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Fox Lake Mother Ordered Jailed in Case Alleging Years of Abuse of 11-Year-Old as Boyfriend Also Detained

The case accelerated after the boy sought help at a flower shop, prompting arrests and protective custody for his four siblings.

DNA Breakthrough Leads to Arrest in 1979 Columbus County 'Baby Doe' Case

Ex–Chippewa Valley Schools Paraprofessional Arraigned on Two Child Abuse Counts

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Acquitted on All Child-Abuse Charges

Nashua Mother Charged With Witness Tampering, Child Endangerment in 6-Year-Old’s Drug Exposure Case

Prosecutors Seek To Close Totti Minor-Abandonment Case as Blasi Objects

Mother Linked to Infant Abuse Case in Sonora, Partner Accused of Filming

Judge Denies Bond for Ohio Mother Accused of Torturing Son After Amber Alert Rescue

Tokyo Police Arrest Talent Agency Head Over Indecent Acts Allegations Involving Underage Idol

Judge Orders Hilda Vasquez Held Without Bond in Son's Death Case

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

Mother Accused of Abandoning Toddler Near Highway Denied Bail

Three-Year-Old Montreal Girl Found Alive Along Ontario Highway After 72-Hour Search

Quebec Police Continue Search for Missing Toddler as Mother Faces Abandonment Charge

Oviedo Court Upholds Detention of Parents in ‘House of Horrors’ Case

Two Charged in Connection with Darlington Baby’s Critical Injuries

Son Heung-min's Father and Brother Suspended for Child Abuse in Youth Football Academy

Newborn Found Deceased in Bag Outside Notting Hill Church

Two Long Island Women Charged with Sex Trafficking of Missing 14-Year-Old Girl

President of Nord Department Faces Legal Action Over Child Abuse in Unauthorized Foster Care