Alabama adoptive parents starve teen, force him to live in basement
Child Abuse
He weighed just 47 pounds when discovered
Juveniles
February 9, 2017
Girl injured in horrific bully incident; school calls it an ‘accident’
A 9-year-old girl, Lanny Turpin, in Sheffield, Alabama, suffered a concussion on Friday followed by “two black eyes and a bruised face” after being attacked by a bully at her school. AL reports that on the morning of February 3, Lanny – a fourth-grader at L.E. Wilson Elementary School – was walking with her classmates to an art …
Child Abuse
February 8, 2017
Blame the victim! Mackenzie Phillips talks impact of incestuous affair
Close to ten years since the bombshell revelation that Mackenzie Phillips had an incestuous relationship with her father, the Mamas & the Papas singer John Phillips, her family is still reeling with anger. But the anger is directed at her, Phillips says. The former One Day at a Time star first revealed the alleged incest …
Child Abuse
February 8, 2017
Birthday Cake Beating: Mom pleads guilty to child abuse in son’s senseless death
Her boyfriend beat her son to death for eating a piece of birthday cake
Juveniles
February 8, 2017
Small town has first murder in 25 years — and 12-year-old is the prime suspect
Christina Shockley was found shot to death at the convenience store where she worked
Child Abuse
February 8, 2017
Daycare worker on trial for murder of 4-month-old girl
A Noble, Oklahoma, home daycare worker will go to trial on murder charges. A judge ruled on Tuesday that the case has enough evidence to move forward. News 9 reports Melissa Clark said nothing as she was escorted out the courtroom after learning she’d face murder charges for the death of 4-month-old Braelyn Zachary. The baby …
Child Abuse
February 8, 2017
‘Mom and dad’ convicted of killing son in horrific ‘counseling session’ church beating
“Mom and dad” convicted of killing their son in horrific “counseling session” beating.
Child Abuse
February 8, 2017
Police: Parents lock autistic girl in cage
A Washington County, Tennessee, man and woman were arrested on Monday, accused of locking a 10-year-old little girl in a cage. Both suspects claimed it helped them “control the girl.” Johnson City Press reports that after an anonymous tip, authorities went to the suspects’ home found the girl inside a wooden cage that permeated a strong odor …
Juveniles
February 7, 2017
WATCH: ‘Cash Me Ousside’ girl fights airline passenger
Danielle Bregoli was reportedly banned from Spirit Airlines following a Monday night brawl with a female passenger. Bregoli, 13, and her mother Ann Peskowitz allegedly got into an altercation with the passenger after Peskowitz, in a cast due to a foot injury, took too long to put a carry-on bag in the overhead compartment. The …
Child Abuse
February 7, 2017
Mother sentenced to prison for unspeakable sex acts on toddler son
The abuse began when the child was just an infant
Juveniles
February 7, 2017
Soccer coach accused of sex with 13-year-old will likely avoid jail
Rebecca Noonan claimed in her guilty plea that she had no recollection of the incident
Child Abuse
February 7, 2017
‘Mom’ gets just 8 years for killing baby with methadone
A woman who gave her 7-month-old daughter a fatal does of methadone was sentenced to 8 years in prison on Monday, a sentence that many people feel is extremely light, given the crime. New Jersey 101.5 reports that Lisa M. Scalia, 33, was arrested on January 3, 2016, on previous charges of endangering the welfare of …
