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A Dallas woman accused of throwing her two children from a freeway overpass and then jumping off the 20-foot-high span has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. A judge in Dallas ruled Thursday in the trial of Khandi Busby, who was charged with attempted murder and injury to a child. The judge then ordered her to spend roughly 30 days in a state mental institution, MyFoxDFW.com reports.

Sandy Springs police have charged an 11-year-old girl with murder and child cruelty in the death of a toddler she was babysitting. The babysitter, whose name has not been released, was taken to a juvenile Youth Detention Center in Fulton County, where she will be held while prosecutors decide how to proceed.

The American mother accused of murdering her three young children appeared in court and was remanded in custody ahead of a trial date, local media reported Saturday.

California-born Theresa Riggi sobbed uncontrollably Friday and had to be helped into the building by two female security officers as she made her first appearance in court, where she learned she will face a triple murder trial, according to The (Glasgow) Herald.

The mother of a 7-year-old Florida girl found slain in a landfill praised the hard work of authorities combing through evidence ...

Brothers aged 10 and 11 will go on trial in September accused of attempting to murder two boys near Doncaster, a judge orders .

Sandra Cantu was remembered Thursday as "Tracy's precious angel," but she may well have been everybody's little girl.

AP - A pregnant Massachusetts woman is suspected of killing her 9-year-old daughter and stabbing herself in the abdomen, resulting in the death of her fetus.

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.

Josef Fritzl was sentenced to life in a psychiatric institution on Thursday for locking up and raping his daughter over 24 years, fathering seven children with her, and causing the death of an infant son.

The tragic shooting death of 7-year-old Earl Robinson remains under investigation. Police believe Robinson's 11-year-old neighbor, whose name has not been released, is responsible. He was taken into custody for questioning Saturday.