Jeremiah Eskew-Shahan, Another Killed by Dog
Another baby was killed by a dog this week. Baby Jeremiah from Louisiana, just learning to walk, tried to use the family dog, Onion, to pull himself up onto his feet. The dog reacted by grabbing the baby’s head with his mouth and shaking. This is mostly sad because an innocent baby’s life was lost […]
Little Girl Left in Car While Father in Jail
It has been a long time since I saw one of these. A father left his 9-month-old infant in a car with no ventilation while he went inside a jail to retrieve his possessions. A security guard found the poor little girl crying and sweating and broke a window to get her out. The father, […]
Do You Sleep with Your Baby?
Today’s article is not about a baby that was abandoned or abused or even unwanted. Yet, since our main priority is to make sure babies are kept safe, I wanted to be sure to talk about this issue anyway. Co-sleeping. Please don’t do it. Little Alfie Smith died just a few weeks after his injuries […]
Father Fractures Baby’s Skull
I have another sad one for you, readers. An adorable little baby girl, Riley Ryon, was only 3-months-old when she died recently. Cause? A 2 ½ inch skull fracture caused by her father. When Christopher Scott Ryon, 27, could not get her to stop crying, he punched her in the head. She was found face […]
Baby Left Alone in Apartment
This story is a new kind of sad. A two-month-old baby girl was left alone in an apartment for up to 3 days when police finally found her. Her parents had been arrested the day before, but neighbors say they heard no noise in the apartment for a few days prior to that. The only […]
Drug Addicted Child Abandoned
Once again, another sad story. The Department of Children’s Services was alerted to a baby born in Murfreesboro. Hospital workers suspected that the baby was drug tolerant at birth. When DCS set up an appointment to speak to the mother, Nicole L. Gilley, 28, she insisted that the DCS rep transport the baby to the […]
Baby Abandoned at Hendersonville, NC Bi-Lo
Another tragic story of infant abandonment. This one comes to us from Hendersonville, North Carolina. A baby was found in the trash can of a Bi-Lo women’s room. I will let you read the article for yourself, but basically surveillance footage shows two suspicious people who are wanted for questioning in connection with the crime. […]
Child Endangerment Laws in Illinois
This is a fantastic article that lays out the details of child endangerment laws in Illinois. I wish everyone in the state of Illinois would read this. Keep in mind that the laws are not nationwide so there may be some vast differences, but they should give everyone a fairly good idea what to expect in […]
Infant Abandoned Outdoors at a Trailer Park
Another baby was abandoned in an unsafe, outdoor location. The mother Sara J. Clauson, 26, has been charged with reckless endangerment for the incident. She gave birth and then left the child on a neighbor’s lawn in the trailer park where she lived. The baby was alone for 6 hours before she was discovered. I […]
