All articles tagged with #child death
A child in Montana has died from a bacterial infection, according to The Independent Record. The report provides minimal details, confirming the cause of death and location but omitting the child's age, specific pathogen, or timeline. No secondary sources or additional context are available to verify or expand on this single report.
Joshua Foster, a 37-year-old auditor from Essex, is set to be sentenced on October 16 in Cyprus after pleading guilty to causing the death of his two-year-old son. The toddler fell nearly 40 feet from a fourth-floor window at the King Evelthon Beach Hotel in Chlorakas on July 12. Court proceedings revealed that Foster placed the child on a windowsill to show him a view of a water park, not realizing the window was open. Foster had an alcohol concentration of 124mg per 100ml in his blood at the time of the incident. His lawyer described the event as a tragic accident during a family holiday, while the prosecutor noted the child was pronounced dead at Paphos General Hospital. Foster, who was held in custody for eight days, wept during the hearing where the facts were established. The maximum sentence for the charge of causing death through a reckless act is four years.
Aleksandr and Nataliya Yeremeyev have filed a $10 million lawsuit against Salem Health and Dr. Stefani Sorensen, alleging that hospital staff forced them to transport their deceased 9-month-old son, Michael, from Salem, Oregon, to Seattle in their personal vehicle. The complaint claims that after Michael died in the emergency room in September 2024, staff dismissed the option of using a funeral home as too expensive and pressured the parents to drive the body home themselves. The father reportedly drove four hours with the child in the backseat, while the family seeks damages for emotional distress and alleged negligence in handling the remains.
A British man, Joshua Foster of Essex, has pleaded guilty to causing the death of his two-year-old son who fell from an open window at the King Evelthon Beach Hotel in Chlorakas, Cyprus. The plea avoids a lengthy trial; Foster had returned to the UK for his child’s funeral on the condition he would rejoin the Cyprus court for the hearing. A further hearing is scheduled for October to outline facts and mitigation, with a maximum four-year sentence for the charge.
A SUV crash on NC 96 in Wake County killed a 10-year-old and seriously injured four others. The driver, 40-year-old Correll Jermaine Deans, fled the scene and was later arrested; he faces multiple felony hit-and-run counts, misdemeanor child abuse, and other charges, with potential additional counts as investigators continue to probe.
Corie A. Walsh, 40, of Frankfort, Illinois, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder after authorities say she killed her 2-year-old son Barrett and then attempted to harm herself; the child was found dead in the basement and Walsh was found in a bathtub, with autopsy ruling asphyxia by ligature. Prosecutors say Walsh had recently become obsessed with the Lindsay Clancy case and had discussed harming her other children and husband in text messages before the incident. The home’s infant was unharmed, the husband was away, and Walsh remains in custody under medical care and will be transferred to the Will County jail when cleared.
An autopsy released Friday says 5-year-old Saylor Hayes died from pulmonary edema consistent with drowning, with no visible trauma; she wandered from a Virginia vacation rental and was found Aug. 31 in a waterway near Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Her parents, John Hayes III and Geordyn Hayes, were arrested in Tennessee and extradited to Georgetown County on charges of unlawfully placing a child at risk and willfully abandoning a child in connection with her death; the couple had prior child-abuse charges in Virginia that were resolved. The final autopsy results are expected in 8–10 weeks, and it remains unclear who removed a monitoring device intended to track Saylor’s movements.
Corie A. Walsh, 38, was charged with murder in the death of her 2-year-old son at a Frankfort home after a domestic incident. The child died at a local hospital; three other children were unharmed. Walsh was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and is in custody, to be transferred to Will County Jail as an autopsy by the Will County Coroner’s Office determines the final cause of death.
A nonverbal, autistic 5-year-old girl named Saylor Hayes was found dead in a South Carolina waterway after a large search. Her parents, Geordyn Hayes and John Hayes III, were extradited to South Carolina and charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk and willfully abandoning a child in connection with her death, and they are being held without bond. Geordyn Hayes had been arrested in Tennessee six months earlier on separate child-abuse and reckless-disregard-for-life charges involving another child. The case continues with extradition proceedings and ongoing investigation.
A 2-year-old boy died in a Frankfort home in a domestic-related homicide; his mother was found at the scene attempting to harm herself and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Five others were transported from the home as detectives investigate, and the identities of those involved have not been released as the case remains under investigation.
A 2-year-old boy died Tuesday in a domestic-related homicide in Frankfort; responders found him unresponsive and he was pronounced dead at Silver Cross Hospital. The child’s mother was at the home attempting self-harm and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say the killing is domestic-related and the investigation is ongoing, with autopsy results to determine the final cause of death.
Lancaster County's coroner is investigating the death of another child who tested positive for measles; the cause remains undetermined, and it is not yet clear whether this case is one of the two measles deaths recently announced by Pennsylvania health officials or an additional death.
A missing 2-year-old girl, Aryana Trevino Martinez, reported during an Amber Alert in San Antonio, was found dead in a drainage channel within hours; investigators are reviewing surveillance footage and a cause of death has not yet been released.
A child died after an officer-involved shooting in Senatobia, Mississippi, during a Walmart shoplifting investigation. Police say two suspects and a child fled the store in a car; the driver allegedly tried to strike an officer, prompting an officer to discharge their weapon. The group then went to the hospital, where the child died and another person was in critical condition. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is handling the investigation.
A Texas mother, 34-year-old Marlene Vidal, was charged with capital murder after her two children, ages 5 and 7, were found dead inside a car that had been set on fire in a San Antonio warehouse parking lot; police say Vidal was solely responsible, though it’s unclear whether the deaths occurred before or after the blaze and the medical examiner is still determining the cause of death.