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An Alaska woman, accused of killing her newborn baby boy at her parents’ Grand Junction home, gave birth at a neighbor’s home, wrapped him in a plastic garbage bag and left him in a tote bag in a closet that her parents found more than two months later, according to her arrest affidavit. Morgan Hite, 22, of Wasilla, Alaska, is in custody on a no-bond warrant, but she refused extradition to Grand Junction during a court hearing Wednesday in Palmer, Alaska. Hite has retained an attorney, and her next court appearance is June 6.

Each Parent Thought The Other Was Taking Daughter To Child Care ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI-myFOXstl.com) -- A 7 month old baby girl died after police say she was left in a locked car for 4 hours in the sweltering summer heat.

A 5-month-old baby died in a minivan Wednesday after the mother apparently forgot to drop the child off at day care. The tragedy was discovered about 5:30 p.m. outside the Wonder Years 2 day care. The baby's mother stopped at the day care after work to pick up the child and was told by staff that the baby had not been dropped off. She realized then that the baby had been in her minivan all day. "The mother had forgotten to drop off the child at day care in the morning," said Curt Kreun, owner of Wonder Years 2. "She...

Infant found dead in SUV Posted by Laura Zaichkin September 20, 2007 10:20 PM Categories: breaking news An 8-month-old girl was discovered dead in a vehicle outside a Government Street school and day care at about 5 p.m. this evening, authorities said. The gray Dodge Durango sport utility vehicle where the infant was found was parked between the Little Flower Catholic Church parish offices and the church's school. The girl did not attend the school, which is located in the Loop area, Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr. said tonight. However, the girl's father, whose custody she was in...

(Unsafe sleep environments blamed) The number of infants who died after being placed in an unsafe sleep environment has skyrocketed since December, Milwaukee health officials say. Milwaukee Health Commissioner Bevan Baker called the trend "alarming" and a "crisis" that the city must address by rethinking how to tell people not to sleep in the bed with their babies and to always place them on their backs whenever they put them to sleep.Baker says he understands that parenting is a tough job. "Many of these families tell us that it was just a temporary lapse or that they just sat or...

RUFFIN -- A four-month-old northern Rockingham County infant was smothered to death early Friday as he lay between his parents who had huddled together during a power outage. Levi Garrett Wagoner, who was named in honor of his father's favorite chewing tobacco, was pronounced dead early Friday at Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville. "It's so sad and it could have happened to any of us," said Sheriff's spokesman Dean Venable. No charges are expected to be filed. Shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday, an ice storm knocked out the power in Levi's home at 197 Chilton Road. With no water or...

Mom guilty in tot death Girl fell from window of car, was hit by another; judge laments tragedy 12/04/2002 By TIM WYATT / The Dallas Morning News A West Dallas woman faces up to two years in jail after a judge convicted her Tuesday of being reckless in the death of her 3-year-old daughter, who was run over after falling unnoticed out of a car window two years ago. After hearing almost six hours of testimony, visiting Judge Gary Stephens found Norma Leticia Suarez guilty of recklessly endangering Amanda Estrada in the Sept. 23, 2000, incident on the Continental...

Black infants in major U.S. cities are up to five times more likely than white infants to die in their first year of life, the government reported Thursday. A 1995-98 study of the 60 largest U.S. cities found a median infant death rate of 13.9 deaths per 1,000 live births for blacks, compared with 6.4 for whites and 5.9 for Hispanics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Depending on the city, black infants were 1.4 to 4.8 times more likely than white infants to die in their first year, the CDC said. The CDC report is in line...