Grandmother says state, court failed at-risk girl A Nashua woman was arrested Friday and charged with the death of her 3-year-old daughter, according to New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster’s office. Katlyn Marin, 25, was charged with second-degree murder for “recklessly causing the death of her daughter, Brielle Gage,” the attorney general’s office said in a statement Saturday. [Read … [Read more...]

BUTTE, Montana (AP) — 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 — many of them beaten, starved or left alone to drown while agencies had good reason to know they were in danger, The Associated Press has found. To determine that number, the AP canvassed the 50 states, the District of Columbia and all branches of … [Read more...]

Over the last eight months, Los Angeles County social workers fielded repeated reports that Alan Dean Edwards' two children were in danger. They opened investigations and let some complaints languish past the state's 30-day deadline, according to county records reviewed by The Times and interviews with officials familiar with the case. Then came news that Edwards had died along with his … [Read more...]

Iraq War veteran Bradley William Stone was found dead in the woods near his home, two days after he was suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her relatives and seriously wounding another outside Philadelphia. Montgomery District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said the former Marine appeared to have died of self-inflicted "cutting wounds'' to the center of his body, though an official cause … [Read more...]

In the aftermath of Rolling Stone's flawed story about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia, there has been a rush of concern in certain quarters over the supposed male victims. People have been claiming that Jackie, the UVa student at the center of the story, is part of a trend in false rape reports. The idea that women are deceptively "crying rape" is not something new. But … [Read more...]