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Police are searching for any other alleged victims of a Sunday school teacher accused of raping and killing an 8-year-old girl from Tracy, California. While conceding "there has been no indication this has happened," Tracy Police Sgt. Tony Sheneman said the concern is that the suspect, Melissa Huckaby, is a Sunday school teacher and did have contact with children.

A Detroit couple accused of trying to cremate their slain 2-year-old son on a barbecue grill and then collecting his welfare ...

Murdered Florida girl Caylee Anthony's father might have been a co-worker her mother had a one-night stand with, according to police documents released this week.

An Austrian man who fathered seven children with a daughter he locked in a cellar pleaded guilty Monday to rape and incest but denied murder in connection with the death of a newborn boy who died underground.

A few hundred people arrived early Tuesday to attend the memorial service for slain 2-year old, Caylee Anthony, whose remains were uncovered in early December in woods near the home of her grandparents in Orlando, Florida.

A man shot and killed his wife and five young children before taking his own life Tuesday, possibly out of despair from losing a job, the authorities said.

Investigators were examining pieces of the drive train from an oversized truck to try to learn why a Frisbee-sized chunk of metal tore loose and killed a 6-year-old boy at a Monster Jam show in the Tacoma Dome.

A Colorado teen has been sentenced to 36 years in prison for his role in the death of a 7-year-old girl during an apparent imitation of the "Mortal Kombat" video game.