Houston high school blamed in rape of special needs child
VIDEO - When a 16-year-old girl attended Sam Houston High School in Houston, Texas a teacher's assistant made sure she got between classes and on and off of the school bus safely...
Evidence questioned in Missouri child rape case
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - The crime was brutal: a 7-year-old girl choked, raped and forced to smoke drugs before she was left for dead in a fire set by her attacker. Somehow, she survived. Firefighters founder her at dawn, stumbling through the street and wearing just one shoe...
Another defendent sentenced in rape 11-year-old Texas girl
LIBERTY, Texas (AP) - One of six men who have pleaded guilty in the repeated sexual assault of a young southeast Texas girl over a three-month period in late 2010 was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, the term he agreed to in his deal with prosecutors...
US marshals capture man who fled Texas rape trial
HOUSTON (AP) - A man who fled his trial a day before being convicted in the repeated group sexual assault of an 11-year-old Texas girl was captured Tuesday, according to the U.S. Marshals Service...
Defendant still on the lam in 11-year-old girl rape case
LIBERTY, Texas (AP) - Eric McGowen didn't show up a day after skipping out during a break in proceedings Wednesday, which was the first day of testimony...
Suspect escapes during Texas 11-year-old girl rape trial
LIBERTY, Texas (AP) - One of more than a dozen men and boys accused in the repeated rape of an 11-year-old Texas girl escaped from the courthouse during a break in his trial after the child tearfully testified and jurors watched a video showing one of the alleged assault...
Prosecutors offer plea deals in NJ child rape case
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) - The offers come eight months after Trenton police accused a 15-year-old girl of pimping her 7-year-old stepsister at a party and watching as she was raped...
