Defense Department shows increase in military children deaths

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Defense Department shows increase in military children deaths


Posted: Sep 07, 2011 7:31 PM

By Stephanie Jacksis

CENTRAL TEXAS - According to Defense Department's data, deaths of military dependent children related to abuse and neglect have steadily risen to nearly 50% in the last seven years.

The number of children in military families who have been killed through abuse, may have exceeded child abuse fatality rates in the civilian world.

Statistics from Aware Central Texas are showing nearly 20% of Central Texas children are being abused. Coryell, Bell, and McLennan county are among the top 10 Texas counties for confirmed cases of child abuse in Texas. Combined, these three counties total more than 1,700 cases of child abuse in 2010.
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Soldier sentenced in daughter's death
Posted: Sep 07, 2011 1:12 PM

By Eric Boynton

BELL COUNTY - A soldier who was stationed at Fort Hood, will now spend the next 25 years of his life behind bars for the death of his step-daughter.

Back in July 2010, Christopher Allen Hassler, 22, shook 9-month old Cristyonna Hyams, and then dropped her on the floor; causing her to die.
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