<p>In a study designed to better understand sudden, unexpected deaths in young children, which usually occur during sleep, researchers have identified brief seizures, accompanied by muscle convulsions, as a potential cause.</p>
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A Southmoreland High School graduate who worked in a Minnesota medical examiner’s office has been hired as the first full-time female deputy coroner in Westmoreland County — which first elected a coroner in 1774, according to historical records. Cara Shaffer, 30, was hired to fill the vacancy left by the
Police: Ohio man charged with murder in death of infant son
May 13, 2021 GMT
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (AP) A grand jury has indicted an Ohio man on murder and other charges in the death of his 3-week-old son last year, according to police officials.
Police in Willoughby outside Cleveland issued a statement Wednesday that said 30-year-old William Beasley had been arrested and was being held in the Lake County Jail.
It is not clear whether Beasley has an attorney yet who can speak for him.
According to police, firefighters responded to a call about an infant having trouble breathing last May and rushed the child to a nearby hospital. The infant was transferred to a pediatric intensive care unit in Cleveland and died a week later.