
Dec 28 - By Randall Chase, AP Business Writer
An autopsy has found that a Maryland girl abducted from her home last week died of multiple injuries.
Dec 26 - By Associated Press
Everyone from hunters to homeowners joined in the search for a missing 11-year-old girl, and thousands of people combed Maryland's Eastern shore on Christmas Day with the hope she was alive.

Dec 25 - By Associated Press
Arizona authorities say formal charges have been filed against a man accused of kidnapping and molesting a 5-year-old Phoenix girl on Christmas Day.

Dec 24 - By Associated Press
The body of a Maryland girl who authorities say was abducted by a registered sex offender was found Friday in a wooded area near the Delaware state line after thousands of volunteers spent Christmas searching for her.
Dec 11 - By Associated Press
It's still unclear who will represent one of two people charged with kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard.

Dec 8 - By David A. Lieb, Associated Press Writer
A Missouri teenager charged with killing a 9-year-old neighbor cannot get a fair trial in her home county because residents are biased against her, the teen's attorney said.
Dec 7 - By Associated Press
Police say a 13-year-old girl led state troopers on a nine-mile chase in central Pennsylvania at speeds of more than 100 mph.
Dec 4 - By Associated Press
A trial date has been set for a Northern California woman charged with killing an 8-year-old girl whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase.
Nov 30 - By Jill Zeman Bleed, Associated Press Writer
The police officer in a small Arkansas town who used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl has been fired for violating department policy — not for using the Taser itself but for failing to use the camera attached to it, according to the town's mayor.

Nov 26 - By Associated Press
Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl after being moved by national news coverage of the case of Shaniya Davis, who police say was kidnapped and killed.

Nov 24 - By Associated Press
The father of a North Carolina girl who was kidnapped and killed said Tuesday he made the best decision he could at the time when he let her live with her mother, who has since been charged with prostituting the child.
Nov 23 - By Associated Press
A 14-year-old Alabama girl might have helped arrange the gang rape of her ninth-grade classmate and could face charges as an accomplice based on her comments in a televised interview, a district attorney said.
Nov 18 - By Associated Press
The FBI has dispatched investigators to Arkansas to look into a police officer's use of a stun gun on a 10-year-old girl who refused to take a shower.

Nov 18 - By David A. Lieb, Associated Press Writer
A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said.
Nov 18 - By Associated Press
Ozark Police Chief Jim Noggle says one of his officers used a Taser on a 10-year-old girl who was combative when the officer tried to get the girl into a patrol car to be taken to a youth shelter.
Nov 17 - By Associated Press
A spokeswoman for Jaycee Dugard says only Dugard and her family should decide when and if a film is made based on the 18 years she spent with the man charged with kidnapping her.

Nov 17 - By Associated Press
The father of a North Carolina girl who was kidnapped and killed said Tuesday he made the best decision he could at the time when he let her live with her mother, who has since been charged with prostituting the child.
Nov 13 - By Associated Press
The man accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard and holding her captive for nearly two decades wrote an apology in a jailhouse letter that talks about "ending a sexual problem believed to be impossible."

Nov 12 - By Associated Press
A dog trainer who helped look for a missing North Carolina 5-year-old says searchers overlooked it at first because all they saw were deer carcasses in trash bags.
Nov 10 - By P. Solomon Banda, Associated Press Writer
An Aurora man convicted in the disappearance and presumed death of his daughter was sentenced Tuesday to 114 years behind bars.

Nov 4 - By Frazier Moore, AP Television Writer
On-air promos for a sexual threesome on an upcoming episode of "Gossip Girl" have spurred the Parents Television Council to ask affiliates of the CW network to pre-empt the show.

Nov 4 - By Associated Press
A judge has decided to remove an attorney defending Nancy Garrido against charges of kidnapping and raping a girl who police say was held captive for 18 years.

Nov 2 - By Associated Press
British police on Tuesday released a new video imagining what missing girl Madeleine McCann would look like now, at age six, and urged Internet users to spread the pictures as widely as they can.
Oct 30 - By Associated Press
A prominent criminal defense attorney will help defend the Tracy woman accused of killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu and stuffing the girl's body into a suitcase.
Oct 29 - By Lisa Leff, Associated Press Writer
A brief hearing for a California couple charged with kidnapping and raping Jaycee Lee Dugard has given two others with personal stakes in the case their first glimpses of the defendants in court.