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Four Indicted After 16 Children Found Living in Cramped Ohio Home

The grand jury returned child endangerment and sexual‑abuse counts as prosecutors and the BCI continue evidence gathering and forensic work.

18-Year-Old Charged After Alleged Biting of 9‑Day‑Old in Bloomington

Award‑Winning Mississippi Educator Arrested on Child Sex Charges

New Jersey Woman Arrested on Child Sexual Assault and CSAM Charges

Hundreds of Unread Warnings Found at Dessau Youth Office After Six-Year-Old's Death

Ohio Authorities Rescue 16 Children Found Living in Filth and Confinement

Key Largo Man Arrested After Teen Found Hidden in Clothes Dryer

Missouri Foster Mother Pleads Guilty After Alleged Trade of Girl for a Monkey

Three Women Indicted in Death of 7‑Year‑Old on Long Island

Judge Orders Adam Montgomery to Pay $15.5 Million in Daughter's Wrongful-Death Case

AMBER Alert for 13-Year-Old Missing From Louisiana Last Seen in Texas

Milwaukee Teacher Arrested After Alleged Punching of Student at Engleburg School

Judge Rejects Defense Bid for More Evidence in Ashlee Buzzard Case

Texas Mother Charged With Medical Child Abuse After Doctors Allege Unneeded Feeding Tubes and Surgeries

Florida Couple Charged With Child Abuse Over Hot Sauce Punishment of Allergic Child

Fox Lake Mother and Boyfriend Charged in Yearslong Abuse of 11-Year-Old, Held Ahead of Detention Hearings

Cleveland Mother Held on $2 Million Bond in Suitcase Deaths of Daughters

Affidavit and Video Detail Westminster DUI Stop Where Three Children Were Found in Trunk

San Jose Behavior Technician Arrested on Suspicion of Sexually Assaulting Toddler

Lille Prosecutors Charge 10 Men in Drug-Facilitated Rape of 5-Year-Old at 'Chemsex' Event