41.   Mejia wound up with a child abuse case against her after a school official reported it to the state central register.

42.   Most were represented by public defenders in the child sex cases.

43.   Old friend Blue Edwards will head to a Canadian court next month in a child support case.

44.   Once again, she finds herself in the teeth of new political storm, this time over her handling of child pornography cases.

45.   On the surface, the two child abuse cases have a terrible symmetry.

46.   Outraged and revolted, particularly by the rape and fatal assault of Emily Hernandez, nine months old, Connecticut abruptly changed the way it handled child abuse cases.

47.   Parental child abuse cases are increasing annually.

48.   Poverty experts say more money and more flexibility for states to focus on the child cases is the key to assisting these families.

49.   Propes, who commands the youth unit, said she assigned two detectives this year to handle child prostitution cases.

50.   Reporters found that a subcontractor the department hired to deal with a backlog of child abuse cases was falsifying reports and losing files amid department pressure to move quickly.