{"id":2817,"date":"2026-07-06T14:08:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:08:36","slug":"three-sc-child-abuse-cases-shake-communities-in-one-week-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2817","title":{"rendered":"Three SC child abuse cases shake communities in one week. Here\u2019s what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Authorities in South Carolina announced charges in three separate cases within days of one another, each involving young children who were either killed, critically injured or presumed dead at the hands of a parent or caregiver. The cases in Aiken and Columbia have drawn responses from local police, the FBI and the state Department of Social Services.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2814\">Exclusive-War threatens Russian banking crisis, European intelligence report says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 4-year-old girl reported missing in Aiken on June 30 is now presumed dead, and her parents have been arrested, Aiken County Sheriff Marty Sawyer announced at a July 4 news conference.<\/li>\n<li>Johmarea Harris, 23, and Michilae Herring, 22, the parents of Javeayah Harris, have been charged with murder\/homicide by child abuse, with Herring also charged with filing a false police report.<\/li>\n<li>Investigators believe Javeayah had been deceased for at least a month before the June 30 missing person call, Sawyer said, and the search for her body has expanded outside Aiken County with FBI assistance.<\/li>\n<li>In Columbia, Zana Oden, 28, was charged with three counts of unlawful conduct toward a child after her three children \u2014 ages 6, 4 and 2 \u2014 were critically injured in a Monday night house fire on Floran Street while left home alone.<\/li>\n<li>The children had been left unattended for at least a week in filthy conditions, malnourished and with insects found in the youngest child\u2019s diaper, prosecutors said at a bond hearing where Oden received $300,000 bond and Mal\u2019k Locke, father of one child, received $200,000.<\/li>\n<li>The three burned children are in stable condition at the JMS Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, and the South Carolina Department of Social Services has stepped in, with the children expected to go into emergency custody.<\/li>\n<li>Diante Goins, 23, has been charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of 8-month-old Kaileah Hill, who was brought to Prisma Health Richland on June 27 with signs of physical abuse and died from her injuries days later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2812\">Fireworks explosion leads to South Carolina 20-year-old\u2019s death, coroner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina authorities announced charges in three cases involving young children harmed by parents or caregivers in Aiken and Columbia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csa-content"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Three SC child abuse cases shake communities in one week. 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