A mother was recently arrested and charged with manslaughter after the death of a second baby while co-sleeping.
Police in Wilmington, North Carolina, explained on their social networks that they arrested Mackenzie Katlyn Reed, a 24-year-old mother, last week in connection with the death of her baby last fall. .
On October 3, 2023, emergency services were called by the mother in the middle of the night because her child was no longer breathing. Despite the efforts of paramedics, it was impossible to resuscitate the toddler.
“During the investigation, it was determined that the child’s mother, Mackenzie Reed, was co-sleeping with the baby and suffocated him during the night. The previous year, in 2022, Reed had another child who also died while co-sleeping,” police said.
Rather than dismissing the event as an accident, police and the county attorney decided to move forward with charges of criminal child abuse and manslaughter. and child abuse causing injury.
