An infant who died on a United Airlines flight diverted to Milwaukee Wednesday had been born with a heart defect and was headed home to South Dakota after treatment at a Michigan hospital.The 2-month-old baby and family were from South Dakota, but he was born with a heart defect, Pulmonary Atresia, according to an investigation report from the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's office. He lived almost all of his life in medical unit at the University of Michigan children's hospital in Ann
The Salvation Army is running short of toys to hand out and is seeking donations. Monday is the last day for distribution of toys to needy children.There's a critical need for toys for boys and girls ages 8 to 12 as well as infants. Maj. Jesse G. Collins, Salvation Army Milwaukee County Commander, said a record 15,344 children were registered to receive toys this holiday season.Toy donations may be dropped off at the Salvation Army Toy Shop, 5880 N. 60th St., on Monday from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30
Vera Morehouse pleaded guilty Wednesday to allowing her 7-week-old son, Lamour Caesar-Burnley, to starve to death.Lamour, who died in July 2008, was one of the children featured in a recent Journal Sentinel investigative report, "Fatal Care," which found that 22 Milwaukee County children died from 2004 to 2008 despite clear warnings to the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare that they were at risk.Morehouse, 22, had been reported to the bureau six times, according to the Department of Children and
Authorities have found no signs of foul play in the investigation of a 7-month-old baby who died Saturday, authorities said Tuesday morning.Police questioned the mother and grandmother of a baby who died Saturday night in a house in the 900 block of N. 35th St.Police and emergency medical crews found the child unresponsive when they answered a call for assistance about 11 p.m., police said Sunday. The mother, grandmother and several other children were in the home at the time, police said ...
A 2-month-old girl who was found dead Tuesday after sleeping with her father on a couch could be the fourth Milwaukee infant since March to die as a result of co-sleeping.An autopsy was done Wednesday, but no cause of death for Lailanni S. Amkha was determined, the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office said.Milwaukee police said no arrests have been made ...