child deaths

A dead newborn baby girl was found in a Safe Haven Baby Box in Idaho in October, police announced this week.

The PragerU short documentary exposes “the forgotten [victims] of violent crime in America, which more often than not is children,” former BLM activist Xaviaer DuRousseau said during an interview with Breitbart News Daily.

The mother of a newborn baby who was discovered dead in a trash bin on the University of Tampa has been charged in the infant’s death.

A New York City man has been hit with a 45-year prison sentence for running a fentanyl mill out of a daycare center, leading to the overdose death of a toddler last year, officials said.

A pack of pit bulls mauled a 1-year-old boy to death in Texas after the babysitter watching him left him alone with her teenage daughter.

Tawona Pickens-Johnson, 46, was arrested in a city nearly 500 miles away from where the incident occurred, after law enforcement initially struggled to locate her.

A dead baby was discovered in the bathroom of a restaurant in Manhattan on Monday morning, police and sources said.

A Portland, Oregon, toddler has died of a suspected fentanyl overdose, authorities said.

Three people have been arrested in Augusta, Georgia, following the death of 3-month-old Josiah Noel Seright.

A five-year-old Maryland boy was killed and other children suffered injuries after a bounce house went airborne at a baseball game, local reports stated.

A California mother is facing charges after her 18-month-old baby died of suspected fentanyl poisoning, the Los Angeles Times reported.

A “miracle baby” survived outside for two days in intermittently stormy weather before being discovered crawling along the side of a highway.

A woman in Louisville, Kentucky, was arrested over the weekend after the body of her newborn baby was discovered in the trunk of her vehicle, reports say.

A Las Vegas mother was arrested on June 26 after her toddler son died from fentanyl poisoning, according to authorities.

Police are unsure how a lifeless baby ended up the backyard of a home in Fresno, California, according to local media reports.

A mother and father in North Carolina are facing murder charges after their 16-month-old baby died from fentanyl poisoning.

A couple is facing charges after their baby was found dead on a street in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, according to authorities.

A 12-year-old girl from Houston, Texas, was brutally strangled to death, and her body was dumped in a creek, officials said.

A California woman has been arrested in relation to the fentanyl death of her 1-year-old child in 2023, police said.

A woman accused of stabbing a 3-year-old boy to death in an Ohio grocery store parking lot and injuring his mother appeared to smile in court on Monday as a judge read the indictment against her.

A couple was arrested in Pinellas County, Florida, after a baby in their care died from an oxycodone overdose.

A six-year-old New Jersey girl who died after a tragic freak accident while on a family vacation had a deeply inspiring relationship with God, her father has shared.

A Binghamton, New York, woman has been indicted for manslaughter and other charges after a baby died from eating fentanyl. 

An Indiana mother who admitted to smothering her baby to death while high on methamphetamines will walk free after the judge found her “not innocent,” but also “not guilty” this week.

The bill is aimed at combating fentanyl overdoses among children after the deaths of three Bay Area infants and toddlers. 

An 11-year-old U.K. boy is dead after taking part in a TikTok trend called “chroming.” His family is now calling for the app to be banned.

An Indiana couple is facing felony neglect charges after their six-month-old baby died from fentanyl and methamphetamine toxicity.

A man is mourning the loss of his 17-month-old son, blaming the baby’s mother and CPS for allegedly letting him overdose on fentanyl.

A young girl died after being buried alive when a hole she and her brother were digging on a Florida beach collapsed on them Tuesday.

The mother is claiming she mistook the oven for a crib while trying to lay her baby down for a nap, officials said.

A 12-year-old New York boy has died after just one day in the care of a controversial “wilderness therapy” program.

The body of a newborn was found in the back of a garbage truck in Plain City, Ohio, on Thursday, according to police.

A 39-year-old Florida mother was sentenced to life in prison on Monday after being found guilty of murder for starving her 18-month-old child on a vegan diet.

The Indiana State Police continue their efforts to identify a dead five-year-old boy who was found stuffed in a suitcase nearly a month ago. 

A 10-year-old died at a hospital after being shot in a downtown Minneapolis apartment, where he was alone with another minor, police said.

A couple in Oxnard, California, was arrested Friday after allegedly strangling the woman’s newborn baby boy to death.