An east Texas man accused of burning his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter by putting her inside a clothes dryer was indicted Tuesday on a lesser charge than he initially faced.
A man whose son died of heat and sunstroke after he left the 2-year-old in a sunbaked car in summer has been convicted of manslaughter in France.
A man who struck his girlfriend's 3-year-old nephew and caused the child to fall down a staircase was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder.
A deer hunter has been charged with manslaughter after a bullet he fired killed a toddler inside her grandparents' Hudson Valley home, police said Monday.
The toddler had been visited 60 times by social workers. A doctor examined him but missed the fact he had a broken back and eight fractured ribs. His mother managed to explain away his constant bruises time and time again.
A Texas mother accused of dropping her toddler twice from a balcony has been convicted of attempted capital murder.
Bullets ripped through a northeast Bexar County home early Sunday, killing a 3-year-old girl sleeping next to her parents.
Fairgoers at a central Florida carnival caught a 2-year-old girl whose mother was forced to drop her after they were both stranded 30 feet off the ground on a ride.
The body of a toddler found in the trunk of his mother's car may have been there for months as she drove around town, evaded questions about him and was even arrested, police said.
A Maine toddler has walked away sore but otherwise unscathed after falling three stories from a window.
Parents facing murder charges in the June death of their 2-year-old son restrained the toddler with duct tape while he stood naked in the corner of the closet, court documents allege.
A murder charge will be dismissed against a Bronx man accused in the stray-bullet shooting of a 2-year-old boy.
A Fort Bliss soldier and his wife were arrested Tuesday on charges of killing a 2-year-old girl in their care and seriously injuring her older brother while their military parents served overseas.
A 2-year-old girl died after being beaten with a video game controller by her mother's boyfriend, police said Tuesday. Darisabel Baez's mother overheard the beating Sunday but did nothing until she realized the girl was unconscious, police said.
A morbidly obese woman who authorities originally thought might have crushed her 2-year-old nephew to death was arraigned in her bedroom Wednesday on a capital murder charge, accused of striking him in the head.
A 2-year-old girl who fell into a 45-foot well was rescued late Wednesday after 27 hours, officials said.
A 2-year-old boy who died with a fractured skull may have been accidentally crushed by a morbidly obese relative, authorities say.
Authorities in Sacramento, Calif., have charged a man with murdering his 2-year-old son with a screwdriver and trying to kill the boy's mother with an ax.
A plea agreement is on hold for a 12-year-old Florida boy accused of beating a toddler cousin to death.
Julie Adkins-Gasque never worried when she spotted a fresh bruise on her 1-year-old son. He just played rough with the baby sitter's son, she thought.
A baby sitter was charged with the murder of a toddler who police said was fatally injured when she swung him around in a sleeping bag for fun and his head smacked a door frame.
A toddler's parents do not want authorities to prosecute a 12-year-old boy suspected of fatally beating their daughter because she was making noises while he watched a cartoon.
A 2-year-old boy died after crawling out of bed next to his sleeping mother and wandering outside on a frigid night, authorities and the woman said.
A mother accused of twice throwing her toddler over a second-story railing for being "fussy" is schizophrenic and took the same anti-psychotic drug prescribed to another woman who cut off her baby's arms, her attorneys said.
A woman who found her 1-year-old son dead in her hot, stuffy car after she worked her seven-hour shift as a Hooters waitress has been arrested, police said Wednesday.