BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — For the first time since Genesis Mata’s death, allegedly at the hands of her parents, the 8-year ...

Calls for an investigation came after Mata’s family said they had called child protective services multiple times before Mata ...

Research shows that early childhood maltreatment is associated with significant delays in social and cognitive development.

During an hour-plus of testimony to the Kern County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, more than a dozen residents painted a grim ...

A district court judge has advanced the cases against a Rochester Hills mother and her boyfriend accused of abusing the woman’s young daughter, who suffered broken bones. Kimberly McGarry, 26, and ...

The Kern County Board of Supervisors convened on Tuesday to address a pressing issue within the county: the oversight of ...

Police arrested a man after a years-long investigation into the repeated sexual abuse of a child under 13 in Newark. Daniel R. Shaffer, 43, was taken into custody in Florida and flown back to New York ...

An Irvine man described by authorities as a “prominent staff member” of an Orange County church was arrested last week following allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl ...

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Commissioner Hank Whitman, seen testifying to a House committee in July, has proposed $12,000 raises for caseworkers. Jay Janner Jay Janner The ...