Children are murdered throughout the year. Some sad statistics from the Center for Disease Control:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/children.htm
Mortality (all statistics from entire year 2007)
1-4 years of age
Number of deaths: 4,756
Deaths per 100,000 population: 29.4
Number of deaths for leading causes of death
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 1,664
Congenital malformations: 522
5-14 years of age
Number of deaths: 6,602
Deaths per 100,000 population: 16.3
Number of deaths for leading causes of death
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 2,415
Cancer: 1,000
Removing Accidents and Disease from the above leaves approximately 7,000 deaths a year, 19 a DAY, due to other causes, which I assume is murder (severe child abuse).