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Court denies new trial for Food Network contestant who killed foster child 2025 May 28
'He’s not breathing': Adoptive sister speaks about dismembering brother's body 2025 May 14
Mom accused of chaining autistic son to cot, starving him rejects plea deal 2025 Apr 25
Trial for Fayetteville mother accused of murdering children likely won't happen until 2027 2025 Apr 18
Miami-Dade nurse guilty of murder, child abuse in death of foster child she later adopted 2025 Apr 15
Trial begins for Miami-Dade nurse accused in adoptive daughter's death 2025 Apr 10
As a form of punishment’: 8-year-old forced to repeatedly jump on 110-degree trampoline without water until she died of dehydration 2025 Mar 10
Social worker killed adopted daughter, ‘punched and slapped’ child for ’30 minutes’: Police 2025 Mar 10
Grand jury indicts Spring Valley family in child abuse death 2025 Feb 26
Adoptive parents arrested for murder, torture in death of 6-year-old Rose Hill girl 2025 Feb 3
Northwest Indiana foster mom sentenced to 5 years in prison for death of 10-year-old boy 2025 Jan 18
Hernando mother remains worried about 12-year-old daughter's whereabouts after other daughter's murder 2024 Nov 27
Moreno Valley parents arrested in death of 10-year-old adopted son 2024 Nov 23
Former DCF worker locked up daughter in garage and ‘severely abused’ the teen before killing her, cops say 2024 Nov 17
Biological mother of girl buried in Rose Hill speaks out 2024 Sep 27
Blount County foster parents charged in 18-month-old’s death are wrongly accused, lawyers say 2024 Aug 8
Blake and London Deven both dead, adoptive mother charged with murder, abuse: Police 2024 Jun 28
10-year-old Porter County foster child’s death ruled a homicide 2024 Jun 6
Pleegouders zwaargewond meisje (10) opgepakt voor poging tot doodslag 2024 May 27
Mother, stepfather sentenced to 15 years in prison for horrific death of 6-year-old son 2024 May 16
‘I’m appalled at what I’ve heard here today’ | Couple pleads guilty in Knox, Roane County child abuse cases 2024 May 13
Davenport woman accused in ‘horrible’ beating death of 4-year-old boy 2024 May 8
'Justice for J.J.': Adoptive mother and man indicted in 16-year-old's death 2024 Apr 16
Police release bodycam video showing Pammy Maye’s hospital room confession 2024 Apr 12
Police release bodycam video showing Pammy Maye’s hospital room confession 2024 Apr 12
Friends of murdered mom adopting her kids 10 years later 2024 Mar 19
20-year-old man criminally charged in death of adopted sister in Rock County 2024 Mar 15
Toddler's family speaks as new court docs reveal disturbing details on death 2024 Mar 7
Family alleges child killed in Oildale was under foster care at time of death 2024 Mar 1
Jorge Barahona, charged in 2011 twin murder-abuse case, incompetent to stand trial 2024 Mar 1
Prospective adoptive parents charged with first-degree murder of child in Burlington 2024 Mar 1
'Forced to eat dog food': Wyoming couple accused of torturing adopted children 2024 Feb 24
Wyoming Police: Children endured decade of torture, abuse inside adoptive parents' home 2024 Feb 23
Zahra Ghulami: Father jailed for life for toddler's murder 2024 Feb 16
Legal Guardians Accused Of 'Prolonged Abuse' In 10-Year-Old's Death 2024 Feb 10
Local News DA files murder, torture charges against Roseville parents in adopted son's death 2024 Feb 9
PICTURED: MOTHER, 48, WHO WAS ‘KILLED BY THE TEENAGE SONS SHE ADOPTED FROM RUSSIA’ – AS YOUNGEST SUSPECT, 13, WILL FACE NO CHARGES 2024 Feb 9
Waimanalo couple accused of murder retain parental rights 2024 Feb 6
Woman sentenced for killing 5-year-old adopted son in Winston-Salem; examiner said injuries not consistent with accidental trauma 2024 Jan 30
Adoptive parents sentenced in starving death of Washington teen 2023 Dec 12
Adoptive parents sentenced in starving death of Washington teen 2023 Dec 12
Parents Who Killed Son They Adopted From China Are Sentenced 2023 Dec 1
Casey Parsons, convicted of killing adopted daughter Erica Parsons, out of federal custody: Records 2023 Nov 27
Mother, 39, is found guilty of murdering her adopted baby daughter more than a decade after child's death 2023 Nov 9
Vancouver couple pleads not guilty to adopted son’s death 2023 Oct 17
Cal City couple receives life sentences in case missing adopted children 2023 Sep 29
Man pleads guilty to involvement in murder of 8-year-old girl, agrees to testify against child’s mother 2023 Sep 29
Adoptive parents get life terms in prison for murder of Orrin West 2023 Sep 28
'Abused' by American Foster Mom, Woman Searches for Birth Family in Lucknow 2023 Sep 26
REVEALED: How 'caring' Christian couple welcomed Ukrainian orphan Dima Tower into their family with holidays, birthday parties and game nights - before he 'slaughtered them to death and lay their bodies head-to-head in blood spattered home' 2023 Sep 7
No more bruises, we need them to heal’: Minister’s wife gets max sentence for lying about husband abusing foster kids and beating 4-year-old to death 2023 Aug 26
Man indicted for murder of autistic adopted son 2023 Aug 10
Tortured by 'mom and dad': Boy, five, died after his brain was 'obliterated by couple who adopted him then beat him' - and who then launched a brazen GoFundMe after 'killing' youngster 2023 Jul 31
Isabella Kalua officially declared dead, her body remains missing 2023 Jul 29
Local News Homicide charges brought against adoptive parents in death of 5-year-old boy 2023 Jul 28
Fatal failures: What happened in the final hours of Ja'Ceon Terry's life 2023 Jul 19
Man handed life term for rape & murder of adopted daughter (5) 2023 Jul 16
Mystery deepens as child adopted illegally dies 2023 Jul 16
Leiland-James Corkill: Inquest to probe placement with killer mum 2023 Jun 29
Woman sentenced for life for killing adopted child 2023 Jun 29
'We Were Once a Family' explores flaws in foster, adoption systems and 6 children's resulting deaths 2023 Apr 11
Former US intel director's daughter gets 35 years for murder 2023 Apr 1
Essonne: Sentenced to 12 years in prison for having attempted to murder his adopted daughter with an ax 2023 Mar 23
79 children died in specialised adoption agencies from April-December 2022 2023 Mar 16
Was Delias fatally abused by foster mother? "I never wanted to hurt him" 2023 Mar 14
Man Sexually Assaults, Kills 4-Year-Old Adopted Daughter: Ghaziabad Cops 2023 Mar 14
Spring mom's bond raised to $300K months after 7-year-old son's body found in washing machine 2023 Mar 2
Couple torture adopted child to death, receive life sentence in Jordan 2023 Feb 23
4-Year-Old Dies After Being Subjected to Exorcism and Other Abuse by Adoptive Parents, Authorities Say 2023 Jan 27
Family accused of ‘exorcisms,’ food restriction before 4-year-old died in Surry County, warrants reveal 2023 Jan 25
California megachurch elder and her parents charged with murder, torture of adopted 11-year-old daughter 2022 Nov 11
Dent County woman receives life sentence behind bars for the starvation death of her adopted child 2022 Oct 16
Vaishali murder: Adopted minor daughter, her friend apprehended 2022 Sep 30
North Dakota woman sentenced to life in prison for death of foster child 2022 Aug 9
Missing 7-year-old adopted boy found dead inside washing machine 2022 Jul 29
Indore: Woman inflicts burns on nine-year-old adopted daughter as punishment for bedwetting, booked 2022 Jul 25
UP: Woman Burns Adopted Daughter With Hot Oil 2022 Jul 14
Food Network winner who killed foster daughter sentenced to life in prison 2022 May 9
An adoptive mom was charged with abusing her Ethiopian son. Then the case was dropped 2022 May 3
Die Antwoord’s Adopted Son Alleges Years of Abuse and Exploitation 2022 Apr 27
North Carolina college professor charged in murder of 6-week-old adopted son 2022 Apr 15
Gastonia man facing murder charge after adopted 6-week-old son dies 2022 Apr 14
Foster parents, 2 sons arrested in Chennai for sexually abusing adopted daughter 2022 Apr 7
Chennai: 64-year-old, sons rape adopted daughter for 2 years, four held 2022 Apr 7
Adoptive parents arrested in killing of 2 California boys 2022 Mar 3
N.C. man and school counselor accused of child abuse, attempted murder of 11-year-old adopted son 2022 Feb 10
How an adopted girl's tragic death became fiction: David Guterson on "bearing witness" 2022 Feb 8
Russian priest who adopted 70 children jailed for abuse 2021 Dec 24
Warwick woman sentenced to 18 years in daughter's death, related charges 2021 Dec 23
Carlos (29) was severely abused and mutilated as a child, now he gets artificial skin 2021 Dec 16
Telangana: French woman killed, adopted daughter held 2021 Sep 12
A baby's death casts shadow on South Korea's adoption industry 2021 Jan 17
More Iowa kids will die unless this state gets serious about funding, valuing child welfare 2020 Feb 20
Adopted daughter of former top diplomat John Negroponte charged with murder in Maryland stabbing 2020 Feb 14
Broken Arrow Parents Charged In Death Of 3-Year-Old 2019 Nov 15
Adopted Bulgarian Children Found in a Horror House in the US 2019 Aug 9
Sherin Mathews death: Father of adopted Indian girl gets life sentence 2019 Jun 27
Mother pleads guilty to manslaughter in 16-year-old Chenango County boy's death 2019 Apr 3
He killed and dismembered 14-year-old Grace Packer. The Bucks DA says he should die. 2019 Mar 15
He killed and dismembered 14-year-old Grace Packer. The Bucks DA says he should die. 2019 Mar 15
“She Never Said I Was the Monster”: Denton Husband Accused of Child Abuse Claims Innocence 2017 Sep 19
Lawyer Held For Murder, Year After Adopted Daughter’s Death 2017 Jun 9
Uncle was called by the defendant on the day of the murder: - He seemed very distant 2017 Jun 8
Investigation launched after infant dies in foster care 2016 Dec 19
Md. dad who killed adopted son sentenced to 12 years in prison 2016 Jul 19
Kansas man loses appeal for new trial in death of 9-year-old son Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article306224.html#storylink=cpy 2014 May 16
Hana's Story An adoptee's tragic fate, and how it could happen again. By Kathryn Joyce DoubleX has closed its doors. Read a roundtable with its founders here, or see new stories in the Human Interest section. 2013 Nov 9
Couple now charged with murder in death of 7-year-old daughter 2013 Nov 7
Update: New Information About Chico Doctor and Wife Accused of Killing 2-Year-Old Adopted Son 2012 Jul 19
Columbus parents charged in toddler's death 2012 Feb 2
Tragedy eludes explanation 2012 Jan 13
Father charged in baby’s death denies hurting son 2011 Nov 2
OKC Couple Charged in Toddler's Death Admits 3-year-old Was 'Whooped' with Switch 2010 Jul 13
Woman gets life for killing adopted daughters 2010 Mar 22
Adoptive mother convicted in boy's death 2008 Jun 12