A judge rejected a bid Tuesday for re-sentencing by a Palmdale woman who pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of her 8-year-old son, who was routinely beaten, starved, forced to sleep in a closet and tortured until his death eight years ago.
The family of Noah Cuatro says that the County's Department of Children and Family Services had numerous chances to protect the boy, who ultimately died, his great-grandnother charges in a new claim.
Patrick Goodman, a California child killer who reportedly beat his girlfriend's 3-year-old son so badly he suffered dozens of traumatic injuries, broken bones and "pulverized" organs, is one step closer to walking free
Patrick Goodman, who killed his girlfriend's 3-year-old son Elijah Sanderson in California in 2000, will walk free unless Gov. Gavin Newsom overrules a parole board.