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Two Arrested After 1-Year-Old Dies in Scottsville, Ky., Police Say

Investigators say the child died after alleged extreme neglect in hazardous living conditions with more charges expected

Ohio Family Faces Felony Child‑Endangerment Case After 16 Children Found in Squalid Home; Father Seeks Competency Review

Pontiac Mother Pleads No Contest to Child Abuse in Squalor Case

San Antonio Officer Charged With Injury to Child in Alleged Off‑Duty Assault

2-Year-Old Found Dead in Hot Hallandale Beach Minivan

Boy Taken in 2023 Custody Dispute Found Alive in El Paso

Parents Charged With Homicide as Search Continues for Missing 4-Year-Old

Michigan Parents Charged With Murder in Death of 7‑Year‑Old Who Weighed 255 Pounds

Michigan Parents Charged With Murder After 7-Year-Old’s Death at 255 Pounds

Family Accuses Chubut Prosecutor of Inaction as National Forensic Review Is Ordered

Grandmother and Nurse Give Evidence in Murder Trial of Toddler Isabelle Welsh

Seven-Year-Old in Formosa Dies and Mother and Stepfather Face Aggravated Homicide Charges

Top French Judges Warn Against Scapegoating as Lyhanna Case Exposes Systemic Failings

Parents Avoid Jail After Leaving 6‑Month‑Old Alone on Florida Beach

Portugal Refuses Immediate Extradition of Mother in Case of Two Children Found Abandoned

Judge Keeps Father in Pretrial Detention in Barcelona Baby Abuse Case

Union Minister’s Son Granted Interim Bail to Sit University Exams

Commission Finds Decades of Abuse at Notre‑Dame de Bétharram

Four-Year-Old Found in Woodland After Brief Disappearance at Haden Hill Park

Evan Joseph Moore Arrested on Indecency Charge After Child’s Disclosure