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Mother of Missing Infant Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced to 12 Years in Son’s Death

The plea resolves a scheduled murder hearing and leaves investigators continuing the search for the child’s remains.

Three Family Members Indicted in Death of 7-Year-Old Jor'Dynn Duncan

Preston Davey Trial Shifts to Defence After Jurors View Police Interviews

Trial Hears Teacher Accused of Killing Baby He Was Adopting

Tyrol Parents Sentenced to Life for Starving Son Elias, 3, to Death

Judge Delays Probable-Cause Ruling in Death of ‘Mimi’ Torres After DCF Impersonation Testimony

Pennsylvania Father Gets Life Without Parole After Pleading Guilty to Murder of 12-Year-Old Daughter

Tavares Mother Gets Life After No-Contest Plea in 10-Year-Old Son's Death

Newly Released Records Show Rebekah Baptiste Reported Abuse Months Before Her Death

Long Beach Father, Stepmother Arrested on Suspicion of Torture and Murder in 14-Month-Old’s Death

Victoria Martens Case Revisited as Autopsy and Court Records Detail Abuse, Pleas and Sentences

Grandparents Jailed for Life for Murder of Two-Year-Old Ethan as Mother Receives 12 Years

L.A. County Approves $20 Million Settlement in Noah Cuatro Wrongful-Death Case

North Carolina Father Sentenced to Minimum 27 Years for Second-Degree Murder of Infant

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

Prosecutors Say Missing Infant Emmanuel Haro Was Killed After Prolonged Abuse as Parents Face Murder Charges

Arizona Department of Child Safety Faces Scrutiny Ahead of Oversight Hearing After Girl’s Death

Daughter of Accused Grandparents Describes Decades of Abuse in Toddler’s Death Trial

Court Weighs Appeals in Sara Sharif Murder Sentencing

Sara Sharif Case Prompts Stricter Home-Schooling Regulations in England