In March, a North Carolina mother was charged with manslaughter for allegedly suffocating her baby boy while they slept together.
Mackenzie Catlin Reed’s infant twins were found dead in their mother’s bed on October 3, 2023, according to the Wilmington Police Department (WPD). according to To the press release from WPD. Attempts by first responders to revive the child were unsuccessful. Officers said Reed had been sleeping with the child and likely suffocated her during the night.
The state chief medical examiner ruled that the cause of death was “asphyxiation due to an unsafe sleeping environment due to human rhino/enterovirus (common cold).” Reed was arrested and charged with manslaughter, intentional child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury and negligent child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury in connection with the death.
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The baby was 7 weeks old when it died, apparently around 2:35 a.m. according to Go to Star News. (Related: ‘Pure Evil’: Woman’s parents found ‘melted’ to receive updates on major incidents)
The boy was found sleeping in a queen-sized bed with his parents, his face wrapped in a blanket, and had “petechiae in the epicardium, pleural surface, diaphragm, and thymus” and acute swelling of his lungs. The newspaper reported that. The report said Reed was suspected of using a cannabis-based product at the time of the child’s death.
Reed’s other child, a 3-month-old boy, died in 2022 due to unsafe sleep habits, according to WPD.
