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Friday, May 10, 2013  Updated with video; FOX 31 looks into several cases in southwest Georgia where children have fallen victim at the hands of their caretakers.

Monday, January 07, 2013  Update: Judge orders files released with church hierarchy names made public.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  Local agencies have teamed together to inform parents and children about the danger of strangers.

Saturday, June 23, 2012  Ex-Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky found guilty of 45 counts of child sex abuse

Wednesday, June 13, 2012  Dougherty County Police help bring down an internet predator.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012  Sandusky jurors hear of 2 more alleged victims, including incident with still unidentified boy

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Penn State trial opens with first accuser's account of alleged abuse at Sandusky's hands

Friday, April 20, 2012  A renewed investigation into the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz recalled the years when printed images of missing children appeared on milk cartons.

Friday, February 10, 2012  Updated with video; In a special report, we follow one investigator who poses as a teenage girl in order to capture online predators.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011  Sandusky says he's innocent in interview with NBC, says it was just horseplay, not abuse

Thursday, September 15, 2011  A nurse and computer store owner are arrested for soliciting sex from children; the nurse faces charges for sending child pornography pictures.

Friday, March 18, 2011  An Atlanta jury convicted an 81-year-old man Friday of sexually molesting a young girl. The child had been left in his custody while her parents were deployed overseas.

Thursday, March 17, 2011  A Dublin, Georgia, man who allegedly came to Albany to have sex with an underage girl is under arrest.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011  Researchers at the University of New Hampshire surveyed 4,500 kids and teens and found that nearly 60% were victims of crime or abuse- and 45% of them reported the abuse to authority figures in the community.