Ala. woman charged after letting her daughter ride in a box on top of their vanOctober 5th, 2009 Ala. woman lets daughter ride in box on top of vanALBERTVILLE, Ala. — An Alabama woman has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police say she let her daughter ride in a cardboard box on top of their van.
Years of torment from neighbors led UK mother to kill disabled daughter and self, jury rulesSeptember 30th, 2009 Abuse led UK woman to kill disabled daughter, selfLONDON — Years of torment from young neighbors led a despairing single mother to kill herself and her disabled daughter, and police inaction contributed to the deaths, a British inquest jury ruled Monday. Fiona Pilkington suffered more than a decade of abuse from a gang of youths who terrorized her family by urinating on her house, taunting her developmentally challenged daughter and beating her severely dyslexic son.
Disabled woman raped in GhaziabadSeptember 22nd, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A disabled woman was allegedly raped by a civic official here Tuesday, police said. In her complaint to the police, the woman, who resides in Pratap Vihar locality under Vijay Nagar police station alleged that the civic official Sunil Kumar Surya had been harassing her since long.
Mother kills disabled daughter, self in apparent murder-suicide at Oakland nursing homeSeptember 14th, 2009 Mother kills daughter, self at nursing homeOAKLAND, Calif. — Police say a woman fatally shot her disabled daughter before taking her own life at an Oakland nursing home.
Official: Minn. man accused of killing toddler with bat in church attack to face murder chargeSeptember 8th, 2009 Minn. man accused of killing toddler with batWHEATON, Minn. — A court official says a man accused of killing a 14-month-old girl with a baseball bat during an attack in a western Minnesota church will be charged with two counts of second-degree murder.
Minn. man accused of hitting 4-year-old son for wearing blue shirt that is rival gang's colorAugust 30th, 2009 Authorities: Minn. dad hit son over shirt colorST.
Couple accused of keeping 3 children starving in Texas hotel bathroom for months indictedAugust 26th, 2009 Couple indicted in Texas starvation caseDALLAS — A grand jury in Dallas has indicted a couple accused of keeping the woman's three young children starving in a hotel bathroom for at least nine months. A prosecutor says 30-year-old Abneris Santiago and her boyfriend, 37-year-old Alfred Santiago, were each indicted Wednesday on three charges of first-degree injury to a child.
La. mom accused of beating school bus driver because she thought she was mean to her daughterAugust 20th, 2009 Mom allegedly beats daughter's school bus driverRICHWOOD, La. — Police booked a woman with beating her daughter's school bus driver.
Minnesota man, 73, sets up motion-activated camera and catches woman burglarizing his homeAugust 13th, 2009 Minn. man, 73, sets up camera and catches burglarAUSTIN, Minn. — A 73-year-old man got tired of having his home burglarized, so he set up a motion-activated camera and caught a thief.
Developmentally disabled Dallas woman rescued after being padlocked in truck on 100-degree dayAugust 12th, 2009 Disabled Dallas woman rescued from truckDALLAS — Police say a developmentally disabled Dallas woman who was rescued from the back of a locked box truck had been beaten and left for more than an hour in 100-degree heat. Police say 21-year-old Latisha Morris was dehydrated and suffering from heat exhaustion when police and fire-rescue workers found her Monday afternoon.
Obama calls Eunice Kennedy Shriver 'an extraordinary woman'August 11th, 2009 Obama calls Shriver 'an extraordinary woman'WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is praising Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who died Tuesday at age 88, as "an extraordinary woman" and a champion for the rights of the mentally disabled. Obama, in a statement released Tuesday, paid tribute to Shriver for founding the Special Olympics, which became the world's largest athletic competition for mentally disabled children and adults.
269 employees fired or suspended for abusing mentally disabled residents at Texas group homesJune 12th, 2009 269 punished for abusing disabled in TexasDALLAS — State records show that 269 employees at Texas' 13 residential centers for the mentally and developmentally disabled were fired or suspended last year for abusing or mistreating residents. The revelations Friday come a day after Gov.
Illinois authorities arrest father and daughter after a dispute over a pair of shoesJune 3rd, 2009 Ill. dad, daughter arrested after fight over shoesGRANITE CITY, Ill. — Authorities said an argument over a pair of shoes led to criminal charges against a southwestern Illinois woman and her dad.
Pa. mother pleads guilty to third-degree murder in starvation death of disabled daughter, 14April 29th, 2009 Mom pleads guilty in starvation of disabled girlPHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia woman has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2006 starvation death of her disabled daughter. Thirty-nine-year-old Andrea Kelly pleaded guilty Wednesday to third-degree murder and child endangerment in the death of her 14-year-old daughter, Danieal.
Mother of slain girl says daughter was not uncomfortable at suspect's homeApril 23rd, 2009 Mom: Girl wasn't uncomfortable at suspect's houseTRACY, Calif. — The mother of a slain 8-year-old says her daughter never felt uncomfortable at the home of the neighbor accused of killing the girl and dumping her body.
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