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Bronx Mother and Grandmother Charged in Starvation Homicide of Autistic Teen

Prosecutors say alleged years-long neglect caused a March 19 homicide, prompting new questions about child-welfare oversight.

Parents Held After Two 15-Month-Old Twin Girls Found Dead in Beuvrages

Parents Sent to Pretrial Prison After Three‑Month‑Old Dies in Sabadell

Cassazione Prosecutors Ask Court to Void Milan Appeal Ruling in Alessia Pifferi Case

Three Bayport Women Indicted in Death of 7-Year-Old Jor'Dynn Duncan

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

Eight-Month-Old Dies After Mother Allegedly Force-Feeds Acid in Rajasthan

Autopsy Ordered in 10-Year-Old’s Death as Family Challenges Pneumonia Finding in Separate Case

Baby P’s Mother Faces Public Parole Hearing as Ex-Detective Urges Refusal

Itzehoe Trial Opens for Parents Accused of Killing Infant by Omission

National Review Urges Earlier Safeguarding for Unborn Babies After Baby Victoria Case

Mother and Boyfriend Held on Murder Charges in Death of 8-Year-Old in Round Lake Beach

After Yearlong Probe, Aunt and Uncle Arrested in Aggravated Homicide of Four-Year-Old in Tufino

Murder Trial Opens Over Baby Darcy‑Leigh's Fatal Brain Injury and 47 Rib Fractures

Father Arrested in Japan in 2025 Washing Machine Death of 2-Year-Old

Parents Detained in Suspected Violent Death of 6-Month-Old in Ciudad Real

Massachusetts Child Advocate Faults DCF in A’zella Ortiz Death, Urges Overhaul

Alta Gracia Court Dismisses Case Against Mother After Finding Psychosis

Father Surrenders as Louisiana Parents Jailed on Murder Charges in Death of 2-Month-Old

New Charges and Unsealed Warrants Deepen Probe Into Death of Connecticut Girl Found in Storage Tote