Parents charged after baby dies of malnutrition, dehydration: Edmonton police
The parents of an Edmonton newborn who died last year have been charged, with police alleging the 25-day-old baby died from severe acute malnutrition and dehydration.
Edmonton police have charged the parents of a newborn baby with failing to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence causing death. The infant, a 25-day-old boy, died of severe malnutrition and dehydration. The medical examiner's report, released on November 6, 2026, stated the baby's death was a homicide. Police responded to a call of an infant in medical distress on February 4, and the boy was subsequently taken to the hospital, where he passed away.
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