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Former Atlantic City High School Principal Constance Days-Chapman has been charged with misconduct and obstruction related to allegations of child abuse against the city’s superintendent of schools, La’Quetta Small, and her husband, Mayor Marty Small Sr. In response to Days-Chapman’s departure, Donald Harris, the high school’s director of secondary education, has been appointed acting principal. Both La’Quetta Small and Mayor Small have denied any wrongdoing and will appear in court on May 15. While the school board has not publicly addressed La’Quetta Small’s employment status, its president declined to comment, citing personnel confidentiality.

In a shocking turn of events, a Washington state mother, 27-year-old Janet Garcia, has been arrested and charged with the gruesome murder of her 4-year-old son, Ariel Garcia. According to court documents obtained by Fox 13, Garcia is accused of stabbing her young child 41 times, a horrific act of violence that has left the community reeling.

A 20-year-old Missouri mother, Emma Rigdon, has been arrested and charged with two felony counts of abuse or neglect of a child. Rigdon filmed herself suffocating her infant son with her hand and later a blanket, and then sent the clips to acquaintances while saying the acts gave her a “rush.”

The infant survived the ordeal, but the name and age of the child have not been released. Rigdon is being held without bond at St. Louis City Justice Center. Her next court date is scheduled for April 24.

Amidst disgust and concern, the Kenosha Unified School Board meeting was extended on Tuesday night to address allegations of a grooming relationship between a middle school teacher and a 12-year-old student. Parents and residents voiced their outrage, demanding the teacher’s immediate termination despite the absence of formal charges. Concerns were raised about the loss of trust and the need for transparency from the district.

Wolfgang Raven Wildgrace, 58, and his wife, Sonya Maria Lindley-Jones, 51, have been charged with child abuse offenses stemming from allegations between 2010 and 2013. They were found in Kuranda, Queensland, after being reported missing. Wildgrace faces charges of indecent treatment and rape, while Lindley-Jones is accused of indecent treatment of a child under 16. The couple, who operate Wildgrace Counselling and Therapies, have been linked to accusations of inappropriate activities at the Adelaide Crows’ preseason training camp in 2018.

Two 21-year-old parents, Angelina Belinda Calderon and Fernando Vega, from Houston, Texas, stand accused of the horrific crime of beating their five-week-old twin daughters, Massail and Mirena Vega, to death. The shocking incident has left the community in disbelief and has prompted charges of two counts of injury to a child-serious bodily injury. The appalling attack resulted in multiple bruises and fractures on the infants, indicating a series of blows inflicted with a blunt object. A GoFundMe page set up by Calderon to seek support after her daughters’ deaths has collected over $1,200, with donors unaware of the disturbing allegations against her and Vega. The gruesome details of the case emerged after an autopsy revealed the extent of the babies’ injuries, and investigators determined that the deaths were homicides caused by blunt force trauma. Tragically, both twins were malnourished, and one showed signs of acute brain bleeding, while the other suffered hemorrhaging of the brain and spinal cord.

A jury has ordered Catholic Charities to pay at least $960,000 to the estate of a 4-year-old boy whose body was found buried in the backyard of his Cleveland home while his mother was enrolled in social services from the corporation. The jury found that Catholic Charities was negligent in hiring and supervising its employees, a negligence that partially caused Jordan Rodriguez’s death in 2017. The jury assigned the majority of the blame to the boy’s mother, Larissa Rodriguez, who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and is serving a 28-year prison sentence. Other agencies involved in the family’s life were also found to be partially responsible, including Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services, MetroHealth, and Larissa Rodriguez’s boyfriend, Christopher. The case will resume on April 30 for a hearing to determine if Catholic Charities is liable to pay punitive damages.

The Campbell Police Department has released its latest crime report, which includes incidents of petty theft, corporal injury, DUI, child abuse, and other offenses. A detailed summary of each incident is provided below.

A mother, Janet Garcia, has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of her 4-year-old son, Ariel. Ariel was found stabbed multiple times near a military base after being reported missing on March 27. Garcia initially claimed her son had an accident, but inconsistencies in her statements and blood stains in her apartment led to her arrest. Garcia reportedly struggled with substance abuse and had been evasive about her whereabouts and her son’s. The investigation also revealed that Garcia’s cellphone data tracked her movements near the location where Ariel’s body was found.