CHILD ABUSE

A man and woman have been charged in the death of their 4-year-old daughter at a motel in Alvin, the Alvin Police Department announced Thursday.

A former deputy with the Matagorda County Sheriff’s Office has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for producing and possessing child pornography, the United States Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

A man was arrested and charged for biting a 10-year-old boy’s neck and singling him out amongst a group of his friends, according to documents.

A man who is accused of sexually assaulting a child was arrested along Interstate 45 on Wednesday, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said.

A 24-year-old Montgomery County man was sentenced to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing an 8-year-old child for years, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.

A juror in a recent child sex abuse trial said if the presiding judge allowed video into evidence, they believe the entire jury would not have acquitted the defendant.

Crime Stoppers and the Houston Police Department are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a fugitive who is wanted for sexually abusing a child.

Not only do investigators say Casey Howell left her kids in unsanitary conditions with rotten food, but they also say they found clear signs of drug addiction.

A 26-year-old Houston man has been ordered to 15 years in federal prison following his conviction of receipt of child pornography, the United States Department of Justice announced Thursday.

A middle school math teacher with the Houston Independent School District was arrested for having an improper relationship with 14-year-old students, court documents said.

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A Houston woman has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a toddler, the United States Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

A Sugar Land woman was sentenced to 50 years in prison for abusing her daughter, who died from sepsis after receiving third-degree burns, the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.

A man accused of sexually assaulting a child was arrested in Sealy Monday, the Sealy Police Department said.

A little league coach has pleaded guilty to federal child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas, the United States Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

Authorities are searching for a 34-year-old man who is accused of sexually abusing a child.

A repeat child sex offender from Willis who was convicted of abusing a 7-year-old in the past was sentenced to 42 years in prison for child pornography Wednesday, Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon said.

A video out of League City that appears to show an adult man putting his hands around an 8-year-old boy’s neck has the child’s mother outraged.

A lawsuit was filed Monday in Harris County on behalf of a minor who alleges her outcries were ignored after she reported being repeatedly sexually abused and assaulted by her former shift supervisor at a Dairy Queen restaurant in Huffman, Texas.

The Baytown man who was found guilty of sexually abusing three young girls, including a 5-year-old paraplegic, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Monday.

Child Protective Services is investigating claims made by a grandmother that her 8-year-old grandson was held down by a school staff member for nearly an hour.

A mother has been arrested and charged after authorities say she allowed her boyfriend to abuse her 3-year-old child.

The Houston Police Department and Crime Stoppers are searching for a 26-year-old man accused of sexually abusing a child for seven years.

A 46-year-old alleged polygamist and cult leader in Arizona is accused of having 20 wives, many of whom were underage, and possibly marrying his own daughter, officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigations announced.

Crime Stoppers and the Houston Police Department Special Victims Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a fugitive (Jose Antonio Zavala) who is accused of sexually abusing a child for nearly two years.

A mother accused of abusing her 16-year-old twins that escaped a Cypress home nearly two weeks ago was extradited back to Harris County from Louisiana over the weekend, authorities said.

Two teen siblings who made a daring escape from a Cypress home, running to a neighbor’s house for help, were enduring unimaginable abuse and horror at the hands of their own mother and her younger boyfriend, as outlined in court documents.

After a mother allegedly stabbed her 5-year-old daughter to death at a park, KPRC 2 Health Reporter Haley Hernandez is taking a deeper look at the mother’s mental health.

The mother and father of a 9-year-old boy have both been arrested and charged, according to Harris County Precinct 4 constables.

Nearly two years after a 6-week-old boy died, his father is being held responsible for his death, according to court documents.

A mother of three has been arrested and charged after investigators said she caused severe injury to her 4-year-old child.

Bond has been set at $450,000 for a former Precinct 4 deputy accused of using a taser on all three of her children, court documents state.

A mother will serve the next three decades of her life behind bars after failing to protect her daughter from sexual abuse, a jury has decided.

A teacher and teacher’s aide who are accused of abusing two children with autism have been charged, court documents said.

A longtime Cypress Fairbanks ISD teacher is accused of sexually assaulting one of his former students.

A man is accused of killing his infant son he was caring for alone while the child's mother was in jail, according to court documents.

A man prosecutors say will no longer be able to hurt innocent children will be spending the rest of his natural life behind bars.

The former veteran Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was charged with three counts of possession of child pornography in 2018 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Friday.

The Texas Rainbow PUSH Coalition has organized an “Emergency Call to Action” press conference Tuesday in response to reports of children in the Department of Family and Protective Services’ care allegedly being sexually exploited and trafficked by employees in the foster care system.

The grandmother of an 11-year-old Aldine ISD wants the principal and three teacher aides at Marine Jones Middle School fired.

A Houston couple has been indicted for capital murder in the death of an 8-year-old boy who died in a motel room bathtub after being severely beaten, handcuffed, and bound with duct tape in March 2021, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Friday.

A woman was sentenced to serve 40 years in prison after beating her 5-year-old daughter to death with a belt and lying about it, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.

Two Houston area women have each been charged with a felony after authorities say they abandoned their six small children, leaving them in unspeakable conditions. Some of the children were filthy and covered in lice, and a toddler was left to eat his own feces, according to court documents.

A funeral was held Friday for the 8-year-old boy whose skeletal remains were found inside an abandoned west Harris County apartment with his three surviving siblings.

A 42-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for continuous sexual abuse of a child, Conroe District Attorney Brett Ligon announced.

A woman facing charges after her three children were found in an abandoned apartment in west Harris County with their brother’s remains appeared in court Monday.

The family of Brian Coulture, the man accused of killing his girlfriend's 8-year-old child and severely abusing her other children, sent KPRC 2 a statement expressing sympathy for what has happened. The family says the man at the center of the horrific case is not the person they raised.

Following a string of high-profile child abuse cases in the Houston area, child advocates argue Texas needs to change its priorities when it comes to providing a safety net for abused and neglected children.

The grandmother of one of the children of Gloria Williams, the mother whose 8-year-old son's skeletal remains were found in a west Harris County apartment, spoke exclusively to KPRC 2 in an effort to help others understand how the story of the young children took a tragic turn.

Authorities have confirmed that the death of a child whose skeletal remains were found in an apartment with three siblings has been ruled a homicide.

Larry Nassar, the doctor for Team USA Gymnastics, is now a convicted sex offender.

A 32-year-old Stafford man has been sentenced to 42 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency of a child, Fort Bend County District Attorney confirmed Wednesday.

A man wanted for two counts of injury to a child is still on the run, according to Crime Stoppers.

A Montgomery County family is suing their child’s former daycare center, alleging repeated neglect and abuse.

A father is devastated after he said his 16-year-old daughter was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a group of men in the Klein area near Kuykendahl Road and Spring Stuebner Road.

Child safety advocates expressed concern Friday that incidents of child abuse and neglect are up statewide, despite what they say has been a lack of data due to the pandemic.

HOUSTON – April marks the beginning of Child Abuse Prevention Month. And right now, there are more than 6,000 confirmed cases of child abuse and neglect in the Houston area. Here’s a breakdown of one of the most well-known child abuse cases that happened in our area -- that of Maliyah Bass. Not long afterward, Harris met Maliyah. What started out as a search for a missing child quickly turned into a homicide investigation just one week later when Maliyah’s body was found in Brays Bayou.

HOUSTON – Authorities learned new details about the woman and man charged in connection to an 8-year-old boy’s death. Authorities said Holzendorf is charged with tampering with evidence and injury to a child. Police said the officer talked to Holzendorf, who said the boy got the injuries after falling off his bike. Her bond was set at a total of $150,000-- $50,000 for injury to a child and $100,000 for tampering with evidence. Lewis’ bond was set at $300,000.

RICHMOND, Texas – The Richmond Police Department and Fort Bend County District Attorneys’ office is asking parents to sit down with their children to find out if they were ever victims of child abuse. This comes after a Richmond hair salon employee was arrested and charged with three counts of indecency with a child. Chavarria is also a registered sex offender and has been charged with two counts of violating his sex offender registration requirements. Fort Bend County Assistant District Attorney Craig Priesmeyer said that because of the allegations and evidence in the case they believe there could be more victims. Chavarria is being held at the Fort Bend County jail on a $320,000 bond.

HOUSTON – A Pasadena couple accused of abusing their two small sons, one of whom died, were both arrested and charged. Aust’s 2-year-old son, by another man, was rushed to Texas Children’s Hospital after being left alone with Reid, according to court documents. The problem with that story, according to prosecutors, is that the child wasn’t wet when medics found him and his injuries were extensive. “That baby also had burns on its fingertips and high liver enzymes indicative of abdominal trauma,” Sawtelle said. The baby is now with a foster family while Reid and Aust await trial.