FPD Top News of the Week: Baby Left Alone Dies While Mom Vacations; Cops Say Supermarket Worker Ejaculated on Food; and More

Kristel Candelario (left) left her baby alone while she went to Puerto Rico on vacation.; Stephen Masalta (right) accused of ejaculating onto food items while at work.
March 22 2024, Published 4:07 p.m. ET
Mother Charged After Newborn Son Suffocates Sleeping Next to Her in Bed — Her Second Child to Die This Way: Cops

Mackenzie Katlyn Reed has lost 2 newborns to suffocation while co-sleeping with her, officials said.
A mother in North Carolina has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of her baby son, who suffocated while sleeping with her — the second time one of the mother’s newborns died in a similar manner, officials said. Read more here.
An Ohio Woman Left Her Infant Home Alone and Went on Vacation in Puerto Rico. Now, She's Spending Life Behind Bars.

Kristel Candelario left her baby alone while she went to Puerto Rico on vacation.
A woman in Ohio will spend the rest of her life behind bars after pleading guilty to aggravated murder after she left her 16-month-old daughter alone for eight days while she went on vacation and the child starved to death. Read more here.
Michigan Mother Believed 8-Year-Old Daughter Possessed, Fatally Beat Her Until She Was 'Unrecognizable': Cops

Chelsea Duperon told her boyfriend that she thought her daughter was possessed by spirits, officials said.
- Mother Charged After Newborn Son Suffocates Sleeping Next to Her in Bed — Her Second Child to Die This Way: Cops
- 'F*** this baby': Florida mom allegedly records videos of her slapping, smothering 5-week-old daughter
- 19-year-old woman leaves newborn baby in wooded area, charged with attempted murder, police said
A Michigan woman has been arrested in connection with the alleged beating death of her 8-year-old daughter, who she believed was possessed, according to authorities. Read more here.
Unappetizing Arrest: Employee at Colorado Safeway Grocery Store Accused of Ejaculating on Food

Stephen Masalta accused of ejaculating onto food items while at work.
Officials in Colorado said a man has been arrested after he allegedly ejaculated on food items while working at a grocery store and committed other sexual offenses. Read more here.
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Russian Forces Unleashing 3,300-Pound 'Monster' Bombs to Disable U.S.-Supplied Patriot Missiles in Ukraine

Russia has claimed that it has been destroying more and more United States-supplied Patriot missile defense systems in Ukraine.
Russian forces have claimed increasing success in neutralizing United States-supplied Patriot missile defense systems in Ukraine using FAB-1500-M54 glide bombs. Read more here.
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