In the U.K. the number of child homicides has averaged 79 a year for the last 28 years.

But according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fewer than 1 percent of child homicides occur in or around schools.

Fewer than 10 percent of foster care cases involve abuse, not neglect, and child homicides are extremely rare.

He knew that child homicide had me shook.

It said most child homicides were caused by "blunt trauma injury."

A case of child homicide.

"But we do know that child homicides have increased nationally, so this would be consistent with that larger trend."

In 2008, there were 1,494 child (under 18 years) homicides in the United States.

To try and understand this phenomenon, it is first important to put child homicide into context.

The Major Investigation Teams investigate child homicide and complex abuse enquiries within a family environment.