#child-neglect

#child-neglect

Grikstas reportedly told police that she, Poorstacy and their toddler checked into the hotel about a week before his death, sources told TMZ. She allegedly admitted the pair consumed drugs including cocaine and MDMA while the child was present in the room. According to Grikstas, she and Poorstacy argued throughout the night ahead of his death and accused one another of infidelity.

By around 6 p.m. ET on Dec. 21, 2022, the court heard Monday, the boy seemed calmer, Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber told a Halton Children's Aid Society (CAS) protection worker in an interview the next day. But when Cooney went to check on him, she found vomit everywhere and he was unresponsive, protection worker Faisel Modhi said in the witness box, referring to his notes from the interview.

A mother and father have been arrested after their 4-year-old twin boys were shot upon discovering a handgun hidden in a couch at their family home in Florida, authorities said. Both children, who were not named, were critically wounded in the gunfire and rushed to AdventHealth East Orlando, where they remained in stable condition as of Monday night, officials told ClickOrlando.

A three-year-old boy walked alone into a Cork shop after 9pm and informed the shocked shopkeeper that he was hungry - with his mother reporting him missing over half an hour after he had left home.

The charges that the Muskogee county district attorney's office filed against Dustin Walker, 34, on Monday came after a DNA test confirmed he was the father of the newborn at the center of the case, the Oklahoma news outlet KWTV reported, citing officials. The woman charged alongside Walker the parent of the newborn's underage mother is 33. As is the outlet's policy, the Guardian is not identifying her or describing her relationship to Walker to protect the identity of the abuse victim in the case.

The police were alerted by the bus driver after noticing a bag moving, leading to the discovery of the two-year-old girl trapped inside.

The evidence presented during the trial showed that Jan Gholami, driven by his bad temper, assaulted his adoptive daughter Zahra Ghulami, resulting in her tragic death.

A South Carolina couple faces criminal charges after alleged neglect allowed their infant twins to be injured by rats, exposing serious concerns about child safety.

Jurors at the Old Bailey were informed that Mark Gordon will represent himself in his retrial over the neglect leading to the death of his infant daughter.