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Aunt Sentenced to 40 Years After Pleading Guilty to Shoving Toddler Into Lake Michigan

A Cook County judge accepted a guilty but mentally ill finding that closes a years‑long prosecution built on surveillance video and witness testimony.

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Illinois Mother Charged After Toddler Found Hanged as Prosecutors Cite Psychotic Statements

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Deshundre Vinson Charged With Murder in 4-Year-Old Nephew’s Drowning

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Monterey DA Says Teen Has Not Been Charged as Father Is Indicted and Both Remain Missing

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Father and 14-Year-Old Daughter Sought After Newborn Found Dead in Monterey County

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Jury Remains Deadlocked in Lindsay Clancy Trial as Judge Orders Continued Deliberations

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Mother Sentenced to Life Without Parole in Death of 5-Year-Old

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Alexis Flores Extradited to Philadelphia to Face 2000 Kidnapping, Rape and Murder Charges

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Mother Pleads Guilty to Murder After Shooting 11-Month-Old Son

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Man Indicted in 2010 Death of 11‑Month‑Old in Aurora

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Three-Year-Old’s Rape and Murder in Nepal Prompts Protests and Constitutional Clash

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Neighbor Identified in Beit Shemesh Killing of 7-Year-Old

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7-Year-Old Fatally Stabbed at Beit Shemesh Birthday; Cousin Injured and Neighbor Arrested

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Luciano Frattolin Convicted of Killing His 9-Year-Old Daughter Melina

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Father Charged With Murder of Nine-Year-Old Daughter Remanded

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Three People Indicted in Death of 7-Year-Old Found Bound in Oakley Closet

Child Murder

Aunt Sentenced to 40 Years After Pleading Guilty to Shoving Toddler Into Lake Michigan

Mistrial Stands as Holdout Juror Is Identified and Speaks Through Lawyer

Man Charged in 1993 Death of 10-Year-Old George ‘Junior’ Burdynski

19-Year-Old Charged After 11-Month-Old Found Dead in Kentucky Home

Cincinnati Father Charged With Murder After 3-Week-Old Daughter Dies

Illinois Mother Charged After Toddler Found Hanged as Prosecutors Cite Psychotic Statements

Deshundre Vinson Charged With Murder in 4-Year-Old Nephew’s Drowning

Monterey DA Says Teen Has Not Been Charged as Father Is Indicted and Both Remain Missing

Father and 14-Year-Old Daughter Sought After Newborn Found Dead in Monterey County

Jury Remains Deadlocked in Lindsay Clancy Trial as Judge Orders Continued Deliberations

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Mother Sentenced to Life Without Parole in Death of 5-Year-Old

Alexis Flores Extradited to Philadelphia to Face 2000 Kidnapping, Rape and Murder Charges

Mother Pleads Guilty to Murder After Shooting 11-Month-Old Son

Man Indicted in 2010 Death of 11‑Month‑Old in Aurora

Three-Year-Old’s Rape and Murder in Nepal Prompts Protests and Constitutional Clash

Neighbor Identified in Beit Shemesh Killing of 7-Year-Old

7-Year-Old Fatally Stabbed at Beit Shemesh Birthday; Cousin Injured and Neighbor Arrested

Luciano Frattolin Convicted of Killing His 9-Year-Old Daughter Melina

Father Charged With Murder of Nine-Year-Old Daughter Remanded

Three People Indicted in Death of 7-Year-Old Found Bound in Oakley Closet

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