Friends and relatives gathered just beyond the crime scene tape Thursday morning to comfort one another and try to come up with a reason for the fatal shooting of Cory Lynn Evans. ...more

October 17, 2008

Lee Edward Cook Jr. severely beat a 6-year-old relative with a belt because the boy didn't do his homework, Tampa police say. A 2-year-old child also was left unattended by Cook, according to police. Police arrested Cook on Wednesday afternoon at 4109 W. Gandy Blvd., charging him with child abuse and child neglect. ...more

October 16, 2008

The mother of a missing 3-year-old girl was arrested Tuesday and charged with killing her daughter, even though the child's body has not been found during an exhaustive four-month search. ...more

October 14, 2008

Prosecutors today are expected to present the case against Casey Anthony — the mother of missing 3-year-old Caylee Marie — to members of a grand jury who will decide whether she will face more serious charges, possibly murder. ...more

October 14, 2008

The lawyer for the mother of a missing Orlando girl won't say whether he expects her to be indicted on homicide charges. ...more

October 9, 2008

Police say a teenager was arrested after a toddler he was supposed to be watching shot an 8-year-old girl. ...more

October 6, 2008

Ambar Rodriguez-Avila took an 8-year-old girl dressed in a Batman costume on a ghastly grocery trip Thursday, authorities said. ...more

October 3, 2008

A woman has filed a defamation lawsuit claiming she was wrongly accused of kidnapping a missing Central Florida child. ...more

September 26, 2008

OMAHA, Neb. - Ten children ranging in age from 1 to 17 were left at hospitals Wednesday under Nebraska's unique safe haven law, which allows caregivers to abandon not only infants but also teenagers without fear of prosecution. ...more

September 25, 2008

A Brandon woman was charged with felony child neglect after deputies learned she had been driving drunk with her children in the car, authorities said. ...more

September 24, 2008