Child abuse can take many forms, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect, and can result in serious harm or even death.
Heather Adkins is accused of abandoning her 5-year-old, non-verbal son on a dark road in the rain. From jail, she told reporters she left the... More
March 14, 2022
Alexis Avila allegedly put her baby boy in multiple plastic bags filled with trash before throwing the bag into a dumpster in freezing conditions behind... More
March 1, 2022
Police said a 4-year-old child fired a gun at officers on the order of their father Monday at a Utah McDonald's. More
February 22, 2022
Detectives said the Ferriters had been physically abusing and forcibly confining the teen to live in the garage structure since at least 2017. More
February 16, 2022
A missing six-year-old girl has been found alive inside a makeshift room under the stairs of her non-custodial parents in upstate New York. More
February 16, 2022
A Colorado mother whose 7-year-old daughter died after authorities said she duped doctors about her daughter’s health, leading to unnecessary surgeries and medications, was sentenced... More
February 11, 2022
A mother whose infant son was found dead in her Cleveland home last week with suspected fentanyl in his system has been charged with felony... More
January 21, 2022
The man arrested for investigation of the attempted murder of his 5-year-old son along the Cherry Creek Trail last week confessed to trying to kill... More
January 21, 2022
DENVER (Scripps News Denver) — A father has been arrested for the attempted murder of his 5-year-old son after the two were rescued from icy... More
January 20, 2022
An 18-year-old New Mexico woman accused of abandoning her newborn baby in a dumpster pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of attempted first-degree murder and... More
January 12, 2022
18-year-old Alexis Avila is charged after police say she abandoned her newborn in a dumpster in New Mexico. More
January 12, 2022
The police chief in New Hampshire's largest city made another plea Wednesday for anyone with information on Harmony Montgomery, who was last seen in 2019... More
January 12, 2022
Avila said she was not aware that she was pregnant until Jan. 6 when she sought medical attention for abdominal pain. More
January 11, 2022
A television producer has pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges in connection with paying a Nevada woman to bring her 9-year-old daughter to Vermont to... More
December 22, 2021
According to court documents, CNN producer John Griffin allegedly used messaging services to contact her and other parents of young girls. More
December 17, 2021
William Looper told investigators he beat and abused the boy for two weeks and couldn't explain why, Solicitor David Stumbo said. More
November 12, 2021
Buffalo N.Y. man Keenen M. LaValley sentenced to prison for sexually abusing child victims. District attorney said he sexually abused victims 13-years-old or younger between... More
November 2, 2021
A California mother is accused of hosting alcohol-filled parties for her teenage son and his friends, encouraging them to drink heavily and engage in sex... More
October 14, 2021
Illinois and federal officials on Monday unveiled a mobile unit that they say will add speed and efficiency to digital investigations of child pornography and... More
October 4, 2021
A Michigan woman has been charged with murder days after her 3-year-old daughter's body was found with stab wounds inside a garbage bag, authorities said. More
September 21, 2021
The child abuse charges could mean three to twelve months in jail. More
August 27, 2021
Chelsea Trujillo was arrested for child abuse and a restraining order violation. More
August 9, 2021
Doctors said 5-month-old Benjamin Dowling had suffered a brain hemorrhage from severe shaking in 1984. More
July 28, 2021
By Katie McLaughlin, Court TV A former New York City police officer who allegedly forced his young son to sleep in an unheated garage in... More
July 16, 2021
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Drake Bell, the former star of the popular Nickelodeon show "Drake & Josh," was sentenced in More
July 12, 2021
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man linked to the 2018 death of a 10-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to... More
June 22, 2021
The grandmother of a 2-year-old girl who was beaten and starved to death wants to file a wrongful death lawsuit against three caseworkers who oversaw... More
April 28, 2021
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman whose two young children wandered from their apartment and drowned has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the More
January 29, 2021
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — A car thief who found a toddler in the backseat of a stolen vehicle drove back and chastised the mother for... More
January 19, 2021
COLE CAMP, Mo. (AP) — The parents of a 4-year-old Missouri girl allegedly killed by neighbors to remove a “demon” now face charges. Mary S.... More
December 28, 2020
