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A woman in Alabama is behind bars after police say she fatally stabbed her 8-year-old son and left her father in critical condition.

A Utah man could face murder charges after allegedly crashing his car into a horse corral and hitting two three-year-old boys, according to authorities.

A 4-year-old boy was stabbed to death by his mother as his grandma watched, and both have been arrested in connection with the murder, police said.

An Iowa father and daughter are accused of killing a newborn boy by placing him in a garbage bag and leaving him in a ditch.

A 3-year-old girl grabbed a loaded gun and accidentally shot and killed her 4-year-old sister while their parents were in another room, police said.

A Louisiana couple has been arrested for murder 31 years after a newborn baby was found in a dumpster behind a restaurant in Mississippi, officials said.

Two women in Missouri arrested after "hogtying" a 5-year-old child to a futon and stuffing their mouth with a sock to stop them from stealing food, police said.

A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to killing a 9-year-old girl who was fatally shot while playing on a trampoline almost two years ago.

A 17-year-old boy is accused of entering his girlfriend’s home and killing her and two other people in what police called a “domestic-related” incident.

A jury convicted John Affourtit, 37, of first-degree murder of a victim under 12, child abuse causing death, and reckless endangerment.

A Texas woman stabbed her five children, killing three, after a Child Protective Services worker looked into claims she had unsupervised visits with the kids.

A Michigan man is facing a felony murder charge after a 1-year-old girl who was in his care died after she was abused, authorities said.

A Colorado babysitter was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a 23-month old girl she was watching last month, police said.

A 2-month-old baby died after she was discovered not breathing, and now her mother has been charged with murder, police said.

Two people were charged with murder after a baby ingested crystal meth and died 10 days later at a hospital, officials said.

A 5-week-old baby girl died from blunt force trauma in North Carolina, and now her father has been charged with murder, authorities said.

A New Jersey aspiring YouTube star was sentenced to life behind bars without parole for the brutal killing of her toddler son four years ago.

A couple in Louisiana was arrested in connection with the death of their severely underweight and malnourished 12-year-old son last year.

An unlicensed child care provider in Chicago is accused of killing a newborn baby girl who was in her care, authorities said.

A 3-year-old girl was found unresponsive in a bathtub. Now the Philadelphia woman taking care of the baby has been arrested for abusing her own kids.

A man is suspected of killing three teenagers and then himself at a home in what authorities believe was a murder-suicide in Texas.

An Arkansas man who sodomized his 6-year-old son with a stick and yanked teeth for eating cake has been found guilty of the child's murder for the third time.

An 11-year-old girl was repeatedly stabbed and then dumped in a bathtub. Now a jury has convicted her father's girlfriend of the brutal murder.

A Pennsylvania man has pleaded not guilty to claims he beat and kicked his pregnant girlfriend, killing her unborn child, officials said.

A welfare check in Texas resulted in sheriff deputies finding a father and his 12-year-old twin daughters dead in what appeared to be a murder-suicide.

A mother and her young son were strangled to death in their North Carolina home nearly 40 years ago. Police say they've arrested a suspect for their murders.

A Texas father was convicted of murder after prosecutors said he drove his son to a convenience store and the teenager allegedly committed a triple murder.

A Massachusetts mother is accused of strangling her three young kids to death, but her lawyer said she has received dozens of letters in support of her.

A Massachusetts mom is "in pain" and "wondering what's going on" after an attempted murder-suicide that left her three children dead and her in a hospital bed.

North Carolina grandmother was named legal guardian of her grandchildren. Now she is charged with murder of her 8-year-old granddaughter.

A Massachusetts mother is accused of fatally strangling her three kids, and her husband said she was having 'one of her best days' before the murders.

A North Dakota woman is accused of killing a baby boy while taking care of him at her illegal North Dakota day care she ran out of her home, authorities said.

An Alabama man suspected of killing his wife and fleeing shot and killed the couple’s two young children before turning the gun on himself, authorities said.

An 18-year-old faces murder charges after he fatally shot his younger brother while babysitting him at their Baltimore home last month, authorities said.

Authorities in Ohio said they have arrested a 15-year-old boy they claim is responsible for the shooting death of a girl described as a 'habitual runaway.'

A Louisiana mother was recently arrested in connection with the death of her 1-year-old son who overdosed on Fentanyl, authorities said.

A grandfather in Texas was taken into custody in connection with the New Year’s Day death of his young grandson, authorities said.

A Michigan woman will be paroled from prison in the spring after she served over 13 years in prison in connection with the death of her son.

An Indiana man was arrested in connection with the summertime death of a 3-month-old baby, authorities said. Police responded to reports of a child not breathing.

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A mom in Florida was arrested and charged with manslaughter after her 7-year-old child's death. Police say she did not seek medical care fast enough.

A couple in Texas now faces murder charges in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl last summer, authorities said. The victim was 9 years old.

A Georgia woman who lied to police about how her 9-month-old grandson died before it was determined it was a meth overdose is going to prison for life.

A father accused of killing his newborn daughter in Ohio was recently arrested in Texas, authorities said. He was charged with murder in the toddler's death.

The mother of a newborn whose body was found floating in the waters off South Florida in 2018 has been arrested, authorities announced. She was charged with murder.

A California man allegedly murdered his pregnant sister and then set her body on fire, authorities said. She was 36-weeks pregnant at the time.

The mother of a 20-month-old baby boy who overdosed on fentanyl over the summer in Virginia is now behind bars, authorities said. The suspect faces homicide charges.

A man and woman are accused of murder after the woman’s 1-year-old daughter died from what authorities said were injuries to the infant’s head and body.

A New York City 18-year-old man is accused of fatally stabbing his 16-year-old girlfriend inside an apartment, police said. He was arrested this week.

The latest in the "Inside The Criminal Mind" series looks at the case of Leilani Simon who is accused of killing her young son, Quinton, in Georgia.