Prosecutors won’t charge missing disabled boy’s foster mother; no decision yet on her fiance

September 30th, 2009 5-year-old missing after Calif. double shootingANAHEIM, Calif.

September 1st, 2009 No charges in disabled Oakland boy's disappearanceOAKLAND, Calif. — Criminal charges will not be filed against an Oakland man who was arrested on suspicion of killing his fiancee's disabled foster child.

September 1st, 2009 Focus still on couple in disabled Calif boy caseOAKLAND, Calif. — Detectives continued to focus their investigation on the foster parents of a missing 5-year-old disabled boy despite prosecutors announcing there was not enough evidence to charge them with murder, police said.

September 1st, 2009 No charges filed in disabled California boy caseSAN FRANCISCO — Criminal charges will not be filed against a man who was arrested on suspicion of killing his disabled foster child, authorities said Tuesday. Police had insufficient evidence against Louis Ross, 38, of Oakland to link him to the Aug.

August 29th, 2009 Foster parents arrested in disappearance of CA boyOAKLAND, Calif. — The foster parents who held vigils pleading for the safe return of a missing 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy have been arrested on suspicion of murder, Oakland police said Friday.

August 24th, 2009 Conn. Supreme Court rejects appeal in 1997 murderNEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Connecticut Supreme Court rejected the appeal Monday of one of eight people convicted in the rape and murder of a 13-year-old New Milford girl.

August 18th, 2009 Reward offered in Calif. missing boy caseOAKLAND, Calif.

August 13th, 2009 Missing CA boy's foster father to take polygraphOAKLAND, Calif. — A prominent San Francisco Bay-area civil rights attorney says the foster father of a missing 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy will take a polygraph test.

July 16th, 2009 Searchers looking for 3 missing boysMONROE, Wash. — Searchers are looking for three young boys who went missing while playing outside Wednesday night near the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Washington state.

May 9th, 2009 SC infant dies after pacifier taped to his mouthCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Authorities say the foster mother of a 9-month-old boy who died when she taped a pacifier to his mouth faces charges.

May 8th, 2009 Ex-Fla. official gets 24 years for child pornTAMPA, Fla. — A former spokesman for Florida's child welfare agency is going to prison for more than 24 years for taking nude pictures of teenage boys.

May 8th, 2009 Alleged underage bride to leave Texas foster careSAN ANGELO, Texas — A judge is allowing the only child from a polygamist group's West Texas ranch still in foster care to move in with a distant relative. The 14-year-old girl was allegedly married to jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs when she was 12.

April 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.

April 29th, 2009 Neglect charge alleges mom breast-feed while drunkBISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota mother has pleaded not guilty to child neglect after prosecutors alleged she was drunk while breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby.

April 27th, 2009 California mom charged with murder of toddlerLANCASTER, Calif. — A Southern California mother has been charged with murdering the 18-month-old daughter she initially reported missing last month.