Couple arrested after children found trapped in boxes secured with plywood & screws: POLICE
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‘I’ve seen some pretty nasty things, but nothing this deplorable’
Child Abuse
August 7, 2018
[UPDATE] Boy’s remains found at filthy compound after 11 children are removed from abusive conditions, police say
AMALIA, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on 11 children found living in a filthy, makeshift compound in New Mexico (all times local): 2:50 p.m. A New Mexico sheriff says searchers have found the remains of a boy on property where authorities raided a makeshift compound last week in search of a missing Georgia child. Taos …
Child Abuse
August 6, 2018
SEE IT: Teen girl says hero postal worker saved her from captivity by sex traffickers [VIDEO]
A teenager is crediting a postal worker with saving her from the captivity of alleged sex traffickers in California. According to a Fox News report, 16-year-old Crystal Allen says she was held against her will be alleged sex traffickers who “drugged, tortured and abused” her for three weeks before she made a daring escape from …
Child Abuse
August 2, 2018
Babysitters subject kids to torture, sleep and food deprivation over six-day period: Cops
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a pair of babysitters are responsible for abusing a 7-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl during a six-day period last month. According to Fox News, authorities arrested 22-year-old Jakayo Scott Frye and 22-year-old Shyann Marie Hills, both of Towanda, on suspicion of several criminal counts including aggravated assault, false imprisonment, unlawful restraint, …
Child Abuse
August 2, 2018
4-year-old girl found dead in river, cops think her mom threw her in the water
Authorities in Florida confirmed a young girl has died after someone threw her into a body of water in the Tampa area this week. According to Spectrum Bay News 9, authorities were notified of an emergency at the Hillsborough River along Columbus Drive on Thursday afternoon. Tampa police and and a trained diving team arrived …
Child Abuse
August 1, 2018
Infant girl dies after dad slaps her so hard she stops breathing, police say
An 8-month-old Massachusetts girl has died days after her father allegedly smacked her so hard that she stopped breathing multiple times. MassLive.com reported that father Daniel Torres, 28, will likely face new charges following the death of his infant daughter Lily. The 8-month-old, who police said died Monday evening, had been on life support since being admitted …
Child Abuse
July 27, 2018
DEVELOPING: Eight little boys removed from ‘troubled children’s’ home amid allegations of abuse & human trafficking, officials say
A Texas residential home for troubled boys was reportedly raided Wednesday as authorities investigated allegations of abuse and human trafficking, officials said Friday. Per the Burnet Bulletin, the children, ranging in age from 10 to 17, were removed from Joshua Home following a weeks-long investigation conducted by state and local authorities who executed a search warrant this …
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July 27, 2018
Toddler girl dies of starvation as ‘mom’ dances at club for cash, leaving tot alone for up to 12 hours a night: Police
A 2-year-old Georgia girl was pronounced dead Tuesday after her mother allegedly starved her to death as she danced for cash at a club. According to a press release, Gwinnett County Police Department responded to a call of a “person down” in Lilburn, located approximately 20 miles outside of Atlanta, when they came upon 2-year-old Reygan …
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July 26, 2018
UPDATE: Parents to face death penalty in case of abused toddler girl who reportedly resembled a ‘Holocaust victim’ when she died
Utah prosecutors will seek the death penalty against two parents who allegedly starved their 3-year-old daughter to death last year and filmed themselves taunting her with food before she died. In recently filed court papers obtained by The Associated Press, the state filed a notice seeking the death penalty against Odgen parents Miller Costello, 25, and …
Child Abuse
July 26, 2018
Mother’s boyfriend sexually assaults her son, makes him eat feces while ‘mom’ steals her children’s meds: POLICE
A couple in Green, Ohio, were arrested in June following a probe that police say reveals disturbing crimes involving the woman’s children, including the sexual assault of a 4-year-old boy caught on video surveillance. An investigation into Samantha Ward, 31, and her live-in boyfriend, Dean Davis, 28, began in April after a third party witnessed …
Child Abuse
July 24, 2018
Twin infant boys make miraculous recovery after dad nearly shakes the life out of them: Report
Twin 6-month-old boys in Indiana are recovering from extensive injuries they allegedly sustained months earlier at the hands of their father. WBND reported that Matthew Willet, 21, not only admitted in April to shaking and squeezing his two sons, Cooper and Jensen, but also confessed to dropping one of the babies on the bed and …
Child Abuse
July 21, 2018
Man rapes, impregnates 12-year-old girl who details graphic assault after birth of their child: Cops
Authorities in Florida say a 28-year-old man raped a 12-year-old girl last year and allegedly got the victim pregnant. According to WPEC, Jorge Estuardo Cobon-Juarez was arrested after the girl gave birth earlier this month. After she was admitted to a West Palm Beach area hospital, she told staff that she was eight months pregnant. …