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

Prosecutors cite extensive forensic and digital evidence tying the defendants to prolonged abuse that exposed gaps in child‑welfare oversight.

Kentucky Couple Sentenced to 20 Years in Child Abuse Case

WA Court Quashes Parents’ Convictions in Teen Starvation Case and Grants Bail

Oviedo 'House of Horrors' Trial Concludes With Ruling Due Soon

Illinois Mother and Boyfriend Ordered Held in Case of 11-Year-Old’s Alleged Years-Long Abuse

Youth Worker Reports No Child Endangerment as Block Abduction Trial Resumes

Tokyo Massage Shop Owner Denies Charges in Case of 12-Year-Old Thai Girl

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

Stafford Parents Jailed Over Baby’s Fatal Injuries

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