Fulton, NY - Robby Guppy,17, was a lineman on the Pulaski High School football team.  He was a fairly popular student who, despite a sometimes-rocky home life, was well-liked, even respected, at school.  But what some of his classmates didn’t know until recently is that Guppy is also the father of an 18-month-old little girl.  [...]

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Jason Page and Denetria Council in happier times
Brooklyn, NY - Denetria Council escaped yesterday from a two-week nightmare.   On Sunday, July 20, she stumbled out of the apartment she shared with her boyfriend - burned and beaten, but alive.   Jason Page, 34, had gotten a little upset over two weeks ago, and Denetria, 22, had [...]

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UPDATE 7/12/08 - Clarissa Pierce, 22, has been charged with felony child neglect for failure to seek medical help for her two year old son Nicholas for five days while the child suffered with second and third degree burns over 50% of his body. The burns were inflicted by John Cellner, Pierce’s boyfriend. Pierce [...]

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Update 8/22/08 - Alberto Rios has plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter in a plea deal that should get him about two years for the death of his son, Diego Rios-Santana.  Sentencing is scheduled for October 3. Read the original charging documents.

Seattle, WA.-While this case has more questions than answers, two facts are alarmingly clear: Diego [...]

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L to R: Chris Sparks, Robert Bernal, Cody Rector
Waldport, OR — Chris Sparks, Robert Bernal and Cody Rector wanted to be Jackasses, like the guys on television. They did a hell of a job. On March 1, the three morons waited until a 17-year-old friend was passed [...]

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Middleborough, Mass. - DSS dropped the ball on this one so hard it bounced. Michelle Henry, 30, has a record of neglect with Massachusetts dating to 2002. The Department of Social Services had been notified in December 2007 that her seven-year-old son was being beaten with a belt, and [...]

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This story actually began unfolding last November while we were all in the middle of the Rowan Ford case.  But as murder charges have now been filed, I’m gonna cover it anyway.  Doubtless this one is going to get a little press in the days to come.
Detroit, MI - In November of 2007, Nickella “Nikki” [...]

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