A registered nurse, Dina Lester left her job working for the state in part over concerns about its poor level of care (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent). This story was commissioned by the River City ...

A 71-year-old Strasburg woman, Gerilynn "Lynn" Amaro, is now facing six felony charges of assault of an at-risk person, and two misdemeanor charges of child abuse, in connection with the alleged abuse ...

A former employee at a home for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities is facing rape and other charges of abuse against a woman in his care. Hal E. Nauman, 78, of Warrenton, had been ...

In 2025, the New Hampshire Bulletin published a series of articles outlining abuse and neglect — sometimes fatal — committed ...

Your Investigator Brian Maass has a reputation for breaking major stories. He is a veteran reporter who has established a high level of trust and credibility in the community. Share you story ideas ...

A state audit has found there were at least 3,500 incidents of actual or alleged abuse or neglect during a five-year period at care facilities throughout Louisiana that serve people with developmental ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Months after systemic abuse within the state’s developmental disabilities care program came to light, health officials are continuing to try to improve the ability to report ...

A High Desert legislator introduced a bill this week that would legally designate the crime of rape of a developmentally disabled child as a violent felony in California. State Rep. Tom Lackey, ...

atrina Turner’s eyes lit up when her father, Pat Turner, and his fiancée, Elaine Sheffer, walked through the door of the beige stucco house in the Sacramento County community of Fair Oaks, where she ...