All news on the topic: Child abuse

Amber Waterman, from Missouri, US, had previously been indicted in November for the alleged kidnapping and killing of 33-year-old Ashley Bush after her remains were discovered

Sheila and Clay Fletcher have been re-indicted on murder charges after their daughter Lacey Ellen Fletcher's body was discovered "melted" into a couch in their home in Louisiana

Jay Perren, 34, who told one of his victims he had a 'monster inside his head' has been jailed for three decades after he was found guilty of dozens of sick sex crimes

Kristel Candelario, from Ohio, is facing murder charges after leaving her 16-month-old daughter home alone while she went on holiday for 10 days with the tot later dying

John Griffin worked as a television producer at CNN for eight years before being terminated after his sickening crimes came to light including derogatory language about women

A Texas woman allegedly pulled a gun on neighbours attempting to stop her from throwing her four-month-old son out a third-story window with witnesses worried about doing 'too much to antagonize her more'

Tony Hudgell was the son of birth parents Jody Simpson and Tony Smith, who inflicted such severe injuries on him - when he was just six weeks old - that his legs eventually had to be amputated

The body of the missing Oaklee Snow was found in an abandoned building in Morgan County, Indianapolis, after last being seen in March being carried out of the alleged drug house

Ethan Washburn, 20, from Tennessee, US, is the biological son of Kristy Schindley, 47, who is accused of committing child cruelty alongside husband Tyler, 46, after the boy weighed just 36 pounds

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Serena Kelley was born into the Children of God cult and became a 'poster girl' for the controversial organisation. After making her escape, she has shared her story with The Mirror

Emily Victoria opens up in a new Channel 4 documentary - A Paedophile in My Family: Surviving Dad - all about how she was sexually abused by her father and how she resented her mother for it going unnoticed

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Toddler Jacob Lennon was subjected to inhumane abuse at the hands of his mother Louise Lennon's partner, Jake Drummond, even sharing MEMES as they joked about their cruelty

Jack Addis and Jeremy Laxton pleaded guilty to conspiring with serving Chief Inspector Richard Watkinson to distribute or show indecent images of children

The late entertainer's estate could be forced to pay out to an Australian woman, who is in the process of suing him for assaulting her when she was 10 years old

The suspected paedophile, who was identified only by the name Sergei, told the two girls - aged 10 and 12 - that he would use a grenade to blow them up if they refused

The boy was found wandering the streets, reportedly weighing just 36 pounds as he begged police to "please not make [him] go back" to the home where he was reportedly denied food and locked in his room.

Alexee Trevizo went to Artesia General Hospital in New Mexico with bak pain, and gave birth in the facility's toilet before allegedly putting her baby in the trash, police said

Prosecutors allege the boy's parents caused dental injury and disfiguration and locked himin his bedroom for extended periods without access to basic necessities.

Shannon O'Connor will face 39 criminal counts of felony child endangerment and sexual battery

Tyler and Krista Schindley are accused of attempting malice murder against their 10-year-old child, among other charges, after the boy was found wandering alone away from his home

The victim will take home a five-figure sum after being subjected to horrific abuse by a foster carer, including being forced to drink orange juice mixed with bleach

Netflix documentary 'The Keepers' highlighted the abuse hundreds of children faced at the Baltimore Catholic Church including Teresa Lancaster, 69, who claims she was sexually abused

Lori Vallow, 49, was seen smirking in her mugshot just days after being found guilty of murdering her kids Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua ‘JJ’ Vallow, 7 at Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho

Kamilek, eight, who has not been fully named due to Polish privacy laws, suffered such serious burns after his cruel stepfather made him sit on a hot stove that he had to be hospitalised and put in a coma

Tony’s father Anthony Smith and birth mum Jody Simpson were jailed for 10 years for abusing him so badly he needed both legs amputating and now Smith seeks prison release