Showing posts with label baby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby. Show all posts

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Rottweiler kills toddler at party



from floridatoday.com:
"NEW PORT RICHEY — Authorities say a Rottweiler attacked and killed a Florida toddler when the boy reached to pick up a cookie he had dropped.

Kevin Doll of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office says 20-month-old Dallas Walters was at his aunt’s home during a party Saturday night. Doll says the dog attacked Dallas when the boy dropped a cookie and went to grab it.

Family members at the party managed to pry the dog off the child and then took him to a hospital.The boy later died.

Animal control has taken possession of the dog.

Doll said today that the incident is still under investigation, but appeared to be a “tragic accident.”

Friday, December 11, 2009

Orlando mother accused of drowning newborn.


From orlandosentinel.com:

"A 28-year-old Orlando mother turned herself in this morning after being accused of drowning her newborn in a toilet.

Sanchia Rae Xavier-Velez is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the Nov. 3 death of her daughter, Jazmyne Rayne Gowers-Velez, who was born at home, according to Orlando Police.An autopsy determined that the baby girl was born alive. A doctor found evidence that the girl had been breathing before she died. Her lungs were expanded and she had an air bubble in her stomach "which indicated she was gasping for air," reports show. She also had water in her lungs.
Xavier-Velez arrived at Florida Hospital Altamonte on Nov. 3 with the dead infant inside a green drawstring backpack, according to an arrest warrant. She told hospital workers she delivered the baby in a toilet at her Orlando apartment.