Fitzpatrick Pleads Guilty to Receive Life in Prison

I have an update for you on the baby killed with a cinderblock. Christopher Fitzpatrick has pled guilty to first-degree murder of his baby girl and will receive life prison without parole.  Prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty if he agreed to testify against the mother, Jennifer Barrise.  She is now facing charges […]

Kiyana Higgins: History of Abuse

I found an article regarding the Kiyana Higgins trial with many more details. As I previously reported, her 1-year-old daughter died from malnourishment and she, her sister, and mother have all been indicted for murder one.  The first article I linked to did not mention that she has two other children that the women have […]

Eddie Salazar Sr.- What Really Happened?

This story is despicable.  A man invented four different stories to cover up the fact that he murdered- possibly accidently- his infant son. At first, Eddie Salazar Sr., 31, even created an elaborate scenario involving men breaking into his house and him being knocked unconscious as explanation for the baby’s disappearance.  What actually happened was […]

Ethics Journal Publishes After-Birth Abortion Paper

Just when I think the articles I read for this website can’t get any stranger… Two people, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva actually published a paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics advocating baby murder.  No, I am not kidding.  They justified that if a baby is unwanted or puts undue burden financially on a family, it […]

Three Women Indicted for Infanticide

Three women were indicted in Pima County for the death of a 1-year-old baby girl.  The women are her mother Kiyana Higgins, 23, aunt Keshawna Higgins, 25, and grandmother Clara Huyghue, 53. The little girl weighed less than 15 pounds which was caused by malnutrition.  For comparison, 15 pounds is the average weight for a […]

Sonia Hermosillo to Stand Trial

Sonia Hermosillo, 31, has been ruled competent to stand trial for the murder of her infant son which took place in August. From what her husbands says, she suffered from post-partum depression which was exacerbated by the fact that her son was born with several medical issues.  Allegedly, she threw him from the fourth level […]

Jamie Burcham Attempts to Give Up Newborn

This is a new one. A mother recognized that she was unable to care for her newborn and left it in the care of a family member.  I was confused at first as to why the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services would have a problem with this.  They said a new parent cannot leave their […]

Nadia Zahirudin is Sentenced

Wisconsin teen Nadia Zahirudin, 17, was sentenced for a case of child abandonment that occurred last May.  Instead of taking her newborn to a nearby hospital, she elected to leave it by a church dumpster instead.  Fortunately for the baby and for her, the baby survived.  She did receive three years of probation, however.  Three […]

Important Information for Louisianans

LOUISIANA RESIDENTS!  Please read this article.  It is a comprehensive look at Safe Haven guidelines and procedures in your state and could very well help you save a baby and protect yourself from criminal prosecution. I do not think anyone ever plans to murder or abandon a baby.  It is too horrible to consider that […]

Your Help Needed!

Police have released a photo to the public in the hopes of gaining help finding the parents of an abandoned infant. The baby died just this past January.  The girl was wrapped in a striped towel, which hopefully could jog a memory and bring the culprit to justice.  A neighbor attempted to perform CPR on […]