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South Carolina Mother Charged After Children Found With Dozens of Stab Wounds

Her detention follows a violent discovery that leaves one child facing possible amputation.

Maryland Father Charged After 13-Month-Old Son Dies of Blunt Force Trauma

Peoria Couple Arrested on Child Abuse Charges After Year‑Long Probe

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

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

Toxicology Finds Diphenhydramine and Kratom in Four Children Killed by Mother and Grandmother

British Woman Fatally Stabbed at Albufeira Hotel as Man Is Arrested

15-Year-Old Detained After Killing Mother in Algés, Portugal

2-Year-Old Dies After Alleged Multi-Day Beating in Spring, Texas

Bremen Court Frees Mother Found Insane After Attempt to Set Sons on Fire

Maria Narez Arrested in Mexico After Nearly 30 Years on the Run

Mizoram Mother Sentenced to 12 Years for Forcing Daughter into Sexual Exploitation

Two Caregivers Jailed for Murder of Toddler as Police Admit 18‑Month Unexecuted Warrant

Argentina Confirms Missing 5-Year-Old Found in Barinas, Venezuela

Defense Filing and Jail Footage Shift Public Record in Ohio ‘House of Horrors’ Case

Mother and Boyfriend Convicted of Murdering Two‑Year‑Old Isabelle Welsh

Seven-Year-Old Dies After Alleged Beating by Mother's Live-In Partner in Ambernath

Bonn Court Sentences Couple to 5½ Years for Long-Term Abuse of Young Children

Indiana Silver Alert Seeks Two Young Siblings Missing From Milan

Parents Detained After 3‑Year‑Old Is Beaten to Death in Viamão