Detective: Abuse victims covered in excrement
A Starkville woman arrested earlier this week on abuse and neglect charges allegedly allowed a toddler and an elderly woman, both relatives, to lay in their own excrement possibly for hours, according to testimony in a Starkville Municipal Court hearing on Wednesday.
AP: Abused kids die as officials fail to protect
At least 786 children died of abuse or neglect in the U.S. in a six-year span in plain view of child protection authorities.
Neglected child’s father charged with murder in Tenn.
The father of a disabled girl who died from gangrene and infected bedsores due to neglect has been charged with first-degree murder along with a home-health aide in what is being described as one of the worst child-neglect cases police have ever seen in Tennessee.
Local petting zoo owner under investigation
More than 20 animals were seized Wednesday night at a Lowndes County petting zoo and their owner is facing charges of animal neglect.