Effective home visiting programs

Experts agree home visiting programs are crucial to educate parents and reduce fatal child abuse and neglect. Some programs are more effective than others. PROTECTING CHILDREN
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Better educating parents can save children’s lives
Children killed in Southern New Mexico from 2001-2013
Better child-care options can help combat fatal child abuse 

This series is the result of an investigation by New Mexico In Depth and the Las Cruces Sun-News that included a review of hundreds of pages of police reports, prison records, autopsy findings and news reports. View the database of information from the 15 cases we examined. CORRECTION
In an earlier version of this series, we incorrectly listed 21-month-old Armando Wood among children who had died from abuse or neglect.

Children killed in Southern New Mexico from 2001-2013

New Mexico In Depth and the Sun-News reviewed the abuse and neglect deaths of 14 children in Doña Ana, Grant and Luna counties. PROTECTING CHILDREN
Read the other articles in this series:

Better educating parents can save children’s lives
Effective home visiting programs
Better child-care options can help combat fatal child abuse 

This series is the result of an investigation by New Mexico In Depth and the Las Cruces Sun-News that included a review of hundreds of pages of police reports, prison records, autopsy findings and news reports. View the database of information from the 15 cases we examined. CORRECTION
In an earlier version of this series, we incorrectly listed 21-month-old Armando Wood among children who had died from abuse or neglect. While relative George Trujillo was charged with child abuse resulting in Armando’s death, he pleaded no contest to a lesser charge – child abuse that didn’t cause death or great bodily harm to Armando.