TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court has affirmed the murder conviction and death sentence of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia's killer. ...more

December 17, 2009

The father of a suburban Philadelphia woman who faked her own abduction and fled with her daughter to Disney World has been ordered to stand trial in connection with a scuffle with TV cameramen. ...more

September 26, 2009

An 8-year-old girl who claimed a man tried to lure her into his van Sunday apparently made the story up so as not to get into trouble for having ventured too far on her bicycle, police said today. ...more

May 12, 2009

The father of Jessica Lunsford, a Florida girl whose abduction and murder prompted better tracking of sex offenders and harsher punishment for repeat offenders, says he has a new child. ...more

April 11, 2009

Taina Lopez thought the 2-month-old girl in the Amber Alert resembled her newborn. ...more

March 28, 2009

Taina Lopez feels as if no one listened to her. ...more

March 27, 2009

A reported abduction in North Port on Monday night touched off a multi-agency search that briefly shut down Interstate 75 as authorities scrambled to find a 44-year-old woman, who was eventually located in a local restaurant with her alleged abductor, a 17-year-old boy. ...more

March 17, 2009

Deputies in North Florida are searching new areas for a 5-year-old girl who has been missing for more than a month. ...more

March 12, 2009

The man charged with killing 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood visited the bar where her father, Dale Fullwood, worked and was once seen huddled with Fullwood looking at child pornography on a laptop computer, newly released law enforcement documents show. ...more

March 2, 2009

Authorities in north Florida have scaled back their search for a missing 5-year-old girl who vanished from her home last week and a volunteer search group has ended its efforts. ...more

February 16, 2009