boy is about six years old and had significant medical needs and was likely being fed through a feeding tube.

Christopher Wells, shown in this 2010 Florida Dept. of Corrections photo, is currently in jail on second-degree murder charges, after he left his daughter Christina with permanent brain-damaged after he violently shook her and covered her mouth to keep her from crying when she was two-months old. Christina never learned to walk, talk, or sit by herself and died in March 2006 at age 19.

Abuse reports are continuing to rise here, across nation.
It’s difficult to talk about child abuse, but the subject is very important. And it is being talked about a lot this month because April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.

SPRING LAKE — Gary Eastburn has questions for the man who was sentenced to death Thursday for murdering Eastburn’s wife and two of his daughters 25 years ago. Kathryn Eastburn and children Kara, 5, and Erin, 3, were stabbed to death in their home in the Summerhill neighborhood of Fayetteville in May 1985. A third child, 22-month-old Jana Eastburn, was left alive.

PLACERVILLE, Calif. – Prosecutors have amassed an overwhelming amount of evidence against a California man charged with kidnapping, raping and holding Jaycee Dugard captive for nearly two decades, a prosecutor said Thursday.

In addition, information has been uncovered that could mitigate the guilt of his wife and co-defendant Nancy Dugard, El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson said during a court hearing.

KSDK — A 47-year-old Warrenton man was arrested Monday on charges of sexual abuse of a child, the Warren County Sheriff’s Department said.

According to Sheriff Kevin Harrison, investigators were contacted April 12 about a possible incident of molestation. A friend of the 15-year-old victim spoke with detectives and further investigation led to the arrest of Mark A. Shepherd.

WEST CHESTER — The mother of two young girls testified Tuesday in Common Pleas Court that she had allowed a man she met online to sexually molest them because she wanted to continue their affair.

“I loved him and I loved him dearly,” the woman told the jury hearing the case against Geoffrey Elkington. “I didn’t want him to leave me, so I let him do what he wanted to do.”

KILLINGLY, Conn. — A Killingly woman was arraigned Friday on charges of murder, assault and strangulation in connection with the death of her 20-month-old son.

Melissa O’Connor, 23, remained virtually silent while her public defender told the judge that because his client collects Social Security disability payments and doesn’t work, any bond, let alone the set $1 million bond, would be too high.

The AMT Children of Hope Foundation was founded by members of the Ambulance Medical Technicians of the Nassau County Police Department. After a series of cases of infanticide in Nassau County, the emotional impact began taking its toll, on ourselves as well as the community.

Police believe there are more victims

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) — POLICE BELIEVE THERE ARE MORE VICTIMS! A Central County man allegedly raped a girl while he was babysitting her. St. Louis County Police arrested 34-year-old Timothy Broadway Tuesday, stemming from an incident prompting an investigation last month.

Police: Man Raped 5-Year-Old, Supplied Child Porn

CINCINNATI–A suspect in the rape of an area child was arrested Wednesday evening in North Carolina.
Authorities said 37-year-old Waco “White Wolf” Tohausen was indicted Dec. 21 on charges of rape and pandering sexually oriented materials involving a 5-year-old, for crimes allegedly committed in 2007.