4-Month-Old Girl Was Killed In Act Of Child Abuse In South Shore, Officials Say

Officials said Tuesday that a 4-month-old girl was killed in an act of child abuse this week in South Shore.

• Oct 19, 2021

Activists Demand Reform Of Systems They Say Have Failed To Protect Young Black Girls From Abuse

Activists on Sunday demanded changes in the systems that have failed to protect children from abuse.

• May 2, 2021

Cook Co. Sheriff Tom Dart: Parent Coaching Programs Can Curb Abuse

Illinois had more than 31,000 children with substantiated cases of maltreatment in 2018, and increase of 10% over the previous year.

• Sep 22, 2020

Calls To Crisis Hotlines Soar Amid Stay-At-Home Order

Since the stay-at-home order began, calls to crisis hotlines have soared.

• May 19, 2020

Amid Stay-At-Home Order, Worries Mount That Child Abuse Isn't Being Reported

Crimes against children are down significantly since schools closed for the coronavirus pandemic. But that is not necessarily such good news.

• Apr 28, 2020

Advocates Say System Failed 4-Year-Old Tate Thurman, Whose Abuse, Death Chillingly Reminds Advocates Of AJ Freund Case

While the AJ Freund story made national headlines, some child advocates say another case – that of 4-year-old Tate Thurman – has eerie similarities as it unfolds in Central Illinois.

• Mar 4, 2020

Feds Pull Funding From Chicago Lakeshore Hospital Amid Claims Of Child Abuse

On Tuesday, the federal government pulled its funding from Chicago Lakeshore Hospital amid allegations of physical and sexual abuse of children.

• Dec 24, 2019

Woman Charged With Dragging 5-Year-Old Boy By His Hair At Rush Copley Emergency Room

A 25-year-old woman has been arrested on three felony charges, after she was caught on video dragging a 5-year-old by the hair inside Rush Copley Medical Center on Monday, police said.

• Jan 17, 2019

Aurora Police Investigating After Video Shows Woman Dragging 5-Year-Old By His Hair

Aurora police are investigating a possible child abuse case that was captured on camera inside of an Aurora hospital emergency room.

• Jan 15, 2019

One-Year-Old's Death Ruled Homicide In South Shore

• Nov 3, 2018

Waukegan Father Who Held Daughter In Basement Asks For Reduced Bond

Waukegan father Randy Swopes, accused in July of locking his daughter in a basement because he believed she was possessed is still in custody, but he's asking for a new court hearing to get his bond lowered.

• Sep 12, 2018

Uproar After Judge OK's Freeing Most New Mexico Compound Defendants

The controversy was stoked even further when court officials condemned threats of violence made against the judge who issued the ruling and evacuated several administrative court offices as a precaution.

• Aug 15, 2018

Children Found In New Mexico Compound Were Training For School Shootings, Prosecutors Say

In court filings, prosecutors only said they believe the children received advance weapons training and did not provide further details.

• Aug 9, 2018

Boy's Remains Found At Compound Where 11 Starving Children Lived In Filth

Nine months after young Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj disappeared from Georgia, his family's worst nightmare may be realized in New Mexico.

• Aug 8, 2018

Search For Missing Toddler Leads To Discovery Of 11 Emaciated Children

What started as a search for a 3-year-old Georgia boy led to a horrid discovery 1,400 miles away.

• Aug 6, 2018

Waukegan Mother Released After Holding Daughter In Basement, Father Still In Custody

In 2006, the family was investigated for medical neglect for refusing treatment for their son based on religious reasons.

• Aug 3, 2018

Son Defends Waukegan Couple Charged With Locking Daughter In Basement

Randy and Katherine Swopes were arrested on July 17, charged with unlawful restraint and child endangerment.

• Jul 30, 2018

Ex-Priest Who Abused Child Allowed Access to Chicago Schools

Only after the victim and the AP asked why the district let former cleric Bruce Wellems enter schools as part of alternative-schooling programs he oversees, did CPS recently ban him.

• Jun 22, 2018

Police: Parents Charged After 10 Children "Rescued From Horrible Living Conditions" In California

A California man has been arrested for what police say was "a long and continuous history of severe physical and emotional abuse" of his 10 children between the ages of 4 months and 12 years old.

• May 14, 2018

Police File Charges Against Parents Due To Injuries To 10 Month Old Baby

Griffith Police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding extensive injuries to a 10-month-old boy. 

• May 11, 2018

Daycare Worker Charged With Burning 5 Toddlers With Hot Glue Gun

Lizandra Cosme, of the Humboldt Park neighborhood, has been charged with five counts of aggravated battery to a child.

• Dec 18, 2017

2 Charged After Disabled Child Found Living In 'Filth' In Blue Island

Charles A. Hopkins, 59, and Marinda Y. Hicks, 38, both face multiple charges of abuse and neglect of the nine children.

• Oct 31, 2017

Relative In Custody After 3-Year-Old Boy's Death Ruled A Homicide

An autopsy on Thursday determined 3-year-old Steven Figueroa died of blunt abdominal trauma from an assault.

• Sep 15, 2017