All news on the topic: Child abuse

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Mum-of-six who gave parenting advice on YouTube charged with child abuse
YouTuber Ruby Franke and business partner Jodi Hildebrandt have each been charged with six counts of felony child abuse after Franke's son escaped through a window in Utah
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YouTuber mum's sister speaks out after 'child tied in duct tape runs for help'
'8 Passengers' YouTube mum Ruby Franke faces six charges of child abuse. Her sisters have spoken out about her arrest saying they have 'clung' to each other for support
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YouTuber mum arrested after 'malnourished child tied in duct tape runs for help'
Ruby Franke has been arrested along with her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt on suspicion of child abuse after police discovered malnourished children following a 911 call from a concerned neighbour
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Mum accused of sexually abusing twins, 15, after missing boy found in bedroom
Ashleigh Watts, from Chesapeake, Viriginia, is accused of abusing the twin 15-year-olds who were the same age as her son. The two families were friends and had an open-door policy between their homes
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23-year-old paedophile poses as a teen boy to capture young girls
The 23-year-old from Oklahoma utilized his baby face to trick underage girls into having sex with him. He was arrested when a police officer found a 13-year-old girl in his car during a traffic stop
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Married teacher's alleged Instagram messages to boy, 14, she's accused of raping
A middle school teacher in Queens, New York City, has been charged with allegedly raping a 14-year-old boy - the messages she sent him before and during the alleged abuse have now been revealed
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Priest who ran away to Rome with girl, 18, has 'refused' to let her come home
Defrocked Father Alex Crow is now accused of not letting the girl leave Italy but previous reports suggest the girl contacted her family saying she is happy, and asked them to let her live in peace
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Daycare worker caught on camera abusing girl, 7
Niya Jones was terrified when she noticed bruises on her daughter's arms after picking her up from Morning Starr Childcare Center at District Heights in Maryland
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Drug-addict parents unremorseful as baby girl starves to death in deplorable pad
Drug-addled Angel Taylor and Chevy Lafountain of Louisiana have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder after their four-month-old baby girl was found dead of starvation
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Dad batters schoolgirl with metal bar for wearing make-up then avoids jail
Hussein Alinzi, 59, beat his own daughter with a metal bar outside her school when she arrived early for a GCSE exam - but avoided jail despite the horrific act
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Teacher in her 70s faces 600 years jail for sex assaults on teen at posh school
The 74-year-old former teacher was convicted of repeated sexual assaults against a boy in the basement of a private school in Tomah, Wisconsin, during the 2016-17 school year, the Monroe County District Attorney revealed
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Woman who decapitated and killed lover is daughter of child sex criminal
Arturo Coronado, the father of Taylor Schabusiness testified in defence of his daughter. He himself is serving prison time for for sexually assaulting a child under the age of 16 in an unrelated case
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Boy starves to death as mum keeps kids in tiny urine-soacked closet without food
Elizabeth Archibeque has been sentenced to life without parole after her six-year-old son was found unresponsive and malnourished having been kept in a tiny closet which reeked of urine
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Dad who 'kept kids in cages' is wannabe rapper who posted pics of cars and cash
Police found children severely abused and locked in dog cages at the home of Travis Doss, 31, and Amanda Stamper, 33. Meanwhile, Doss had been branding himself as a wealthy, tormenter rapper on social media
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Dad arrested after he's found unresponsive in car with 2 kids in blazing desert
After he didn't show up for church, a huge search effort was launched to find Brian Laugeson and his kids, three and four. They were eventually found unresponsive in a car parked in the Nevada desert
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Killer parents who broke several of baby daughter's bones jailed for her death
Little Ava Mae Collard was found to have multiple rib, collarbone and femur fractures as well as severe trauma to the side of her head, after she was found in cardiac arrest at her home in Stone, Staffordshire
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Mum of kids found in cages says she didn't call cops as 'the dad abused her too'
The stepmum of six children found in an apartment, two of them in cages, has claimed she was abused too after she and her husband were arrested and charged with child abuse
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'Colleague groped me in locked McDonald's office - firm made me feel worthless'
More than 170 people contacted a helpline, set up this week by the UK’s human rights watchdog, and lawyers say the fast-food firm faces paying out tens of thousands
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Mum 'strangled son to death and tried to kill sibling, 4' sparking police search
Esteban Sylvester, 12, was found dead inside the family home in Shelbyville, Tennessee, by his distraught dad. Investigators later established the boy had been strangled to death
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Mum tried to use fake hitman website to have three-year-old son murdered
A Florida mum is accused of trying to have her three-year-old son killed by a hitman hired from a fake website, but the website owner reported her to the police
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Inside 'caveman' brother's 'house of horrors' where mum faked happy family life
Mum Katie Koch posted happy family pictures on Instagram of her two children despite the boys smashing their way out of a window to escape their home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Child rape suspect found with '6 kids in car and fly undone' during traffic stop
Jeremy Guthrie was pulled over in a traffic stop on July 5, 2022 for suspected DUI and now faces charges including 10 counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor
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Missing girl found at marine barracks after family claims she was sold for sex
The missing teenager's aunt, Casaundra Perez, claims the girl had been sold to a US Marine for sex but she was eventually found at the San Diego Marine base on June 28
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Moment dad of three victims attacks sick gym coach who abused 250 girls in court
Sick and twisted gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed in his Florida jail over the weekend - it is not the first time he has been attacked after a heartbroken dad lunged at him in 2018
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Wave of sexual abuse claims expected to hit the Scouts as victim website appears
The new online reporting site, supported by non-profit legal firm Good Law Project, currently has 60 allegations posted where victims share their stories anonymously