Child Abuse

Police: Couple burns, bruises, beats autistic child to death, and abuse little brother found with ‘genital bruising’

 Police: Couple burns, bruises, beats autistic child to death, and abuse little brother found with ‘genital bruising’
Child Abuse

A Florida couple is facing manslaughter charges after the woman’s 4-year-old son died from what police are calling extreme physical abuse. News4Jax reports that in November, Chance Vanderpool, a 4 year-old autistic boy, died at the Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital in Macclenny. Medical experts said he had numerous bruises, a head injury, and a large “cigar-size” burn on …

Body of missing 11-year-old girl found behind her apartment just hours after she was reported missing, being investigated as homicide
Child Abuse
July 13, 2017

Body of missing 11-year-old girl found behind her apartment just hours after she was reported missing, being investigated as homicide

Investigators recovered the body of a Keansburg, New Jersey, girl behind her apartment building just hours after she was reported missing, according to NJ.com. Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Thursday afternoon that the body of Abbiegail “Abbie” Smith was found behind the Hancock Arms Apartments, where Smith lived with her mother. The 11-year-old was last seen in the …

Police: Parents make malnourished adopted son, 5, march in flippers, carry heavy weights on back while doing forced exercises
Child Abuse
July 12, 2017

Police: Parents make malnourished adopted son, 5, march in flippers, carry heavy weights on back while doing forced exercises

Wisconsin authorities say a Green Bay man and woman intentionally starved their adopted son and made march around in flippers, while carrying a backpack full of weights. ABC reports that Bradley Fahrenkrug, 40, and Kimberly Fahrenkrug, 38, were both arrested on Monday and charged with felony child abuse after their 5-year-old son was found severely abused. …

Infant dies after mother leaves it alone with 2-year-old sibling: Police
Child Abuse
July 7, 2017

Infant dies after mother leaves it alone with 2-year-old sibling: Police

A New York City mother has been arrested after her three-month-old infant died in a Brooklyn shelter. According to the Daily News, Genevieve Gonzalez, 28, allegedly left her baby alone with her two-year-old sister at a shelter in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, on Thursday morning. When she returned from what she told police was a brief errand, …

Police: Woman who ran illegal daycare admits to shaking, severely injuring baby
Child Abuse
July 7, 2017

Police: Woman who ran illegal daycare admits to shaking, severely injuring baby

A Texas worker who reportedly managed an illegal daycare operation in Taylor, apparently admitted that she injured a 10-month-old baby, police confirm. She was arrested on Thursday. KXAN reports that on June 15, the Taylor Police Department responded to an emergency call from someone at an apartment off of Sloan Street. The caller said that …