Prosecutors say a man and woman subjected an 11-year-old girl to nearly a year of abuse, including handcuffing her to a metal cage and shocking her with a stun gun.
A 40-year-old Missouri man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced to 189 years in prison for sexually and physically abusing two girls.
A suburban St. Louis man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for breaking into a home and kidnapping a 10-year-old girl who was sleeping on a couch.
A 9-week-old Missouri baby whose father is accused of sticking his fingers down the child's throat to stop his crying has died, and the father is now facing an upgraded criminal charge.
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and Child Safe of Central Missouri is encouraging people across its 11-county service area to take simple actions every day that make a difference in the lives of children.
Six former students have filed a lawsuit alleging that an Iowa boarding school kept them in isolation boxes for days at a time, allowed sexual abuse and provided inadequate medical care.