The harrowing ordeal of a young girl subjected to escalating physical, emotional and sexual abuse by her own mother has been dubbed the 'worst case of child abuse' ever witnessed by authorities. The ...

VERNON PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Three people are behind bars and a little 7-year-old girl is alive and being treated for injuries that the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office called, “one of the worst, if ...

Editor’s note: This article contains descriptions of child abuse. If you suspect a child is being abused or neglected, call the Indiana Department of Child Services' Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline at ...

There were more than 20 missed opportunities where agencies could have intervened to stop the abuse, review finds ...

Seven barbaric adults were jailed for a total of 93 years for the crimes at the infamous "Beastie House" in Glasgow after social services missed dozens of chances to save children ...

More than two dozen men have been charged with more than 1000 child exploitation offences, in what police described as one of the “most significant” online child abuse investigations in the country.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A bill to expand South Carolina’s homicide by child abuse law has received unanimous approval in both the state Senate and House, marking the closest the legislation ...

New research reveals that female perpetrators of child sexual abuse often use grooming, and victims rarely tell anyone.

VERNON PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Three people are behind bars and a 7-year-old girl is being treated for injuries in an alleged case of child abuse that a Louisiana sheriff’s department called, “one ...