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Parents Charged With Homicide After Newborn Dies in Hospital Maternity Room

A forensic autopsy found multiple traumatic internal injuries investigators say were inflicted in a short window between routine wellness checks.

Rome Newborn Rescued From Squalid Flat as Mother's Partner Is Arrested in Drug Case

Latina Mother and Lover Get 10 Years for Drugging, Assaulting 14-Year-Old Son

Parma Prosecutors Seek 26-Year Term for Chiara Petrolini in Newborn Deaths Trial

Father Accused of Killing 8-Year-Old Son Found Dead in Melchor Romero Prison Cell

France Arrests Woman After Two Newborns Found in Home Freezer

Authorities Probe Viral Video of Child Lowered on Rope as Region Denies Voronezh Location

Patrick Clancy Sues Wife’s Psychiatric Providers, Alleging Overmedication Before Children’s Deaths

Judge Drafting Order on Lindsay Clancy’s Transport and Care Ahead of July Trial

Daytona Beach Mother Sentenced to 32 Years After No-Contest Plea in Son’s Death

Wisconsin Father Gets 12 Years for Throwing Baby While Losing at NBA 2K

NYC Medical Examiner Rules 2024 Harlem Newborn Death a Homicide From Fentanyl Exposure

Michigan Mother Charged With Felony Murder in Toddler’s Death as 2021 Infant Case Reopened

Boston Couple Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter in Death of 5-Week-Old Daughter

Pa. Couple Charged After Toddler Tests Positive for Fentanyl, Cocaine

Toronto Mother Sentenced to Life for Killing Two Sons After Husband’s Death

Wexford Father Pleads Guilty to Murder of Daughter and Attempted Murder of Her Mother

DNA Confirms Remains Are Travis Decker, Ending Months-Long Manhunt in Washington

New Zealand Jury Convicts Mother of Murdering Two Children Found in Suitcases

Douglas County Mother Convicted in Fentanyl Death of Her Toddler