4 h. ago Mom let her baby suffocate after her boyfriend ‘made him sleep face down to stop him crying’

Ashlen Zitel, from Beatrice, Nebraska, came home to find her three month-old baby not breathing - she was arrested with her boyfriend Austin Meyn

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6 h. ago Aristocrat and partner caused 'entirely avoidable' death of baby daughter, court told

Constance Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, are standing trial at the Old Bailey accused of the manslaughter of their baby daughter by gross negligence

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6 h. ago Aristocrat Constance Marten and her lover 'caused death of newborn baby they carried in 'bag for life' while on run from authorities after their four other children were taken into care'

Constance Marten , 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, hid their baby in a shopping bag covered in rubbish when she later died in freezing conditions after weeks on the run, the Old Bailey heard today.

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6 h. ago Baby’s death ‘entirely avoidable’, aristocrat Constance Marten’s retrial told

The defendants allegedly kept the birth of their daughter as ‘their little secret’.

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8 h. ago Constance Marten and boyfriend face retrial over claims they killed baby girl while on the run

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon deny manslaughter and causing or allowing the death of a baby

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40 h. ago Pregnant mum lured to her death by sicko planning to steal unborn baby

Ashley Bush was heavily pregnant with her fourth child when she was contacted by a woman called Lucy Barrows, who said she had some baby things available and an opportunity for Ashley

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3 d. ago Mum's desperate four words as she's finally arrested for killing her baby 27 years earlier

Joanne Sharkey, 55, was apprehended by police over the death of a baby boy who was left in two knotted bags inside a wooded area of Warrington back in March, 1998

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4 d. ago Mum admits killing baby by Gulliver's World theme park as death triggered 500 DNA tests

The body of the infant, who came to be known as Baby Callum, was discovered in woodland close to Gulliver's World on March 14, 1998. The discovery saw nearly 500 women's DNA tested

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4 d. ago How police caught woman who killed her baby 27 years after horror discovery

Joanne Sharkey admitted killing the baby

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4 d. ago Woman who killed her baby boy tells police 'he knows nothing about this' as she's arrested at home

Joanne Sharkey has admitted killing 'Baby Callum' who was found dead near Warrington

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4 d. ago Dolly Parton 'comforted by afterlife' after devastating death of husband Carl Dean

Dolly Parton is believed to be comforted by life after death, after her family encountered paranormal activity following the death of her baby brother

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4 d. ago Woman admits manslaughter of baby found in woodland 27 years ago

Joanne Sharkey, 55, pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and concealing the birth of a child

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5 d. ago Mother and daughter forced to sleep in living room after council puts homeless family in one

Sonia Monteiro, who has been sleeping in the living room with her daughter for over a year, is taking Hackney council to court over her family’s living conditions

Society

6 d. ago Mum charged with murder after death of daughter found lying in pond

Alice Mackey is due to appear in court this week over the death of her daughter Annabel.

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6 d. ago Mum of tragic baby 'shaken to death' Lexi Wilband 'faked paternity test', court hears

Mum Melissa Wilband, 28, is on trial accused of the manslaughter of four-month-old baby Lexi Wilband, alongside her then-partner Jack Wheeler, 31, after the infant collapsed at home

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6 d. ago Father tries to block his paraplegic daughter's euthanasia in court battle as 23

A 23-year-old paraplegic woman is begging a Spanish court to allow her the right to end her own life, after her father managed to block her euthanasia bid. 

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6 d. ago Crossbow triple killer Kyle Clifford 'tied up and raped' daughter of BBC star John Hunt in 'sexual act of spite' and slaughtered family, court hears

Clifford is alleged to have become 'angry' when ex-partner Louise Hunt, 25, ended their relationship before he 'carefully planned and executed' the murders last July.

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7 d. ago Police give update on investigation into death of baby as inquest pushed back

Polly Lindop's inquest will now be heard this summer

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1 week ago Daughter of Hyde Park bombing victim awarded further damages at Court of Appeal

Sarah Jane Young’s father, Lance Corporal Jeffrey Young, was one of four soldiers killed by the explosion on July 20 1982.

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1 week ago Major update after teen 'chucked newborn baby to its death out hotel window'

Mia McQuillin, 18, is accused of throwing her newborn child - which still had its umbilical cord attached - out of the window of an Ibis Styles Hotel in the French capital on Monday

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