Operation Phobos

A Kinston man is behind bars after an investigation into the death of a preschool-aged child, the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office said Monday night.

Rebecca Gussage-Johnston, a mom accused of leaving her 2-year-old son in a booster seat for "approximately fifteen hours," now faces a murder case.

Arizona mom Elizabeth Archibeque reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and will be sentenced over the summer after her 6-year-old son Deshaun Martinez died of starvation in March 2020...

Bre Micciolo says in her civil suit that her son Corey might still be alive had the agency and its case workers "adequately, properly, and fully [investigated the] reports of abuse " she made concerning her son and his father...

In harrowing court records filed Wednesday afternoon, investigators offered the most detailed accounting yet of the alleged abuse that led to 22-month-old's death.

In 2019, Judy Cox was arrested and charged with homicide by child abuse for the death of 5-month-old Jeremiah Thompson.

A therapist who was sent to do an assessment at the Lancaster home of Anthony Avalos less than four years before his death testified Tuesday that she had grave...

CARRINGTON, N.D. (TCD) -- A 48-year-old unlicensed day care provider was recently charged in the death of a 5-month-old infant and abuse of a 6-year-old child that allegedly occurred at her home.

The child's mother told police that the infant was left in the care of her relative, the suspect, while she was working.

A Las Vegas babysitter was sentenced Wednesday to life with the possibility of parole after 20 years for the death of a 5-year-old in her care.

Former NYPD officer Michael Valva was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for killing his son by forcing him sleep in the garage where he froze to death.

The deceased child's twin was also found unresponsive, with signs of physical abuse and severe neglect, and weighed as much as a 20-month-old child.

The ministry responsible has now confirmed staff who failed to check in on the abused First Nations children have lost their jobs.

Police officers in Prince Albert, Sask., failed to conduct a proper investigation into a domestic violence situation that involved a vulnerable and unprotected baby — and hours later the baby was found dead at his home, according to a report from the Public Complaints Commission.

Drake Conrad, 29, of Sanford, was initially charged with felony child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury after his son was brought to UNC Hospital at Chapel Hill in January with severe traumatic injuries to the head, neck and spine.

The Nash County Department of Social Services is required to develop and complete a corrective action plan after 8-year-old Christal Lane died in February. The state found policy violations with the county's child welfare practice in the months before the girl's death.

A 23-year-old woman has been charged with a class 2 felony for allegedly abusing her child and causing their death.

The mother was captured slapping and twisting her son's head in surveillance footage from her apartment complex.

A new report shows that a 7-year-old found dead in a washing machine suffered a traumatic childhood and was not removed from his home despite multiple abuse investigations.

The sheriff said additional charges are expected to be brought against Ciera Gillespie, 25, and Thomas Cunningham, 27.

On Saturday after 4:30 p.m. Vance County police responded to the shooting of a six-year-old boy. His father was arrested and charged with felony child abuse.

Fatal injuries to a 2-year-old boy in 2018 resulted in a sentence of life in prison for the child’s father, who was convicted by a jury in October of causing his son’s death, the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office said Monday.