Child Abuse

MI: Mother Sets Fire that Kills Her 2 Children

Mother of 3, Sharon Hinojosa, allegedly deliberately set fire to her boyfriend’s home. Shockingly, the intended target of her rage, boyfriend Justin Whisler, escaped injury. However, her two children (not fathered by Whisler) daughter Alayna Hinojosa, 3, and son Anthony Hinojosa, 4 – burned to death in the inferno. Sharon Hinojosa apparently escaped with a [...]



MD: Mother’s Boyfriend Wrestles Toddler to Death

In Maryland, 25-year old Myron Antonio Gibson “wrestled” with his girlfriend’s son, DeSean Tyrese Wade, so severely that he killed him.  Gibson is charged with 1st-degree child abuse and not murder because the medical examiner has not ruled the death a homicide.  From the article: Gibson told detectives he elbowed the boy about 10 times [...]



NY: Nicole Allen Leaves Children Home Alone – Fire Kills One

2 children are severely burned and 1 died as a result of a fire that erupted in their home while their mother abandoned them for a beer-run, among some other items she shopped for at midnight on September 17th, 2008. Prosecutors say Nicole Allen went out for a midnight beer run and was several blocks [...]



FL: Father Charged with Felony Child Abuse for Throwing a Slice of Pizza

It one of the more absurd allegations of felony child abuse, a father who insisted (using rather colorful language) his daughter turn the music off that was coming from her computer was met instead with  a return volley of vulgarities from her. When he threw a slice of pizza at her, striking the girl in [...]



TX: Katherine Nadal Cuts Genitals From 5-Week Old Son

Katherine Nadal, a drug abuser, apparently chopped the penis and testicles off of her then 5-week old son and left him for dead. Although her defense attorney is reportedly going to trot an alleged “expert” out to support her contention that the family dachshund at the genitals off of the infant, leaving nothing but a [...]



MN: Lakesha Victor – Disabled, Abused, Neglected, Dead

Yet, the mother who has been charged with 2nd-degree-murder in Lakesha’s death has not been arrested and is free to roam around in public despite the gruesome details surrounding this poor, disabled child’s death From the article: Authorities say a sibling found Lakesha dead on Aug. 20, 2006, at the family’s duplex in Hinckley, about [...]



WA: 8-Year Old Robert Manwill Missing – Police Suspect Worst

8-year old Robert Manwill is missing after an unsupervised visitation with his mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins.  Police suspect the worst and have ramped-up the search following new leads apparently obtained after a search of the abusive mother’s apartment. What’s particularly disturbing about this situation in the first place are these details from the story… According [...]



WV: Child Abuse and Neglect Cross-Training Seminars

Under normal circumstances, this news would be applause worthy.  However, it didn’t take long to discover that at least one sponsor, the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, doesn’t seem to offer a whole of of domestic violence services to men.  At least, that’s what we surmise after a lengthy review of their website. The [...]