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Travon Grayson, 7, was hospitalized with facial injuries that will require surgery, several missing teeth and multiple bruises.
The first boy to publicly accuse Michael Jackson of pedophilia has gone missing.
A New York City woman pleaded guilty to murder and abuse charges in the 2013 death of a child left in her care. She confessed to horrible abuses of the 4-year-old boy.
The woman, who has not been identified, is reportedly the mother of two children discovered last week forcibly kept outside the San Antonio home: a 2-year-old boy chained to the ground and a 3-year-old girl tied to a door with a dog leash.
A 31-year-old man in Hagerstown, Maryland, charged in the death of a 9-year-old over a missing slice of birthday cake, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Thursday, reports The Associated Press.
An elementary school may face a lawsuit after a security guard handcuffed a six-year-old girl for stealing candy from her teacher's desk.
A Georgia teenager and her aunt have been arrested for the death of a toddler who was fatally burned after being placed in a tub of hot water as punishment.
Nebraska native Brandon Weathers was sentenced to serve between 100 and 160 years in prison for raping his foster child and claiming she impregnated herself with a syringe.
The Kinder Care Daycare in Eagan, Minn. is currently under investigation for allegedly forcing a 4-year-old to stand outside in the cold.
Keishanna Thomas was indicted by a grand jury for the murder of her daughter Janiya Thomas, who was found dead her deep freezer in September.
The child went missing in September, neighbors claimed. The family moved into the large and remote home two years ago. Human remains were found on the property. It hasn't been confirmed if the remains are the missing child.
The man convicted in the death of Adrian Peterson's 2-year-old son has been sentenced to life in a South Dakota prison.