Category: Child Abuse
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Mom Leaves Twin Babies in Curbside Suitcase When CPS Shows up!
This story has hit the media like a wildfire, and it’s spreading fast! As a city whose media presence has been associated with all manner of controversies in recent years, from the Flint water crisis to the FBI’s claim that it’s the most dangerous city in the nation, this Michigan city has had more than…
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How the Nassar Case Will Change Michigan’s Child Abuse Reporting Laws (Pt 2)
Welcome back, and thanks for joining us for this difficult discussion about a topic that has shaken Michigan to the core. Many things are changing in the wake of the revelations about Larry Nassar, and after the historic trial where more than 100 victims shared victim impact statements. Laws are being reviewed and criticised. New…
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Michigan FGM Case Prompts Federal Legislation
While it’s easy to see how federal legislation affects each of the 50 states, it can sometimes be harder to note the effects that individual state issues have on federal legislation. However, in the wake of Michigan’s ongoing female genital mutilation case, which is the first the nation has ever seen, the effects on the…
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Lansing Parents Choose Physical Discipline Over Custody of Their Children
A Lansing couple is facing serious criminal charges after they chose not to seek advised medical help for their newborn daughter, resulting in her death. This led to CPS stepping in and removing the couple’s other children, which they could have had back by now, if it weren’t for the fact that they allegedly…
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CPS Says Baby Died in Car Seat While Mother Partied With Friends
A young Wyoming mother has been arrested and charged for allegedly leaving her baby son to die in his car seat while she was out partying with friends. According to CPS, six-month-old Noah Johnson’s death was entirely preventable, if only his mother had checked on him and fed him during that window of time. But…
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Michigan Bikers Raise Money To Fight Child Abuse
Thanks to Hollywood, bikers tend to be associated with drug crimes, prostitution rings and violent parties. Although this may be true in some cases, the reality is that not all bikers are scary guys with huge beards, a total disregard for the law, and even bigger tempers. Many bikers are nothing more than law-abiding citizens…
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New Charges in Michigan’s FGM Case
When Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, a respected emergency room doctor at Henry Ford hospital, was arrested for performing genital cuttings on two young girls from Minnesota, the country erupted. When another doctor and his wife were accused of being present at the time, fully complicit in the crime, a community came under the laser eye of…
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Mother and Boyfriend Charged in Battle Creek Abuse Case
This is a horrifying story. We don’t have all of the details, so we aren’t certain yet which parts of it are fact and which parts are simply allegations. But we do know that a young boy was treated very badly, and will need a long time to recover physically from his ordeal. According to…
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FGM Case Update: What’s Next For The Families Involved?
If you read our blog with any regularity then you have probably heard about the female genital mutilation case that has caused such an uproar recently. Although in truth, you don’t have to follow our blog to have heard about it. There isn’t a newspaper or media source in Michigan that hasn’t covered the issue…
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Police Chief Says 4-Year-Old’s Death Wasn’t An Accident
4-year-old Ivy Yurkus was rushed to the hospital, where she lived for a few hours with severe stomach pains, before passing away. In the wake of her death, investigators have looked into her condition and her injuries, and determined that she was most likely the victim of child abuse. The Roseville Police Chief, James Berlin,…