All news on the topic: Child abuse

A Texas woman allegedly pulled a gun on neighbours attempting to stop her from throwing her four-month-old son out a third-story window with witnesses worried about doing 'too much to antagonize her more'

Tony Hudgell was the son of birth parents Jody Simpson and Tony Smith, who inflicted such severe injuries on him - when he was just six weeks old - that his legs eventually had to be amputated

The body of the missing Oaklee Snow was found in an abandoned building in Morgan County, Indianapolis, after last being seen in March being carried out of the alleged drug house

Ethan Washburn, 20, from Tennessee, US, is the biological son of Kristy Schindley, 47, who is accused of committing child cruelty alongside husband Tyler, 46, after the boy weighed just 36 pounds

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Serena Kelley was born into the Children of God cult and became a 'poster girl' for the controversial organisation. After making her escape, she has shared her story with The Mirror

Emily Victoria opens up in a new Channel 4 documentary - A Paedophile in My Family: Surviving Dad - all about how she was sexually abused by her father and how she resented her mother for it going unnoticed

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Toddler Jacob Lennon was subjected to inhumane abuse at the hands of his mother Louise Lennon's partner, Jake Drummond, even sharing MEMES as they joked about their cruelty

Jack Addis and Jeremy Laxton pleaded guilty to conspiring with serving Chief Inspector Richard Watkinson to distribute or show indecent images of children

The late entertainer's estate could be forced to pay out to an Australian woman, who is in the process of suing him for assaulting her when she was 10 years old

The suspected paedophile, who was identified only by the name Sergei, told the two girls - aged 10 and 12 - that he would use a grenade to blow them up if they refused

The boy was found wandering the streets, reportedly weighing just 36 pounds as he begged police to "please not make [him] go back" to the home where he was reportedly denied food and locked in his room.

Alexee Trevizo went to Artesia General Hospital in New Mexico with bak pain, and gave birth in the facility's toilet before allegedly putting her baby in the trash, police said

Prosecutors allege the boy's parents caused dental injury and disfiguration and locked himin his bedroom for extended periods without access to basic necessities.

Shannon O'Connor will face 39 criminal counts of felony child endangerment and sexual battery

Tyler and Krista Schindley are accused of attempting malice murder against their 10-year-old child, among other charges, after the boy was found wandering alone away from his home

The victim will take home a five-figure sum after being subjected to horrific abuse by a foster carer, including being forced to drink orange juice mixed with bleach

Netflix documentary 'The Keepers' highlighted the abuse hundreds of children faced at the Baltimore Catholic Church including Teresa Lancaster, 69, who claims she was sexually abused

Lori Vallow, 49, was seen smirking in her mugshot just days after being found guilty of murdering her kids Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua ‘JJ’ Vallow, 7 at Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho

Kamilek, eight, who has not been fully named due to Polish privacy laws, suffered such serious burns after his cruel stepfather made him sit on a hot stove that he had to be hospitalised and put in a coma

Tony’s father Anthony Smith and birth mum Jody Simpson were jailed for 10 years for abusing him so badly he needed both legs amputating and now Smith seeks prison release

The body of the missing girl was found in an abandoned building in Morgan County, Indianapolis, after last being seen in March being carried out of the alleged drug house

Samantha Valentine's evil actions are 'unequivocal proof that monsters walk amongst us' according to police after she attacked her baby multiple times over a four-day period

The pair tortured the 10-year-old victim, spraying him with hot sauce, forcing them to fight one another and made the youngsters kneel for lengthy periods on concrete floors, nails or uncooked rice at the home in Lancaster, Los Angeles

A medical examiner has confirmed a two-year-old boy found in the jaws of an alligator in a lake in Florida died from drowning. Dad Thomas Mosley is accused of killing Taylen Mosley, two, and his mum

Five cops burst into the home of a man in Tontitown, Arkansas, to arrest him for piercing his son's ear. Performing 'body art' in the state on children under 16 is illegal regardless of parental consent