According to Associated Press,"Sheriff's officials say they've found the body of a child in the Central California canal where a car linked to a nearby kidnapping case was recovered last week." Most likely, the body is that of five-year-old Juliani Cardenas, who was snatched from his grandmother's arms two weeks ago by Jose Rodriguez, the ex-boyfriend of the child's mother. Rodriguez's car was pulled from a nearby canal on Saturday. [SFGate] more ›

A year after 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell went missing -- his guardian allegedly left him inside a parked car in Berkeley, which is when is reportedly disappeared -- the lead investigator in the case considers the boy's foster father, Louis Ross, the prime suspect." BCN (via CBS 5) reports, "Acting Lt. Gus Galindo said he believes Hasanni 'met some kind of foul play at the hands of Louis Ross, who was raising the boy along with Jennifer Campbell, who is Hasanni's aunt and foster mother." more ›

You know the little two-year-old girl found wandering the streets of Petaluma? More than a mile away from home? Screaming for her papa? Well, her mother, Ana Laura Rendon, 23, was "arrested on suspicion of child endangerment at her boyfriend's home." It turns out mommy has quite the thirst for tequila -- who doesn't? but still -- which helped play a role in her daughter's disappearance. Heartbreaking. Amazing. Confounding. SF Chronicle has the grim details. more ›

A possibly drugged up mother fell asleep last night in Petaluma and lost track of her two-year-old daughter, only to have the tyke end up wandering the streets of town by herself, unable to point her way back home. more ›

We know it's a bit out of SFist's jurisdiction, but, well, anything to help out a child in need. Her son too. See, a 15-year-old Vacaville girl and her young son, 2, are missing. Alicia and Alexander Cunningham, according to , "were last seen Thursday" and "probably in the Vacaville or Fairfield area and could be staying with friends." But no one, like her family or friends, has heard from her. If you've seen or know the whereabouts of Alicia and her son -- she is "African American and white - and has black hair and brown eyes...5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds" -- call the Vacaville police at 707-449-5200. more ›

The missing child case that captured the nation's imagination officially turned into a murder investigation today after the body of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu was found yesterday. The Tracy girl's body was discovered "stuffed in a suitcase that had been dumped in an irrigation pond a few miles from her home." Also, according to AP (who, by the way, can currently be heard making an astoundingly pathetic death rattle these days), she was found wearing a pink "Hello Kitty" T-shirt and black leggings. Because her outfit is vital for you to know. No arrests have been made. And on that note: have at it, Nancy Grace. more ›