Mother Charged After Her Second Newborn Dies in 4 Years

A young mother from Muncie, Indiana, has been charged following the death of her two-week-old daughter, marking the second time in four years that one of her newborns has died while sharing a bed with her. Aaliyah Lykins, 21, reportedly expressed remorse to first responders who arrived at the scene on October 9, 2023, after she fell asleep while breastfeeding her infant. The baby, named Addilynn Lykins, was found unresponsive by medical personnel. Despite attempts …

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Man Sentenced for Brutal Murder of Newborn Daughter

A 24-year-old Idaho man, Dyllan Dwight Towles, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after confessing to the brutal murder of his newborn daughter in 2021. Towles will be eligible for parole after serving a minimum of 25 years, as per the ruling of Kootenai County District Judge Barbara Duggan. Court documents reveal that Towles pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder in connection with his daughter’s death last year. The Kootenai …

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Infant Dies While Dad is Engrossed in Video Games

A Michigan man, 21-year-old Alex Marsh, has submitted a no contest plea to charges of second-degree murder related to the death of his infant daughter. Marsh, who hails from Midland, Michigan, is set to serve a minimum of 13 and a half years in prison for the crime that transpired over a year ago. Marsh entered his plea last week in front of Judge Michael Beale of the Midland County Circuit Court. The initial charges …

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Mother kills infant with ‘unknown object’

A 22-year-old mother in Georgia was indicted on a series of felony charges following the recovery of her 20-month-old son’s body from a landfill. A grand jury in Chatham County on Wednesday returned a true bill indicting Leilani Maree Simon on 19 charges, including two counts of felony murder and one count each of malice murder and concealing the death of another in connection with the death of young Quinton Simon, according to court records …

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Couple accused of kidnapping pregnant woman, trying to claim unborn child as their own

Several charges are being filed against a couple in connection with the death of a Benton County, Arkansas, woman last seen on Monday, along with the baby she was carrying. Sherrif Shawn Holloway told a news conference Thursday that Amber and Jamie Waterman were in custody in McDonald, Missouri, after being arrested for first-degree kidnapping. More charges are expected to be filed in connection with the death of Ashley Bush and her unborn child. “This …

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