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Autopsy Finds Broken Ribs and Brain Injury in Orrington Infant Homicide as Father Appears in Court

A judge set Shawn Samuels' bail at $250,000 following the medical examiner's homicide ruling.

Rusty Yates Says He Still Visits Andrea Yates as New Docuseries Renews Focus on Case

Ex-Employee Arrested in Minnesota Day Care Infant’s Death After Reported Confession

California Father Convicted in Deaths of Five Infants After DNA Breakthrough

Yolo County Jury Convicts Paul Perez in Murders of Five Infants

Andrea Yates Case Reexamined as Docuseries Probes Preacher’s Influence; Rusty Yates Speaks

Queens Mother Indicted in Toddler’s Death, Held Without Bail

Maryland Mother Charged With Murder in Death of 5-Week-Old in Rising Sun

Denham Springs 14-Year-Old Charged With First-Degree Murder in Newborn’s Death

Georgia Mother Charged With Murder in Deaths of Two Infants Three Years Apart

Jake Haro Sentenced to 25 Years to Life for Killing Infant Son, With Added Terms Pushing Total Past 30 Years

Jake Haro Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Murder in Death of 7-Month-Old Son

Connecticut Mother Charged With Murder in Infant's Drowning, Held on $5 Million Bond

Father Charged With Murder in Death of 6-Month-Old Nnakai Pratt as Mother Is Arrested in Case

Essex Mother on Trial in Death of 5-Year-Old as Prosecutors Allege Smothering

Memphis Trial Enters Day 3 With Confession Video, Motive Testimony in 2022 Mother–Newborn Killings

Norwalk Mother and Grandfather Each Sentenced to 50 Years for Newborn’s 2023 Killing

Mother Charged With Capital Murder After Toddler Found Dead in Funeral Home Hearse

Mother Arrested for 2020 Bronx Twin Infant Murders After Genetic Genealogy Breakthrough

Chicago Mother Ordered Held After Allegedly Drowning 14-Month-Old Son