Zymere Perkins’ mother read the bible, did her makeup and bathed her dead son’s body before getting help - New York Daily News

The mother of slain 6-year-old Zymere Perkins on Wednesday coldly recounted
the fatal beating her lover delivered with a broken broomstick, and how
she cleaned her child’s limp and unresponsive body, read the bible and
did her makeup before carrying the battered little boy to the hospital.

In her third day on the stand in Manhattan Supreme Court in the murder
trial of ex-boyfriend Rysheim Smith, Geraldine Perkins, 29, confessed
that she stood idly by while her son endured the heartless beating that
killed him in their Harlem apartment Sept. 26, 2016.

After a day without food or water — punishment for his supposed misbehavior —
Perkins testified she found little Zymere rummaging through the trash
for food.

Zymere Perkins’ mother read the bible, did her makeup and bathed her dead son’s body before getting help - New York Daily News

Local pastor sentenced for failing to report child abuse

A pastor at a local church has been sentenced for failing to report child abuse.

Victor Trevino Sr. was sentenced Thursday to 80 hours of community service for not reporting the abuse allegedly done by his son.
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Trevino Sr. pleaded guilty in August to the misdemeanor and must also pay $400 in fines and costs, said Scott Hughes, an Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman.


Local pastor sentenced for failing to report child abuse

UPDATED::2 girls died on farm where "spiritual leader" was in charge: affidavit - CBS News

 UPDATE::  Mother of Norwood double-homicide victims receives life in prison

“I’m talking now,” Yoder said. “That’s what happened. They were treated no better than garbage. They were stripped of their identities, dehumanized. They were left to rot in a vehicle with no food or water. The buck stopped with you, Miss Bramble. You were their mother. They were helpless children; maybe even more helpless than most, given their background. … When they cried out to you, you did nothing. You just let them sit there, day after day.”

UPDATE:  Mother convicted of deaths of 2 girls found on Colorado farm

A jury in southwest Colorado has convicted a mother of two girls who died after they were banished to a car without food or water by members of a doomsday religious group because the girls were thought to have been impure.

Nashika Bramble was found guilty Wednesday of two counts of first-degree murder in the 2017 deaths of 10-year-old Makayla Roberts and 8-year-old Hannah Marshall, KMGH-TV in Denver reported . The sisters' bodies were found in a car parked on a San Miguel County farm near Norwood in September 2017. Authorities said they died of heat, dehydration and starvation.

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Ceus has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of child abuse resulting in death. Another group member, Ashford Archer, was sentenced in June to 24 years in prison after he was convicted of two counts of fatal child abuse and being an accessory to a crime.

UPDATE:: 3 in cult go to trial in August

Three members of a doomsday cult suspected of involvement with the deaths of two children last year in southwestern Colorado are scheduled to take their cases to trial this summer.

Madani Ceus, 37, Ashford Archer, 51, and Ika Eden, 54, were among five people arrested on a remote farm outside Norwood where authorities discovered the bodies of 10-year-old Makayla Roberts and her sister, 8-year-old Hannah Marshall, last summer.

The bodies of the two girls — whose mother, Nashika Bramble, was a cult member — were found Sept. 8, mummified in the car in which they apparently died of heat, thirst or hunger after being segregated from the group as it awaited the end of the world.

Ceus, who has been cast as the group's ringleader and who claimed to be a deity, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, and two counts of child abuse resulting in death.

A woman acting as a "spiritual leader" to a small group of people living on a Colorado farm ordered two girls kept in a car without food or water weeks before their bodies were found, according to one member of the group.

Madani Ceus faces murder charges along with Nashika Bramble, the girls' mother, for the death of 10-year-old Makayla Roberts and 8-year-old Hannah Marshall. Three other adults also face charges of fatal child abuse.

Officials investigating the case have been tight-lipped about how the girls died and how they came to the farm. Court records unsealed by a judge at the request of KOTO Community Radio and the Telluride Daily Planet revealed the group members' belief that Ceus was a spiritual leader and allegations that she ordered the girls punished while the group was living on the property outside Norwood, about 30 miles west of the ski resort town of Telluride.

2 girls died on farm where "spiritual leader" was in charge: affidavit - CBS News

Salt Lake County man allegedly beat sons with guitar when they wouldn't wake up for church | Gephardt Daily

A Salt Lake County man was arrested Thursday for allegedly beating his sons with a guitar when they wouldn’t get up for church.

A probable cause statement filed in Salt Lake County’s 3rd District Court said Lamatia Tapumanaia Sa, 61, was charged with with both felony and misdemeanor child abuse in the case.

According to the statement, the 14-year-old son was asleep in bed on the morning of June 30 when his father tried to wake him up for church.

When the teen fell back asleep the father “picked up a guitar and tried to strike him in the head,” the court documents said.

Salt Lake County man allegedly beat sons with guitar when they wouldn't wake up for church | Gephardt Daily

Police: Texas pastors arrested for beating child with extension cord - KXAN

Three church pastors in Mesquite, Texas were arrested after they allegedly tied up and assaulted a child with an extension cord.

Police say Deborah Ann Graham, David Asa Graham and Tonya Hill were trying to get the child to confess to a suspected crime last month.

The child's age and the extent of the child's injuries were not released.

Police: Texas pastors arrested for beating child with extension cord - KXAN

UPDATED:13 siblings ages 2 to 29 'held captive' by parents, some shackled, officials say - ABC News

UPDATE::  Parents who starved and shackled children sentenced to life

A California couple who for years starved a dozen of their children and kept some shackled to beds were sentenced Friday to life in prison, ending a shocking case that revealed a house of horrors hidden behind a veneer of suburban normalcy.

The conditions inside David and Louise Turpin's home in suburban Los Angeles came to light only after one of their daughters fled and pleaded for help to a 911 operator. The parents pleaded guilty in February to neglect and abuse.

The sentencing was preceded by the first public statements from some of the children, who alternately spoke of love for their parents and of what they had suffered, as the couple wiped away tears. None of the children was publicly identified.

UPDATE:: The Latest: Abused children ‘relieved’ by parents’ pleas

A lawyer for some of the children held captive and starved by a California couple says they are relieved after their parents pleaded guilty to torture and other abuse.

Attorney Jack Osborn represents seven adults among 13 children of David and Louise Turpin, who enter pleas Friday in Riverside County Superior Court.

Osborn says the adult children are glad there will not be trial.

He says they can now move forward with their lives without the stress a trial would have involved.
The attorney says the children have been living together, attending school, getting healthy and leading normal lives.

Please be advised that this is still an active investigation with numerous updates and pre-trial maneuverings.  I will not necessarily be covering every aspect of said case, just what I feel are highlights.

UPDATE:: California father accused of torturing 12 of his 13 children charged with 8 counts of perjury

Perris torture defendant David Turpin was charged Friday, May 4, with eight counts of perjury accusations related to the documents he submitted to the state Department of Education to register the homeschool where some of the family’s 13 children were supposed to be educated.

The felony charges bring the total against Turpin and wife Louise to 92 — 50 against David.

Prosecutors say the couple shackled, starved and neglected their children, although the youngest, 2 years old at the time of the couple’s Jan. 14 arrests, appeared to be healthy.

The distraught grandparents added that David and Louise Turpin are considered a good Christian family in their community, saying they can't understand “any of this.” 

"God called on them" to have as many children as they did, James and Betty Turpin said of their son and daughter-in-law. 

The arrested couple's parents also said the children were given "very strict homeschooling," and that the children would memorize long passages of the bible. Some of the kids' goal was to memorize it in its entirety, the couple said. 

The most recent time the grandparents visited they noticed the children “looked thin,” they said, but they seemed like a “happy family.” 

All 13 alleged victims are believed to be the couple’s biological children, the sheriff's office said.

13 siblings ages 2 to 29 'held captive' by parents, some shackled, officials say - ABC News

See also::   Torture / Child Endangerment

Colorado woman intended to drive car with children off cliff, police say

A Colorado woman has been charged with attempting to drive off a cliff at a national monument with four children and two dogs.

The Daily Sentinel reports 42-year-old Jessica Dawn Garcia was ordered held on $5,000 cash-only bond Monday on suspicion of four counts of attempted vehicular homicide and four counts of child abuse.
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Police say they located the car stopped 10 feet from a cliff in the area 262 miles west of Denver.
Police say Garcia told the children the Earth was “corrupt” and she wanted them to be “with Jesus.”


Colorado woman intended to drive car with children off cliff, police say:

UPDATED::Caldwell couple arrested in child abuse case part of faith-healing church | Complete news coverage | idahopress.com

 UPDATE::  Father in Kester sex abuse case sentenced to up to life in prison

Lester Kester Jr., a Caldwell father convicted of sexually abusing his daughters and another female relative, will be in prison at least until he’s 80 years old.

Kester, two weeks shy of turning 49, was sentenced to up to life in prison Wednesday on five lewd conduct charges. Thirty-one of those years will be served before he’s eligible for parole.

“I think that reflects the sentence you’ve imposed on your own children,” said 3rd District Court Judge Bradly Ford during the sentencing.

UPDATE::  Kester mother sentenced for failing to report husband's sexual abuse of daughters 

The mother accused of failing to report her husband's sexual abuse of their children was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison, but will first serve a rider program.

Sarah Kester, 51, hung her head as 3rd District Court Judge Christopher Nye ordered her to first serve a rider program. She could serve a decade in prison, with four of those years fixed if she fails the rider program, he said.
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The daughters are now in their teens and 20s, and one talked about being a mother, herself.

“I'm being the mother she could never be, and we don’t need her in our life anymore,” one daughter said.

The youngest victim said Sarah Kester did everything a mom was supposed to do “except protect your daughters.”

UPDATE::  Idaho faith healer accused of molesting 5 children pleads guilty, faces prison

A 48-year-old Canyon County man accused of molesting five children over two decades has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.

Lester Kester pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd conduct with a child younger than age 16 in court on Wednesday.

Kester was charged in July with four felony counts of lewd conduct with a child younger than 16. In October, he was charged with a fifth count of lewd conduct with a child younger than 16 for abuse of another child that came forward. He faced up to life in prison on each count, if convicted.

Third Judicial District Judge Bradly Ford accepted Kester’s guilty plea after explaining that Kester was waiving some rights. Ford asked Kester directly if he did, in fact, commit these crimes. 

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Kester’s wife, Sarah, 50, was accused of knowing about the alleged abuse and not reporting it. She was charged with felony injury to a child. Sarah Kester pleaded guilty though an Alford plea last month. In an Alford plea, she does not admit guilt, but acknowledges there is enough evidence for a jury to convict her.

A Caldwell mother arrested last week told deputies her religious beliefs prompted her to pray for her husband rather than tell police about his alleged sexual abuse of their daughters.

Sarah Kester and her husband, Lester Kester Jr., are affiliated with the Followers of Christ Church. The church, which has a prominent following in Canyon County and in Oregon, faces criticism for refusing medical care for children and adults in favor of faith healing.

After her July 11 arrest, Sarah Kester told deputies from the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office that she didn’t tell police about her husband’s alleged abuse because it was against her belief system to involve agencies such as law enforcement, child protection services, or counseling services into personal or family matters, according to a sheriff’s office press release.
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Instead of contacting law enforcement, Sarah Kester told deputies she tried to protect her children by praying for “the demon” to leave Lester and keeping her husband busy with other tasks, according to a press release from the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office.

According to the release, Lester Kester Jr. told detectives on July 11 that he had been consumed by a “bad guy” or a “demon” and admitted to various forms of sexual contact with all four of his daughters until they were approximately 10 to 12 years old.

Caldwell couple arrested in child abuse case part of faith-healing church | Complete news coverage | idahopress.com

Starving baby seemed near death, Titusville couple arrested, police say

A Titusville couple is accused of starving their baby so badly he seemed near death.

Authorities said the baby's parents, Julia French, 20, and Robert Buskey, are facing charges of child neglect.

According to an arrest report, when officers saw the baby in the couple's Titusville home Wednesday, he had sunken eyes, loose skin on his extremities, and his ribs and other bones were showing.
Authorities said the 5-month-old child was unable to move.

"I've never seen a child to this level; this close to possible death," said Lauren Watson, with Titsuville police.

Officials said French and Buskey are not officially married under Florida law, but a person familiar with the investigation says French describes herself as Buskey’s concubine under the principles of their religion, Nazarite Hebrew.

Starving baby seemed near death, Titusville couple arrested, police say

LCSO: Infant's kidnapping leads to charges for pastor, wife | Crime | indexjournal.com

On Sunday, David Wayne English Jr. was behind the pulpit at New Hope Baptist Church in Clinton.
On Monday, the 33-year-old was behind bars.

The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that English and his wife, 31-year-old Jennifer Lynn Bunting, were arrested in connection to a series of crimes that included kidnapping a newborn.

Bunting and English, both of 217 Milam Road in Clinton, are facing charges of unlawful conduct toward a child. Bunting was also charged with kidnapping, while English was charged with second-degree domestic violence.

In a statement, Laurens County Sheriff Don Reynolds said English was a preacher and educator in a nearby county.

LCSO: Infant's kidnapping leads to charges for pastor, wife | Crime | indexjournal.com

A surprise guilty plea in Gwinnett cult baby starving death

Rather than face trial, a purported Nuwaubian cult member made a plea deal and accepted a life sentence for the 2014 starving death of his 15-month-old daughter.

Calvin Mcintosh, 48, who authorities have said is tied to the Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, entered Alford pleas to felony murder and three counts of cruelty to children. The Alford plea allows a defendant to accept punishment for crimes while still maintaining their innocence.

Judge Melodie Conner sentenced Mcintosh to life in prison, with the chance of parole, plus 30 years of probation. “Life” is 30 years in Georgia, meaning that he can seek parole after serving that time.

Charges of starving and false imprisonment of the baby’s mother, Iasia Sweeting, were dropped as part of the plea agreement. Prosecutor Rich Vandever said Sweeting agreed to the terms.

A surprise guilty plea in Gwinnett cult baby starving death

See also:: 15-Month-Old Girl Was Starved to Death by Dad Connected to Black Supremacist Cult

McIntosh was allegedly devoted to the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, a largely defunct Georgia-based cult founded by Dwight “Malachi” York, a convicted child molester who in 2004 was convicted of five counts of racketeering and six counts of transporting minors across state lines for sexual purposes. (The cult was featured on a 2018 episode of People Magazine Investigates: Cults.)

York, who blended his belief in black supremacism with Eygyptian mysticismand UFOs, was also a staunch believer in polygamy and had sex with many of his female followers. A select group of his favorites became his wives.

UPDATED::We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage

UPDATE:: Vermont’s Governor Supports Orphanage Victims’ “Pursuit Of Justice” After A BuzzFeed News Investigation

In response to a multiyear BuzzFeed News investigation, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott said Monday that he would support the efforts of victims who suffered abuse as children at a Catholic orphanage in the state to pursue justice through the courts.

“The allegations against St. Joseph’s Orphanage are as extremely disturbing, horrific and deeply troubling today, as they were decades ago,” Scott said in an emailed statement to BuzzFeed News.

The allegations include once-parentless children in the care of the Catholic orphanage being beaten, sexually abused, mutilated, and observing the deaths of other children at the hands of their protectors.

See also:: People Are Sharing Their Stories Of Catholic Orphanages In Response To A BuzzFeed News Investigation

I am still digesting this,,, I got nothing!

I watched the deposition — all 19 hours of grainy, scratchy videotape — more than two decades later. By that time sexual abuse scandals had ripped through the Catholic Church, shattering the silence that had for so long protected its secrets. It was easier for accusers in general to come forward, and easier for people to believe their stories, even if the stories sounded too awful to be true. Even if they had happened decades ago, when the accusers were only children. Even if the people they were accusing were pillars of the community.

But for all these revelations — including this month’s Pennsylvania grand jury report on how the church hid the crimes of hundreds of priests — a darker history, the one to which Sally’s story belongs, remains all but unknown. It is the history of unrelenting physical and psychological abuse of captive children. Across thousands of miles, across decades, the abuse took eerily similar forms: People who grew up in orphanages said they were made to kneel or stand for hours, sometimes with their arms straight out, sometimes holding their boots or some other item. They were forced to eat their own vomit. They were dangled upside down out windows, over wells, or in laundry chutes. Children were locked in cabinets, in closets, in attics, sometimes for days, sometimes so long they were forgotten. They were told their relatives didn’t want them, or they were permanently separated from their siblings. They were sexually abused. They were mutilated.

Darkest of all, it is a history of children who entered orphanages but did not leave them alive.

We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage

Skin and bones: Children starved in deadly fasting case, complaint says

Police in Reedsburg are investigating the death of a 15-year-old boy after his father reported the death to authorities.

The boy's parents, Kehinde and Titilayno Omosebi, were arrested for neglecting a child causing death and neglecting a child causing great bodily harm. Both are in the Sauk County Jail.

The case's criminal complaint showed that when officials go to the home there was only one bedroom with a bed and another room with four metal chairs placed in a square form.

Police said there was no food in the home. They boy's father told police they were doing a 40-day fast, only drinking water so they could get blessings from God to move to Atlanta. He told police he was a minister affiliated with the Cornerstone Reformation Ministries and that the fast started on July 19.

Skin and bones: Children starved in deadly fasting case, complaint says

UPDATE::Bodies of 'hundreds' of children buried in mass grave w/ update

I'm confused,,, So no charges concerning the mass-grave but there are other charges.

UPDATE:: Nuns charged in Smyllum Park child abuse investigation

Police in Scotland have arrested and charged nuns and a number of other former staff in an investigation into alleged child abuse at a Catholic children’s home.

The nuns are among 12 people who have been charged by detectives investigating detailed allegations of systematic physical and sexual abuse of children over many decades at Smyllum Park in Lanark.

Police Scotland said another four former staff at the Catholic institution would be reported to the Crown Office, Scotland’s prosecution service, later on Thursday.

The force would not release any further details about the identities of those charged or the offences they face, pending final decisions by prosecutors.
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The allegations of abuse at Smyllum Park, including unsubstantiated claims of “satanic” rituals at the home, have been at the centre of a long-running official public inquiry into child sexual abuse at children’s homes in Scotland.

UPDATE:: No Criminal Activity Surrounding Mass Grave at Scottish Orphanage

The Scottish prosecutors and police have exonerated the Daughters of Charity of criminal activity surrounding an unmarked mass grave of children at this time.  
 
The discovery of a mass grave on the grounds of Smyllum Park Orphanage in Scotland sparked a media frenzy of allegations of wrongdoing and child abuse.

In a statement released Tuesday, the Scottish Crown Office said, "Based on the information currently available, there is no evidence to suggest a crime has been committed or that any deaths require to be investigated." They have assured the public that they are keeping a watchful eye on the situation and "any allegations of criminality will be thoroughly and sensitively investigated." 

The children were all residents of a care home run by Catholic nuns.

At least 400 children are thought to be buried in a section of St Mary's Cemetery in Lanark.

The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, which ran the home, refused to comment on the findings.

The research by the File on 4 programme in conjunction with the Sunday Post newspaper focused on Smyllum Park Orphanage in Lanark.

It opened in 1864 and provided care for orphans or children from broken homes. It closed in 1981, having looked after 11,600 children.

A burial plot, containing the bodies of a number of children, was uncovered by two former residents of Smyllum in 2003.

Frank Docherty and Jim Kane discovered an overgrown, unmarked section of St Mary's Cemetery during their efforts to reveal physical abuse which they said many former residents had suffered.

Bodies of 'hundreds' of children buried in mass grave - BBC News

UPDATED::Kids found in rags in New Mexico amid tale of guns, exorcism | Fox News

UPDATE::  As I noted information concerning this incident is going to be bandied about willy-nilly.  Determining what is actually transpiring may be difficult.  Case in point the following Three released from jail in New Mexico compound case BUT New Mexico compound gang arrested by FBI.  So which is it?

Actually both,

The two men and three women, residents at a site where 11 starving children and the buried remains of a toddler were found, face conspiracy charges.

Child abuse charges against the five were dismissed after a 10-day limit for a hearing was missed by prosecutors.

They will now remain in custody pending a hearing in federal court on Tuesday.

The charges include unlawful possession of firearms by an illegal immigrant, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, and aiding and abetting in the committing of an offence, the FBI said in a statement on Friday.

This case is going be a bit difficult to track as there are many facets besides the death of a young boy possibly due to religious belief.

David McAfee has done a good job of sifting through what is known concerning this case. He has done a good job of keeping hyperbole to a minimum and only reporting what is known.  Sadly, I have seen extremes for both ends of the political and religious spectrum making it difficult to sift through information.

3-Year-Old Boy Died During “Religious Ritual” at Muslim Extremist’s Compound

Authorities in New Mexico were looking for a missing three-year-old child, but they ended up discovering a Muslim extremist’s compound where he and others were training young kids to commit school shootings.

They ultimately found the boy… but only after he was killed in what they’re calling a “religious ritual.”
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This case includes elements of religious extremism, death by spiritual rite, cult seclusion, and even school shootings. If we’re playing Religious Fundamentalism Bingo, everyone just filled up their cards. Even when some Americans say they want to make it easier for people to get guns, this probably isn’t what they have in mind.

 It’s also worth noting that Muslim extremism, a violent philosophy justified by fundamentalist interpretations of the Qur’an, runs in Wahhaj’s family. He’s the son of a controversial Brooklyn imam once accused of conspiring to commit the tragic attacks on 9/11. His father also goes by Siraj Wahhaj, and he was named but not charged in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

This story is still developing with some conflicting reports as to what was occurring at this "compound".  Neglect of children appears obvious but beyond that it gets a bit murky.

UPDATE::  Man arrested at New Mexico compound was training children to commit school shootings, court documents show

Court documents in the case of the children found living in a makeshift New Mexico compound say one of the men arrested on child abuse charges was training the children to commit school shootings, according to The Associated Press.

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A raid on a New Mexico desert compound turned up 11 children wearing rags and living in filth, and also broke open a bizarre tale of guns, exorcism, and a search for a missing young boy who suffers from seizures and is nowhere to be found.

The boy's father was among five people arrested after the raid near the border with Colorado. Documents made public in a court filing Monday said the father told the boy's mother before fleeing Georgia that he wanted to perform an exorcism on the child because he believed he was possessed by the devil.

Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said deputies arrested the father, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, and four other adults on child abuse charges after finding the 11 children Friday inside a makeshift compound in the tiny community of Amalia. It was littered with "odorous trash" and lacking clean water, authorities said.

Kids found in rags in New Mexico amid tale of guns, exorcism | Fox News

See also::  Searching for Missing 3-Year-Old, Authorities Find His Dad with 11 Kids in 'Filthy' Compound

Preschool director admits she pulled knife, threatened to cut fingers off 4-year-olds | NJ.com

The former preschool director who used a knife to threaten two 4-year-olds  will never work in childcare again and likely get probation.

Adetokunbo O. Akinnaso, 64, the former director of Dawn to Dusk Christian Childcare and Learning Center in Plainfield, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of fourth-degree child abuse in Superior Court in Union County, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said Friday. The prosecutor's office has agreed to recommend probation at her sentencing Sept. 28.

In an attempt to discipline two young children Feb. 28, Akinnaso put a steak knife into their hands and told them she would cut their fingers off and throw them in the trash if they kept misbehaving, according to authorities and a report by the Department of Children and Families Office of Licensing. They weren't injured.

Preschool director admits she pulled knife, threatened to cut fingers off 4-year-olds | NJ.com

Police: Father yelled 'Jesus is coming' before stabbing toddler - KXXV Central Texas News Now

It’s often hard to distinguish between sincerely held religious beliefs that lead to violence and voices in one’s head. (Perps name has yet to be released.)

A Texas father was arrested after police say he fatally stabbed his son while yelling about religion.
Witnesses reported a man beating and stabbing a small child Sunday afternoon in the courtyard of a Lewisville apartment complex. Gunshots were also reported at the scene.

When officers arrived, they found the 1-year-old with severe injuries. He was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

"I've been in law enforcement for over 20 years, and this is probably the worst call I’ve ever been on in my career," said Capt. Jesse Hunter of the Lewisville Police Department.
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"The information we have is that the suspect came out of the apartment carrying the child, and he was yelling some very loud, random things about religion and 'Jesus is coming,'" Hunter said.

Police: Father yelled 'Jesus is coming' before stabbing toddler - KXXV Central Texas News Now

Parents charged with murder in malnourished girl's death | MLive.com

The parents of a 10-month-old girl who died of malnutrition and dehydration have been charged with felony murder.

Tatiana Elena Fusari and Seth Michael Welch, both 27, are held without bond after arraignments Monday in 63^rd District Court.

Both are charged with felony murder and first-degree child-abuse in daughter Mary's death.
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"Tatiana Fusari admitted during the interview that they failed to reach out for medical help with their daughter for fear of having her children removed by Child Protective Services, lack of faith and trust in the medical services and religious reasons," he wrote.

Parents charged with murder in malnourished girl's death | MLive.com

Father arrested after deceased 10-month-old Ogden boy found in trash can | Deseret News

According to the probable cause statement, the boy's mother told police Hidalgo was watching the 10-month-old and another child while she ran errands. When she returned to the apartment, Hidalgo was "sitting on the couch in the front room reading a Bible and watching a video of religious music and sermons," the statement said.

When the mother asked Hidalgo about the boy, Hidalgo "told her he had built an altar like they had talked about," according to the statement.

Police said when the mother asked where her son was, Hidalgo told her he was dead. He then began "talking about (the baby) having 666 on him," the statement said. The mother started looking for the boy and couldn't find him, police said, and she picked up her phone to make a call. Hidalgo told her not to or "she'll send him to prison," police said.

Father arrested after deceased 10-month-old Ogden boy found in trash can | Deseret News

Police: Suburban couple locked girl in basement because they believed she was possessed by demon | WGN-TV

A suburban couple is charged with keeping their 10-year-old daughter locked in the basement because they thought she was possessed by a “demon.”

Randy Swopes, 48, and Katherine Swopes, 49, were both arrested and are held on child endangerment and unlawful restraint charges.

Police responded to a home in the 200 block of Liberty Street in Waukegan Tuesday after receiving an anonymous call that someone was held captive in the home’s basement.

Police discovered the girl in the basement living in “poor conditions.

Police: Suburban couple locked girl in basement because they believed she was possessed by demon | WGN-TV