Tennessee girl suffocates her younger cousin, authorities say
A 12-year-old Tennessee girl has been charged with suffocating her sleeping 8-year-old cousin while visiting relatives, prosecutors announced last week. Authorities said home security camera footage shows the girl, who turned 13 this week, suffocating her cousin with bedding on July 15 at their home in Humboldt, 98 miles northeast of Memphis, then cleaning and […]
North Carolina mom Mackenzie Reed charged after baby suffocates in her bed — her second child to die while co-sleeping
A North Carolina mother was charged with manslaughter this month after her baby boy suffocated to death while they slept together. The second time, one of the newborns died while she was sleeping with her mother, police said. The latest tragedy to strike the family occurred last October, when a 7-week-old infant was found unconscious […]