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She was possessed by an evil spirit. That's the claim an Annapolis mother made after police say she smothered her 2-year-old child to death. The girl's body was found in garbage on its way to a landfill.
A 25-year-old Annapolis woman is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Thursday.
A Severn man whose son ingested illegally purchased methadone has been acquitted of child abuse charges.
Parents could be charged if children miss too many school days under a bill proposed by a District of Columbia Council member.
A child abuse case against a Maryland high school football coach has ended with a hung jury.
A veteran District of Columbia police officer has been arrested on charges that he sexually abused a girl who participated in his church choir, the authorities said.
Ocean City Police say a former Pennsylvania priest has been charged with sexually abusing a male child at a resort motel in 1981.
Frederick police have arrested a man they say kicked a 3-year-old girl in the head.
A chilling case of child abuse. A pediatrician rapes his young patients and videotapes every brutal moment. A critical deadline is approaching for the victims in a multimillion dollar settlement.
Another accusation lodged against former Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash.
A Hagerstown man has been sentenced to 40 years for the death of girlfriend's 2-year-old son.
A 2-year-old boy died after being stabbed multiple times in his neck. Now his mother is being charged with his murder.
Baltimore police were called to Sinai Hospital on Nov. 20 to investigate a case of possible child abuse.
Former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier was charged Thursday with hushing up child molestation allegations against Jerry Sandusky, making him the third school official charged in the alleged cover-up.
Banned swim coach Rick Curl turned himself in Thursday to face a child abuse charge stemming from allegations of a sexual relationship with an underage swimmer in the 1980s.
A swim coach has surrendered in Montgomery County to face a charge of child abuse that police say occurred decades ago.
A 4-year-old boy is seriously injured after falling to the ground from a ninth floor apartment window on Thursday afternoon.
A Hagerstown man serving 30 years for shaking his girlfriend's infant son to death won't get a new trial.
A young Anne Arundel County child nearly dies after drinking methadone, and police find a slew of dangerous drugs in his parents' home.
A figure skating coach who competed at the Olympics for the Soviet Union has pleaded not guilty to charges he sexually abused a teenage student during a competition in New York's Lake Placid.
A Maryland man serving 30 years for shaking his girlfriend's infant son to death in 2007 is seeking a new trial.
Frederick police have charged a 28-year-old man with sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl.
A Hagerstown man faces up to 65 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally abusing his girlfriend's 2-year-old son.
Psychological child abuse is common but underreported in the U.S., the nation's largest pediatric health group says.
A Utah man accused of fracturing the skull of his 22-month-old niece will be allowed to await trial at home.
