November 17, 2009
UPDATED: Babysitter Charged In Baby’s Death
A Columbia County babysitter is charged with killing the baby she was supposed to be watching. Lawanda Concettes Tripp, 39, has been arrested, charged with the murder of 22-month-old Tearia Michele Hall. It happened on Avery Landing Drive…just off Belair Road. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop reports.
November 11, 2009
Conway, SC Missing Baby Found Safe In Plastic Bag, Police Arrest Suspect
Police in Conway, SC say a missing two-week-old baby boy was found safe, Tuesday afternoon. Public Information office Catina Hipp says one woman has been arrested in connection with the incident and another person is being questioned.
November 05, 2009
Officials: Mom Gave Missing Florida Infant To Sitter
Authorities say the mother of a missing Florida 7-month-old secretly turned her over to her baby sitter in the middle of the night.
November 04, 2009
SC Infant Found Dead; Officials Say Pesticide May Be to Blame
Anderson County deputy coroner Don McCown says at this point they believe the death of an infant was caused by inhaling pesticides. McCown says the mom set off several of the foggers you can pick up at the store, one after another, over the period of a few weeks.
October 08, 2009
Woman Kicked Off Plane For Breast Feeding Sues
A New Mexico woman kicked off an airplane at the Burlington International Airport three years ago for breast feeding her baby is suing Delta Air Lines. The Burlington Free Press says negotiations failed to reach a settlement between the Atlanta-based airline and Emily Gillette.
September 14, 2009
UPDATED: Augusta Woman Arrested After Baby Left At Food Lion
Police are looking for two women they say abandoned a 1-year-old child in a shopping cart after being caught shoplifting supplies for the infant. UPDATE: The baby’s mother, Malika Chanell Washington-Buntley has been arrested.
July 30, 2009
UPDATED: Baby Cut Out Of Murdered Mother’s Womb Found, Expected To Survive
A baby girl who survived being taken from her murdered mother’s womb is expected to survive. Police in New England are still trying to sort out details of the grisly crime. Charges are pending against a suspect, who is in custody. ABC News’ Gloria Riviera has more.
July 17, 2009
GA Police Say Babysitter Fed 9-Month-Old Boy Wine
Carrollton police are searching for a babysitter they say fed a 9-month-old boy wine, causing the baby’s blood-alcohol level to exceed four times the legal limit for an adult.
July 09, 2009
UPDATED: Suspect Arrested In Aiken Robbery Of Woman And Baby
A young Aiken, SC mother is robbed at gunpoint in her front yard with her baby in her arms. WJBF News Channel 6’s Paige Tucker reports. UPDATE: There have now been warrants issued for the arrest of Tequan Martrell Holmes, 19, of the 200 block of Snipes Pond Road, in Aiken. UPDATE: Holmes has now been arrested by the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office.
July 07, 2009
Sperm and Egg Donations Up In Tough Times
At Piedmont Reproductive Endocrinology Group, or PREG for short, Dr. John Payne says they’ve seen a 50 percent increase in the number of people applying online to donate eggs. That may be attributed to the tough economic times we’re now facing.
June 17, 2009
UPDATED: SC Deputies Reopen Case Of Dead Baby In Trash
Sheriff’s deputies have reopened the case of a baby found dead at a trash station in northeast South Carolina six years ago.
June 15, 2009
SC Judge Considers Penalty For Man Who Killed Baby
A South Carolina judge this week will consider whether to sentence a man to die for killing his infant daughter more than eight years ago. The State reported Monday that the South Carolina Supreme Court two years ago overturned the death sentence given 28-year-old Clinton Robert Northcutt of Lexington County.
May 13, 2009
SC Woman Catches Baby Dropped From 2nd Floor
A Charleston teenager caught a baby that a mother dropped from a second floor window as smoke filled her apartment. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that 20-year-old Kori Layton says she had mostly a nodding relationship with 19-year-old Ashley Mims at their apartment complex.
May 12, 2009
SC Baby Dies 3 Days After Being Shot In Sumter
A 19-month-old South Carolina boy who was shot with his father in Sumter has died. Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock says the child died Monday afternoon at Palmetto Health Richland hospital in Columbia. The boy’s name has not been released.
May 01, 2009
SC Man Charged In Death Of Girlfriend’s Baby
An 18-year-old South Carolina man has been charged with homicide by child abuse after his girlfriend’s baby died. Greenville County Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Armstrong says 1-year-old Xavier Lee Polston was taken off of life support around noon Thursday.

