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Kyoto Police Rearrest Adoptive Father on Suspicion of Killing 11-Year-Old

Investigators are building a case on a reported admission of impulsive strangulation.

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Wellesley Mother Pleads Not Guilty in Children’s Deaths, Held Without Bail

Texas Jury Sentences Former FedEx Driver to Death for Killing of 7-Year-Old Athena Strand

Texas Jury Sentences Ex‑FedEx Driver to Death in Athena Strand Murder

Texas Jury Sentences FedEx Driver Tanner Horner to Death for Killing 7-Year-Old Athena Strand

Baton Rouge Grandmother on Trial in Whiskey Death of 4-Year-Old

Ugandan Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Four Children in Kampala Nursery Attack

Horner’s Grandmother Apologizes as Jury Decision Nears in Athena Strand Sentencing

Wellesley Mother Accused of Killing 2 Children Waives Extradition to Massachusetts

Autopsy: Panorama City 5-Year-Old Was Killed by Blunt Force Trauma

Jury Hears Defense Experts as Tanner Horner’s Sentencing Moves Toward Deliberations

Police Report Cites Admission as Wellesley Mother Waives Extradition in Children’s Deaths

D4vd Faces Capital-Eligible Murder Case as Platforms Weigh Pulling His Music

Defense Presses Mitigation Case in Tanner Horner Sentencing for Athena Strand’s Killing

Santa Clara Puts 10 Child-Welfare Workers on Leave as State Extends Oversight After Toddler’s Death

Santa Clara County Puts 10 Social Workers on Leave in 'Baby Jaxon' Case

Alabama Mother, Pregnant Teen and Boy Found Bound and Killed as Police Hunt Multiple Assailants

Judge Vets Defense Mental-Health Experts as Tanner Horner Awaits Athena Strand Sentencing

Jurors Hear Athena Strand’s Final Moments as Prosecutors Rest in Tanner Horner Sentencing

Bench Warrants Issued for SF Parents Now Charged With Murder in Toddler’s Fentanyl Death