All articles tagged with #teenage mother
A 13-year-old mother and her 2-week-old baby, who had gone missing over the weekend, were located safely in East Los Angeles after a search conducted by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. The teenager had run away in the past, and authorities believed she was in the East Los Angeles area.
A 9-month-old child in Nassau County, Florida, died after his 17-year-old mother allegedly put fentanyl in his bottle. The mother initially claimed ignorance about the incident but later confessed to filling the bottle with what she thought was cocaine. The substance turned out to be fentanyl, and the child had enough of it in his system to kill 10 people, according to the medical examiner's office. The mother is now facing charges of aggravated manslaughter and possession of a controlled substance. The investigation is ongoing.
A 19-year-old teenage mother, Alexee Trevizo, has been charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence after giving birth in a hospital bathroom and hiding her newborn baby boy inside a trash can, where it was later found dead. Trevizo denied ever having sex despite tests revealing she was pregnant. Her attorney claims there are "major discrepancies" about what happened in the hospital and that this isn't a classic child abuse case. This is the second high-profile case involving a teenage New Mexico mother accused of tossing her newborn in the trash.