http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged Newborn en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 06:35:13 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/florida-teen-14-charged-with-first-degree-murder-after-she-strangles-newborn-baby-hides-his-body-in-shoe-box-and-dumps-it-in-laundry/ A pregnant fourteen-year-old girl secretly delivered her baby with a pair of scissors in the family bathroom before throttling the boy to death and hiding the body in a shoe box. Cassidy Goodison, 14, has been charged as an adult with first degree murder after police learned how she killed her child following months of fearfully disguising her pregnancy from her mother and father. Her harrowing case has shocked even experienced officers and graphically illustrates the... ]]> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:08:04 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/florida-teen-14-charged-with-first-degree-murder-after-she-strangles-newborn-baby-hides-his-body-in-shoe-box-and-dumps-it-in-laundry/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/newborn-buried-alive-by-father/ Pakistani police have arrested a man who is accused of burying his newborn daughter alive because she was physically deformed and had "abnormal" features. The man, identified by police as Chand Khan, initially told relatives the child was dead after seeing his daughter for the first time. He even organised a funeral service according to Shamshad Khalid, the police chief of Kacha Khoh - near the city of Khanewal in the eastern Punjab province, reports Press Assoc... ]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:39:37 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/newborn-buried-alive-by-father/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/us-mum-arrested-after-driving-off-with-newborn-on-car-roof/ A ONE-MONTH-OLD boy was found alone in a car seat in the middle of a Phoenix intersection early Saturday after falling from the roof of his mother's car. The baby's mother, who admitted she had been smoking marijuana prior to leaving her son on the roof of her car, was later booked into jail on aggravated DUI and child abuse charges, myFOXphoenix.com reported. Officer James Holmes said the investigation revealed that the suspect, 19-year-old Catalina Clouser, ... ]]> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:29:46 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/us-mum-arrested-after-driving-off-with-newborn-on-car-roof/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/mother-caught-repeatedly-suffocating-her-newborn-son-while-in-hospital-after-telling-doctors-the-baby-would-spontaneously-stop-breathing/ A mother who claimed her newborn son repeatedly stopped breathing was caught on a hidden camera in hospital allegedly trying to suffocate her baby. Katie Lewis had rushed her five-month-old son to hospital telling doctors the child would stop breathing, turn blue and then regain consciousness. Staff at the Children's Hospital in St Paul, Minnesota, arranged for the child to be placed under observation for 24 hours in a room fitted with a video and audio monitoring s... ]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 23:44:50 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/mother-caught-repeatedly-suffocating-her-newborn-son-while-in-hospital-after-telling-doctors-the-baby-would-spontaneously-stop-breathing/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/newborn-baby-found-abandoned-outside-california-gas-station/ A newborn baby girl was found abandoned outside a gas station in Long Beach, Calif., on Monday night, authorities said. A woman found the just-born child near a dumpster after she heard it crying when she walked past, KCAL-TV reported. ]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:59:01 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/newborn-baby-found-abandoned-outside-california-gas-station/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/newborn-found-dead-aboard-cruise-ship/ The FBI is investigating the death of a newborn found aboard a Carnival cruise ship that has returned to Port Canaveral, Fla. Special Agent Dave Couvertier wrote in an email to The Associated Press that the FBI's Evidence Response Team was activated Saturday morning when the ship returned to its Florida base. He said the FBI is working with port authorities to investigate. ]]> Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:32:02 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/newborn-found-dead-aboard-cruise-ship/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/newborn-fatally-mauled-by-family-dog-near-houston/ A two-week-old Houston-area boy has died after being mauled by the family dog. The incident happened Saturday night as the baby sat in an infant carrier on the floor of a room in the family house. ]]> Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:29:56 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/newborn-fatally-mauled-by-family-dog-near-houston/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/wtf-parenting-fail/ This idiot wanted to update his FB status with a picture of his newborn son. He failed. Look at the baby’s arm twitch when the phone slams into his chest. Good job dad! Check out the source to watch the little video. ]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:34:49 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/wtf-parenting-fail/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/inspired-by-facebook-israeli-couple-names-their-daughter-like/ Everybody likes babies. Some people like unique names. An Israeli couple likes both. The couple decided not to wait for Facebook users to click on the "like" button when seeing photographs of their newborn baby girl. Instead, they pre-empted them by naming her: Like. ]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 07:39:08 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/inspired-by-facebook-israeli-couple-names-their-daughter-like/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/dutch-mother-convicted-of-killing-four-newborns-in-a-bid-to-hide-pregnancies/ Only 12 years then? that's ridiculous if you ask me. "A DUTCH woman received a maximum 12-year prison sentence overnight for smothering her four newborns in an effort to conceal her pregnancies and keep up the appearance of being a perfect daughter. The woman, identified only as Sietske H, in line with Dutch privacy laws, was arrested last year after the babies' decomposed bodies were discovered in four suitcases in the attic of her house. They were born between 20... ]]> Tue, 03 May 2011 19:47:58 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/dutch-mother-convicted-of-killing-four-newborns-in-a-bid-to-hide-pregnancies/