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Washington Father Arrested After 4-Year-Old Son's Body Found Buried

Pointing to blunt-force trauma, forensic findings have prompted investigators to review prior child-welfare warnings before charging decisions.

Kim Zolciak Files Abuse and Neglect Claims as Court Grants Kroy Biermann Temporary Primary Custody

Judge Clears Harmony Montgomery Wrongful-Death Suit to Proceed With April 10 Hearing

California Mother Enters No-Contest Plea in Hot-Car Death, Faces 15 Years

New Searches Ordered at Haute-Saône Home Where Two Newborns Were Found in Freezer

Brooklyn Mother Arraigned as Judge Orders Psychiatric Exam in Infant Duffel Bag Case

South Carolina Couple Sentenced for Murder in Hot-Car Death of Disabled 13-Year-Old

Mother Pleads for Mercy as Jury Nears Sentencing Decision in Hollywood Officer Killing

Brandenburg to Launch First Child Protection Clinics in 2026 With State Funding to Follow in 2027

Arrests in Hiroshima Foster Assault and Nagoya Infant Neglect Cases

Father Charged With Murder in Death of 6-Month-Old Nnakai Pratt as Mother Is Arrested in Case

Frisco Mother Charged With Murder in Toddler’s Hot-Car Death

Constance Marten Applies to Appeal Manslaughter Conviction at Court of Appeal

Mother Remains Held on $1M Bail After Toddler’s Hot Car Death

Grandparents Testify Differing Accounts in Toddler’s 2021 Murder Trial

Toronto Mother Charged with Second-Degree Murder in Infant Son's Death

1-Month-Old's Death in NYC Ruled Homicide Due to Malnutrition

Texas Mother Faces Murder Charge in Infant's Hot Car Death