Child neglect

A couple in Florida was arrested on Wednesday after it was found that they had starved their two-year-old daughter to death, with charges of child neglect levied against the couple.

A young mother in Florida is being charged with child neglect on Saturday after reportedly leaving her three children alone to go to a nightclub, including a three-year-old who was found sleeping on the sidewalk.

A Florida mother was arrested on Friday after police officers found her neglecting her newborn baby and leaving them at an unlocked car unsupervised while they gambled inside of an adult arcade.

A nomadic 26-year-old mother and a 40-year-old father have been arrested after viciously abusing their 9-month-old son to death in an RV parked outside of a beaver-themed convenience store in Middle Georgia, the Warner Robins Police Department (WRPD) said on Friday.

An Inkster, Michigan woman has been arraigned on child abuse and intent to murder raps after allegedly slitting her children’s throats with a knife in a gruesome New Year’s Day attack.

A Jacksonville mother will be serving life in prison term after pleading guilty to the 2017 murder of her 11-year-old daughter, who was the victim of years of abuse. 

A Fayetteville father faces a charge of second-degree murder following the death of his four-week-old daughter on Aug. 29 while the infant was left in his care.

A 4-year-old Oklahoma child is recuperating in the hospital after being mauled by a pit bull in his grandmother's pen on Friday night. He lost his right arm in the incident, with one of the puppies chewing on it, Tecumseh police said. 

Michigan resident Tatiana Fusari has been sentenced to life in prison without parole on Wednesday after she was convicted for the abuse and murder of her 10-month-old daughter Mary.

A New Jersey mother has been arrested last week amid allegations she subjected her 14-year-old daughter to years of recurring abuse. The revelations came after the child ran away from home.

Brian Coulter and Gloria Williams have been arrested on Tuesday in Houston for the death of their 8-year-old child and the abuse and abandonment of three other children.

Stormy Johnson and Corey Trumbull have been charged on Friday with the murder of 11-year-old boy Logan Cline, who was found dead in an abandoned car in Texas in 2020.

Three brothers in Houston were found to be living with the skeletal remains of their nine-year-old sibling for months, as police officers try to figure out how the situation got out of hand.

Kassceen Weaver, a Virginia resident, has been charged with murder, malicious wounding, and child abuse and neglect after police found his 5-year-old son in a freezer in their home.

An abusive Indiana man has been arrested on Monday following the grim death of his 4-year-old son, who was left to die, naked, at their home's basement following a pattern of torture and abuse over toilet-training issues.

Carla Faith has been convicted of 26 counts of child abuse after she was found illegally operating a daycare in the basement of her home in Colorado.

Investigations launched by the police revealed that the girl's family had long been aware of the inappropriate relationship.

A former Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office deputy and his wife have been accused of child abuse and neglect for allegedly leaving at least four juveniles in a home, ultimately depriving them of food, water, and access to the bathroom. 

Palm Bay Police have nabbed a woman on Sunday after allegedly abusing children in her care in an "uninhabitable" home, where she would lock a girl with severe autism in a metal cage.

A North Carolina mother has been charged with murder after her teenage daughter's testimony revealed she made her baby daughter stand in the laundry room for 3 days without break.

A Bellevue man has been charged with two counts of felony child abuse resulting in death after his two children were found dead in their home.

A former Michigan college professor is facing up to 15 years in prison for the death of his autistic 16-year-old son who drowned in the pool in March 2019.

Milwaukee woman Mary Martinez has been charged with child abuse and neglect of a 7-year-old boy brought into a hospital presenting multiple injuries. The boy died a few hours later.