The reward has increased to $45,000 for information leading to the killer of a 7-year-old north Florida girl whose body was found in a Georgia landfill. ...more

November 3, 2009

ORANGE PARK (AP) — Mourners said farewell today to a 7-year-old Florida girl whose body was found in a Georgia landfill after she vanished on her way home from school, and they honored her favorite color by releasing hundreds of purple balloons into the sky. ...more

October 27, 2009

Investigators are sorting through more than a thousand tips but are still trying to figure out what happened when 7-year-old Somer Thompson. And a fundraiser for Somer Thompson's family raised about $18,500 so her mother doesn't have to go back to work immediately. ...more

October 25, 2009

Chubby-cheeked Somer Thompson was last seen alive walking along the sidewalk in front of a vacant house, and authorities said Friday that they're searching for someone who saw what happened to the 7-year-old after that. ...more

October 23, 2009

OAKLAND PARK (AP) — A 7-year-old South Florida girl is recovering after a 6-foot iguana bit her foot and tore away tendons. ...more

October 1, 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

The father of a missing north Florida girl says he doesn't want the media to focus on his personal life. ...more

March 13, 2009

PALATKA, Fla. - Investigators searching for a missing 5-year-old northeast Florida girl say they are looking into tips that the 17-year-old girlfriend of the child's father may not have been home when Haleigh Cummings vanished. ...more

February 18, 2009

Investigators searching for a missing North Florida girl say they have done another neighborhood canvas of the area where 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings vanished more than a week ago. ...more

February 17, 2009

Officials say the mobile home where a repeat sex offender raped and murdered a 9-year-old Florida girl in 2005 has burned down. ...more

February 16, 2009