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The public is upset, sick and outraged about a tragic case involving a 6-year-old girl that killed her brother. However what their father was doing while this killing happened makes this entire situation much worse.

Adrian Dreshaun Middleton, a 26-year-old father from Houston Texas, had a son who lost his life in a tragic homicide early one morning when his daughter killed him by strangling him until he was no longer living.

The young girl will not face any charges, as reported by Houston police, however what they learned about the father as this killing took place will put him under serious charges. Read the full story here ▶

A mom says she’s “enraged” after she got her hands on a video that shows her son being beaten by a fellow classmate, and says the nearby teacher never stepped in to help.

In an interview with CBS 10 News, Lauren Springfield described the video of her son being attacked as “so hard to watch”:

“I mean not only was I disturbed, but I was enraged.” After watching the video, Springfield said what she saw can’t be described as an altercation or a fight, but rather “this was an attack” on her seventh-grade son, who attends Blake Academy in Florida. Read the full story here ▶

Auriel C., 24-year-old pregnant mother from Georgia, was on her way home to her apartment complex in Athens with her son when a fight between two groups of people erupted and shots were fired.

A woman has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a pregnant Georgia mom killed while trying to whisk her 3-year-old son away from a gunfight.

As bullets began flying, Auriel grabbed her son and ran toward her apartment to keep him out of harm’s way when she was shot, Spruill said. She was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Her unborn child did not survive. Read the full story here ▶

As most new mothers are, Adrienne Kromer was nervous about her first day back to work after having a baby, since it meant she would be away from her daughter all day for the first time.

She dropped her off at daycare in the morning, but when she arrived to get her precious infant, the horrified mother walked in on a crushing scene.

Adrienne’s apprehension went into overdrive about leaving her little girl, McKenna Felmly, in someone else’s care, when three separate calls to the Allentown, Pennsylvania center went unanswered. Concerned about why nobody was picking up the phone and unable to get an update on how her baby was doing, the new mom left work and drove down to the daycare. Read the full story here ▶

At the end of February in Pecan Grove, Texas, a near tragedy happened that turned out to be a miracle.

Andrew Wolf, a former news photographer, says he always has his dashboard camcorder running from the moment he starts up his vehicle.

Of all the things he’s ever recorded, there has never been anything close to this incident, Wolf said.

On the morning of the 25th of February, Wolf was traveling behind a truck. As usual on this road, the traffic was going at a good clip of about 50 mph.

At the intersection of Pitts Road, a worker was attending to the traffic lights above.

As the truck went through the intersection, its roof hit the bottom of the work bucket hanging from the wires.

The strong impact turned the worker inside the bucket upside down and sent him reeling toward the ground.

Luckily, he was strapped in with a safety harness and wearing a helmet.

Wolf says he was only dangling there for about 30 seconds while waiting for rescue, but in that short time he was also nearly hit by a passing bus.

As is customary, it’s incumbent on the driver to know the dimensions of the vehicle he’s driving but, even at that, this would not have helped in this case.

When going through underpasses, for instance, signs warning that a vehicle over a certain height will not clear them are posted.

There was no way for the driver to know what the clearance footage was here. The area where the man was working should have been cordoned off.

Signs indicating Men AT Work could have blocked off that area with a police officer redirecting traffic to ensure this didn’t happen.

Nonetheless, everyone is relieved that this didn’t turn into the tragedy it could have been.

Bullying is a very serious and widespread problem. It can have severe effects on a child or teen’s self-esteem and mental health.

Even worse, some bullies go even further and inflict physical damage on those they harass.

Neo Hobbs, who is 16 years old, had been bullied for many months before it all came to a head on the 17th of January.

For a while, Neo was so horribly tormented that he became frightened of attending school daily.

One day, the bully – or bullies – escalated things and hit him over the head.

The resulting injury was so severe that Neo suffered massive head trauma and faced brain injuries that left him in a coma.

Neo’s family has been kept largely in the dark by Elko High School, which is where Neo studies.

Neo’s mother, Sandra, spoke about how terrified he was of his bully, and she begged for him to allow her to speak to teachers at school about his predicament.

But Neo was worried that this would only make the bully attack him even more – something that is, sadly, the case in many situations involving abuse.

When Sandra received the spine-chilling call that told her Neo had been rushed to a hospital due to bad injuries, Sandra was horrified.

CAT scans showed there was internal bleeding in his brain, and he had to be flown out to Salt Lake City in order to receive the necessary life-saving surgery.

The Elko School District superintendent has been very careful about revealing what truly happened.

They have repeatedly insisted that this injury was a result of a confrontation that Neo had with another student that involved a simple fistfight.

Neo was reportedly only injured due to a fall that occurred during the time punches were thrown.

However, medical professionals who have seen Neo state that this does not make sense.

They are certain that the only way he would have sustained his injuries – which include a fractured skull and bruised, bleeding brain that shifted around the skull on impact – is if he had been very violently hit over the head.

Essentially, it is not something that can happen from a few punches among teens and a trip-up.

After spending 12 days in the ICU, Neo was taken to the Primary Children’s Hospital, which is in Utah’s Salt Lake City.

His family are certain that the bully he so feared is behind this, but no details of the student involved have emerged.

It is unclear whether Neo will ever make a full recovery,

Neo stayed in a coma, paralyzed, until the 27th of January.

He is now recovering, learning to walk again through physical therapy – but that’s not all he has to relearn.

He has to learn how to feed himself, talk, and even brush his teeth due to his injuries and brain damage.

He is not able to communicate or move around, and his family still do not know for sure what transpired in school that day.

Meanwhile, the Elko PD is attempting to figure out what led to Neo’s injuries.

In the meantime, a GoFundMe was set up for Neo by Andy Anderson, his uncle, and you can donate to help the family.

With all the fuss our relatives may have over our eventual family plans, what many people don’t talk about is just how much work goes into trying to become a parent, let alone being one.

Despite the miracles of today’s modern medicine and pregnancy care, so many issues such as miscarriages and stillborn babies still abound.

It is absolutely heartbreaking when the bundle of joy you are hoping for turns out to be a baby you cannot truly receive into the world and raise.

Such was the case for Royce and Keri Young, a couple who was hoping to become parents to a baby girl who would have been their firstborn child.

Unfortunately for them, a regular checkup revealed some bad news – the developing fetus was missing a brain.

With a heavy heart, the doctors had to inform them that although this child was still developing inside Keri’s womb, it would not survive more than a few days after birth.

It was then Keri truly showed her spirit and mettle.

Even though she was bawling and full-body ugly crying, she still managed to almost instantly look up at the doctor and ask something very important.

Should she still carry this child – who will surely die – to full term anyway, will she be able to donate the baby’s organs?

At first, the doctor was sympathetic, offering Keri a comforting hand and remarking how brave she was.

Keri, however, was dead serious.

To the amazement and encouragement of her loving husband, she would proceed to stubbornly go through with the pregnancy.

This was in spite of the fact that she knew the huge toll pregnancy would exact on the body during and post-delivery would still result in a child who would die.

Her body would be going through all the usual physical changes it does in preparation for a child that would not live long enough to experience being suckled.

All this, so that the body of their would-be daughter, Eva, can give other desperate families and their babies a chance to live.

In awe and in support of his wife’s strength and commitment, Royce had decided to write about his emotions and thoughts on the whole situation while being away from Keri in a hotel in New Orleans.

He would write how his wife of eight years and partner of fifteen had amazed him in her strength and grace, and then realize that this was something that could not be kept to just himself.

Thus, he opted instead to share everything on a Facebook post.

The post has since gone viral.

It is amazing just how much strength this couple has – especially Keri, who would have to physically bear the costs of pregnancy, and without a daughter to have and to hold at the end of it all to remind her that it was all worth it.

Although they would have very much preferred to have a child, it is still awe-inspiring just how this couple has chosen to help others in their time of grief.

Chrissy Steltz’s decision to be a co-host at a house party during the spring break season of March 1999, she had no idea that this choice would lead to the loss of her face.

She and her friends were drinking when she called friends back to a room where she kept orange juice to see if they wanted any.

Inside the room, a guest noticed that there was a shotgun and picked it up.

Steltz, then 16, warned him to put it down, but he insisted it wasn’t loaded – and within a few moments, he was proved wrong.

Steltz was shot by the guest on accident, right at point-blank range in her face.

Her then-boyfriend, Will O’Brien, was horrified when he came upon her state a short while later and had her rushed to a hospital.

Surgeons were able to save Steltz’s life, but the gunshot had taken out around 3/4 of her face, and they hadn’t been able to save her eyes or her nose.

Steltz also sustained some degree of brain damage.

According to one of the operating surgeons, Dr. Eric Dierks, he’d never seen someone suffer this much damage and live to tell the tale.

Steltz was in a drug-induced coma for six weeks before she awoke.

When O’Brien explained what had happened to her and how she would likely never be able to smell or see again, her world turned upside down.

But, being the strong person she is, she knew that her two options were to learn what to do and how to carry on, or to sit around, mope and throw a pity party – and she definitely didn’t want to do the latter!

Steltz put on a black sleeping mask that covered her injuries wherever she went.

Slowly, she learned braille and figured out how to use a cane, and continued studying at her high school.

She finished her studies with straight As and even went to prom!

Shortly after, Steltz’s relationship with O’Brien ended, but she then met someone new in her classes for the blind – a man who had lost his sight when he was 16 because of an illness.

His name was Geoffrey Dilger, and he and Steltz hit it off immediately.

Flash forward seven years, and they’re a long-standing couple with a son!

They’ve traveled all around the world, too!

Then, in 2010, a prosthetic face was made for Steltz.

Using pictures of her 16-year-old self, maxillofacial prosthodontists created a prosthetic that would fit with the rest of her own face.

The doctors behind this creation were Dr. Larry Over and Dr. David Trainer.

Using a mold of her face and some silicone, the prosthetic was brought to life, complete with makeup details that were baked onto it.

A team of doctors then worked on removing damaged tissue, creating dental implants, and making a breathing passage through it.

They even used skin grafts and bones from Steltz to make the prosthetic easy to remove and attach, with some extra help from metal plates and screws.

The first time Steltz had her face put on, her entire family came to the hospital to see how she’d look.

Tears of joy filled the room as they saw Steltz face for the first time in a long time!

It was the first time Steltz’s son saw her face, too, and he definitely didn’t mind!

She now feels much less self-conscious about her appearance, and although she can feel people staring at her sometimes when she’s outside, she’s glad that it’s her face they’re staring at – not her sleeping mask.

Steltz has been through a lot over the last 19 years, but her positivity and strength are incredible and has helped her through a lot of these hard times!

She also says she doesn’t want people to feel sorry for her, as she’s not sorry for herself: she’s lived well, and she would rather people were proud of her for her achievements.

Well said!

Most parents would do anything that they can in order to protect their children.

When it comes to the people their children talk to or spend time with, many parents tend to monitor their interaction until they know more about their friends.

There are boys who have had to endure conversations with the parents of girls they want to date.

They try to look as grown up as possible so that they can show the parents of the girl that they are respectable and mature.

Unfortunately, there are some parents who don’t care who their children talk to, some even going as far as setting their children up on dates for their own benefit.

Georgina Clarke is a 41-year-old mother who has a daughter who is now 23 years old.

When her daughter was just a teenager, she let her sleep with older men so that she could get plastic surgery treatments paid for by the men.

Georgina would do the same thing.

Both women have made close to $80,000 that has been used for everything from teeth whitening procedures to Botox.

They have also had breast surgeries and other procedures to enhance their looks.

The daughter spends about five days a week in a tanning bed.

She made the decision when she was just 11 years old that she wanted to look like a model and that she would do anything she could to achieve that.

Her mother was in agreement, which is why she didn’t have any objections to her teen daughter sleeping with a sugar daddy every now and then to get the money she needed for her procedures.

The mother reported that she didn’t know about the incident at first.

When she found out what her daughter was doing, she offered her encouragement because she knew that her daughter wanted to look a certain way.

The teen felt pressured when she was younger, which is why she wanted to have plastic surgery at such a young age with her first procedure being performed at 17 years old.

She has no plans to stop what she’s doing so that she can continue getting money for her beauty treatments.

Healthcare workers are supposed to provide the care that is needed for their patients.

Unfortunately, elderly individuals who are supposed to receive quality care are sometimes abused instead by those who are hired to protect them.

Of those who are 60 years of age or older, there are about 15 percent of them who experience some kind of abuse whether it’s from a caregiver at their home or at a nursing facility.

The World Health Organization believes that this number is likely a bit higher because many cases of abuse aren’t reported.

The family of a disabled man wants other people to know exactly what can happen when care is entrusted with someone else.

They live in Georgia and needed to seek the assistance of a caregiver who could help when the family had to work or simply couldn’t provide the care needed.

Joey Cason was 55 when he went to a care facility for people who are mentally or physically disabled.

At the time, the family thought that they were making the right decision.

Although he’s able to physically take care of himself, there are a few things that he’s not aware of because of his mental state.

A video camera recorded the actions of a caregiver using belts to hit Joey and pushing him so that he fell to the floor.

The worker also allowed other people who were in the facility to essentially use Joey as a punching bag.

There is one point when workers can be heard making fun of Joey and teasing him with food, almost as though they are dangling food in front of him so that he can’t get to it when he’s hungry.

Once the family saw the video and learned of the abuse, they published it online for other people to see.

Georgia has been trying to end the abuse of those who are disabled because some of the facilities where these people call their home aren’t regulated like nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

A caretaker was soon arrested after police officers saw the abuse. The facility has also had its license revoked.