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Alabama Toddler Still Missing as Judge Sets $1 Million Bond for Mother

Investigators are probing inconsistencies in the initial account, with no verified last-seen date.

Mother Charged With Murder After Two Newborns Found in Freezer in Haute-Saône

Parma Court Psychiatric Report Finds Chiara Petrolini Mentally Competent in Newborn Deaths Case

Augsburg Court Sentences Mother to 3½ Years for Offering Eight-Year-Old Daughter for Sex

Michigan Mother Arraigned on Expanded Felony-Murder Charges in Deaths of Two Children

Judge Drafting Order on Lindsay Clancy’s Transport and Care Ahead of July Trial

Georgia Mother Charged With Murder in Deaths of Two Infants Three Years Apart

Girona Police Detain Parents Accused of Abandoning Child to Claim Unaccompanied Minor Status

Thailand Deports Erika Vladyko as Primorye Authorities Address Child's Care

CCTV-Led Hunt Rescues Baby Abducted From Kalyan Station in Six Hours

Perth Mother Jailed in Starvation Case Denied Bail Ahead of Appeal

Berlin Prosecutors Indict Woman in Newborn’s Death as Darmstadt Trial Hears Forensic Testimony

Court Commissioner Calls West Allis Child-Abuse Case 'Worst He Has Seen' as Father Charged With Homicide, Mother With Neglect

Babysitter Accused of Antifreeze Poisoning Freed on $600,000 Bond in Florida Case

New Zealand Jury Convicts Mother of Murdering Two Children Found in Suitcases

Traunstein Court Orders Psychiatric Commitment for Mother in Rosenheim Child Killings

Iowa Mother Gets 10 Years for Injecting Toddler With Insulin

Bones Found in FBI Search Near Site of Decker Daughters’ Killings

Autopsy Finds Hyperthermia Likely Cause in 3-Year-Old’s Maine Death; Mother Faces Manslaughter

Mother Charged With Capital Murder After Toddler Found Dead in Funeral Home Hearse