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Mother and Boyfriend Charged With Murder in Death of 8-Year-Old in Round Lake Beach

Police cite evidence of prolonged abuse with autopsy findings still pending.

Father Arrested in Japan in 2025 Washing Machine Death of 2-Year-Old

Parents Detained in Suspected Violent Death of 6-Month-Old in Ciudad Real

Massachusetts Child Advocate Faults DCF in A’zella Ortiz Death, Urges Overhaul

Alta Gracia Court Dismisses Case Against Mother After Finding Psychosis

Father Surrenders as Louisiana Parents Jailed on Murder Charges in Death of 2-Month-Old

New Charges and Unsealed Warrants Deepen Probe Into Death of Connecticut Girl Found in Storage Tote

Criminal Case Opened After Newborn's Fatal Fourth-Floor Fall in Tatarstan

Baby P’s Mother Admits Failings in First Public Parole Hearing

New Warrants Allege Mother Starved, Zip-Tied Jacqueline ‘Mimi’ Torres-Garcia Before 2024 Death

Wakayama Parents Sent to Prosecutors in 2-Year-Old’s Fatal Abuse Case After Admitting Assaults and Withholding Care

Police Rescue Baby Buried Alive in Uttar Pradesh

Baja California Seizes Nine Bodies From Tijuana Funeral Home in Protocol Probe

Prosecution Opens Old Bailey Case in Baby Kaylani’s Death as Parents Deny Murder

Calgary Parents Get Six-Year Sentences in Toddler’s Scalding Death

Staten Island Man Charged After Throwing 1-Year-Old Niece Down Garbage Chute

Grandparents Testify Differing Accounts in Toddler’s 2021 Murder Trial

Grandparents Repeatedly Assaulted Toddler Before Fatal Head Injuries, Jury Hears

Crown Seeks Eight-Year Sentences for Calgary Parents in Toddler’s Death

Man Charged with Domestic Violence Manslaughter in 2023 Infant Death