Andreas David Pelzer, 32, of Vista died Sept. 17. He was born in Kalamazoo, Mich., and was a pilot and instructor for Pinnacle Aviation Academy. Survivors include his daughter, Emily Ann Murray of ...

As a child, Dave Pelzer experienced horrific abuse at the hands of his mother. Beaten and neglected, 12 year old David was rescued from his torment and placed in foster care. The story of his journey ...

David Pelzer, best-selling author of "A Child Called 'It,'" will address the Leadership Series of the College of St. Scholastica Management Institute from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, at the ...

David Pelzer's mother almost killed him when he was 12, but that's not what he wanted to talk about Thursday when he visited Butte. “ You can't come up to me and say, `Dave, I'm a victim of child ...

Last month, Dave Pelzer took his six-year-old grandson, SJ, to play at a pumpkin patch. ‘We went down a ‘super-super’ slide, on a toy train, then SJ fed the pets,’ says Pelzer, talking over Zoom from ...

This post was updated Sept. 23 at 12:18 p.m. Dave Pelzer’s first book happened to make The New York Times Best Sellers list on the day of his first-ever meeting with a Hollywood producer in 1997.

These are just some of the types of abuse David experienced. He was shunned by family members as he was beaten and starved by his mother. How could a mother do such things? From birth to age 4 family ...

The Churchill County Board of Commissioners approved a contract on Wednesday to have a New York Times bestselling author to speak at the high school to support National Child Abuse and Prevention ...

A best-selling author named Dave will be appearing in Fargo. Dave Pelzer, the author of "A Child Called It," "The Lost Boy" and "A Man Named Dave," will speak and sign books at Barnes & Noble ...