Kaitlin Norton: No Knowledge of Safe Haven
19- year- old Kaitlin Norton obviously had no idea Safe Haven Laws existed when she decided to abandon her newborn in a yard the same day he was born recently. Missouri, like all of the other 49 states, has provisions which allow parents to safely relinquish their parental rights to a hospital, fire station, or […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Baby Finally Gets Justice
A mother in Baton Rouge has been charged with first degree murder of her newborn baby. The case is actually almost a decade old, but police never gave up on the case. When it was revisited recently, the DNA was compared to a few suspects who were questioned at the time. Joann King, 28 was […]
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 […]
Refugee Sung Loses Parental Rights
Nunu Sung’s fate has finally been decided by a DuPage County judge. If you remember, Sung was a refugee from Myanmar who gave birth outside and left her newborn son cold and naked behind some bushes. She has maintained throughout this ordeal that she has intended on coming back for the boy. The judge rejected […]
Baby Needs Your Help
The baby that was found on a doorstep in Washington D.C. has died. We reported on this story not long ago. The baby appeared to be no more than a few days old. No official cause of death has been given pending autopsy results. Now police are asking for YOUR help! If anyone has any […]
Tearjerker: Infant Abandonment
This is one of the most well-written and heartbreaking stories of infant abandonment I have ever read. It is so well-written that I am not going to retell it in my own words because I do not feel like I could do it justice. Please promote Safe Haven laws. If this article doesn’t get to […]
