You’re right about things not changing much over the years. Are you familiar with the James Bulger (not Whitey) murder in England? This one gave me nightmares: http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1994-02-14#folio=048
The horror the child (and his mother) must have endured. Yes, the story definitely had me in fits. The first time I read it I tried to learn where they (the perpetrators) are now, but couldn’t find much. I think one changed his name and ended up in trouble again later. Time tor research.
S. K. Epperson 
You’re right about things not changing much over the years. Are you familiar with the James Bulger (not Whitey) murder in England? This one gave me nightmares: http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1994-02-14#folio=048
The horror the child (and his mother) must have endured. Yes, the story definitely had me in fits. The first time I read it I tried to learn where they (the perpetrators) are now, but couldn’t find much. I think one changed his name and ended up in trouble again later. Time tor research.