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Child Abuse

ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases of this type, of which 0 are recorded as unsolved.

Status of the 2 cases
  • Solved or convicted 1 (50%)
  • Closed without conviction 1 (50%)

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1 Utah1 Indiana

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Conviction 2023

Ruby Franke Children

Parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke and her business partner, counselor Jodi Hildebrandt, each pleaded guilty in December 2023 to four counts of aggravated child abuse of two of Franke's children.

Utah Child Abuse
No Conviction 2013

Natalia Grace Barnett

Michael and Kristine Barnett were charged in 2019 with neglecting their adopted daughter Natalia Grace, a Ukrainian-born girl with a rare form of dwarfism, after allegedly leaving her alone in a Lafayette, Indiana, apartment in…

Indiana Child Abuse Age 9

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