All news on the topic: Child abuse

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

Samantha Valentine's evil actions are 'unequivocal proof that monsters walk amongst us' according to police after she attacked her baby multiple times over a four-day period

The pair tortured the 10-year-old victim, spraying him with hot sauce, forcing them to fight one another and made the youngsters kneel for lengthy periods on concrete floors, nails or uncooked rice at the home in Lancaster, Los Angeles

A medical examiner has confirmed a two-year-old boy found in the jaws of an alligator in a lake in Florida died from drowning. Dad Thomas Mosley is accused of killing Taylen Mosley, two, and his mum

Five cops burst into the home of a man in Tontitown, Arkansas, to arrest him for piercing his son's ear. Performing 'body art' in the state on children under 16 is illegal regardless of parental consent

Christian Miguel Bishop-Torrence from Wichita Falls, Texas, was charged with murder after his one-year-old baby starved to death, weighing less than she did when she was first born

Carol Higgins, who was abused by her father Elliott Appleyard at the age of 13, is now releasing her second book detailing the court trial during which the paedophile was jailed for 20 years

All eyes are in Idaho starting this week as the twisted tale of Lori Vallow Daybell and the murders of her children unfolds - but what is the alleged 'Doomsday Mother' really like? Author of the tell-all book, John Glatt, gives his answers

The number of people convicted of sex offences after meeting children through online games has tripled in five years. There were 219 convictions in 2021, up from 71 in 2018

A woman discovered her husband Terence 'Terry' Donovan when she found child sex abuse images on a disc in the caravan where he lived - he pleaded guilty and was jailed

Liz Roberts, a former police constable, spent her life struggling with the horrific fallout from the horrific sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her older brother when she was just eight years old

Murderer dad Stephen Boden, 30, made sick jokes about selling his son's pushchair on eBay just hours after he died on Christmas Day following weeks of abuse during lockdown

Ruth DiRienzo-Whitehead, 50, from Pennsylvania, US, told police she did not want her son Matthew Whitehad to grow up 'with these struggles' and allegedly used her husband's belt to strangle him

Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, 6, has been missing for months and his mother, Cindy Rodriguez-Singh claimed that she had sold him at a grocery store parking lot, but police believe he is dead

Julia Wendell, 21, drummed up a huge Instagram following after creating an account called "I am Madeleine McCann" - and even obtained the seal of approval to get a DNA test from Maddie's own parents Kate and Gerry

The pupil, who is in Grade 8 - the equivalent of Year 9 in the UK - had to undergo surgery after being beaten so badly that one of his testicles completely rotated in Kisii, Kenya

The Maryland Attorney General’s Office has publicly released a redacted version of an investigative report detailing alleged sex abuse into Baltimore Catholic child abuse

West Midlands Police's largest ever child sex abuse case led to 21 sick criminals being prosecuted after they abused children aged 12 and younger for over a decade

Two 'defenceless' children died tragically in a hot car left in direct sunlight while their mum slept inside the family home, just days after she was deemed a suitable parent by authorities

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT Mum Louise Lennon and her boyfriend Jake Drummond messaged each other about putting her 15-month-old son Jacob in a 'torture chamber'

Leila Borrington assaulted her three-year-old stepson Harvey causing him a fatal head injury at their home in Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire - today she was sentenced to prison

Monique Ooms from Victoria, Australia, pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual penetration of a child under her supervision and care at Latrobe Valley County Court

Government statistics show that between April 2020 and March 2021 that 223 children died in instances where abuse or neglect is known or suspected

Police, who were forced to break down the door to enter the house in India's Haryana state, were stunned to find huge piles of garbage made up of clothes, hair and empty grocery packets above a thick layer of dirt covering all surfaces

Elizabeth Price, of Swansea, said she was scared to go to bed aged 11 because her biological dad would sexually abuse and photograph her when he thought she was sleeping