Infant

Two adults and an infant were taken to local hospitals after a motor vehicle accident in Reisterstown Monday afternoon. Their conditions were not immediately known. Baltimore County fire officials said the two adults were transported to Maryland Shock Trauma Center -- one by helicopter, the other by land-- after a three car accident in the 11500 block of Reisterstown Road at about 2:15 p.m. An infant was taken to Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Additional details were not immediately available.

Baltimore author Sheri Booker sees dead people. In her mind's eye, she can clearly remember the 600-pound man whose corpse had to be hoisted by a crane out of his apartment window, the teenage suicide victim who tattooed instructions about his funeral arrangements onto his arm, and the thug whose death incited a brawl that erupted at his viewing and continued into the street. Booker, who now is 31, began working at the Wylie Funeral Home in West Baltimore in 1997 at age 15, partly as a way of coping with her grief over the death of a beloved aunt.

Anne Arundel County police have identified the infant found dead Saturday in a Laurel apartment building as Joel Otude, and have opened an investigation into the case. Lt. Francis Tewey said police were called by a neighbor at 9:17 Saturday morning to the 8100 block of Edge Rock Way after a woman knocked on the neighbor's door and cried for help. When police arrived, they found the infant unresponsive but with no signs of trauma. However, Tewey said the apartment was in significant disarray.

Baltimore police said they charged a suspect Saturday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy in South Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood. The boy's father was also shot in what police said was a targeted attack. The shooting occurred on Friday evening when the two were in a car. Police confirmed Sunday that Eddie Tarver, age 20 of the 200 block of Cherry Hill Road, was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree assault and a related handgun violation in connection with the incident.

A 32-year-old Millersville woman faces child neglect and desertion charges after she abandoned her infant son at a Severn church Monday, police said. After a multi-state search, Pettricia Finch-Miller, 32, of the 600 block Water Wheel Court, was located at a motel in Fredericksburg, Va., with her two daughters, aged 10 and 13. The girls were unharmed and are in the care of family members, police said. Her two-month-old son, who was last seen about 8 a.m., was found by a passerby at 12:15 p.m. Strapped into a car seat, he had been left under a porch at the entrance to Grace Point Presbyterian Church in the 600 block of Donaldson Avenue, near Telegraph Road.

Prosecutors have charged a Baltimore man and his girlfriend in the beating death of his infant daughter. Emergency personnel responding to a report of a child not breathing on Dec. 19 arrived at the Belair-Edison neighborhood apartment of Jerome Jermain Wallace and Natarsha Farmer to find Wallace attempting to administer CPR to 22-month old Janaya Wallace. The child was taken to the emergency room at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was pronounced dead a short time later, according to the charging documents.

A 20-year-old Baltimore father was charged Friday in the choking death of his 6-month-old daughter, city police said. Officers were called to the home of Timothy Darnell Lewis in the 3800 block of Glengyle Avenue in Northwest Baltimore for reports of a non-breathing child at about 11 p.m. Wednesday, said Kevin Brown, a police spokesman. The father escorted the child in an ambulance to a local hospital where he was questioned by police, Brown said. At first, Lewis told officers he was unsure what happened to the girl, but Brown said the father later confessed to choking the child when she would not stop crying.

Hari P. Close III was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday for fatally stabbing his 1-year-old son and hiding the body in the home of the boy's mother, the Baltimore state's attorney's office said. Close, 26, was sentenced to life in prison with all but 50 years suspended. James L. Rhodes, Close's attorney, said his client maintained his innocence and entered an Alford plea, which acknowledges that prosecutors have enough evidence to gain a conviction. "It was a sad case all around," Rhodes said.

Anne Arundel County police are investigating the death of an infant in Laurel on Saturday. Responding officers found a deceased 6-week-old boy inside a residence in the 8100 block of Edge Rock Way at about 9:17 a.m., police said. The boy's body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy to determine the cause of death, police said. Homicide detectives are investigating the death. Anyone with information is asked to call the Anne Arundel County Police Department at 410-222-8610.

Two adults and an infant were taken to local hospitals after a motor vehicle accident Monday afternoon in Owings Mills. Baltimore County fire officials said the two adults were taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center - one by helicopter, the other by ambulance - after a three-car accident in the 11500 block of Reisterstown Road at about 2 p.m. that launched a van into a utility pole. They were listed in critical condition. An infant was taken to Johns Hopkins Children's Center, with the condition unknown.

Kennedy Krieger Institute has announced a new program that will offer free autism screenings to infants between five and 10 months who have a sibling with autism.  “We launched this initiative to increase the likelihood of identifying children most at risk for ASD,” said Rebecca Landa, director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at Kennedy Krieger. “My hope is that Maryland families will take advantage of this opportunity to seek help sooner and not miss out on early intervention, which can improve lifelong learning, communication and social skills.” For more information or to schedule an appointment visit Kennedy Kreiger's website or call 443-923-7892.

The 19-year-old Harford County man with developmental disabilities who is accused of killing his 2-month-old niece was ordered Monday to continue being held without bail. Colin Christopher Wolf, of the 2000 block of Bay Meadows Court in Forest Hill, is facing first degree murder charges after he allegedly struck the child, who had been left in his care, in the face Thursday night and she later died, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. After an earlier bail review hearing Friday where Harford County District Court Judge Mimi Cooper questioned Wolf's competency, District Court Judge Victor Butanis ordered Wolf to continue being held without bail Monday and made no mention of any competency concerns.

Susan Reimer 's commentary touched on an issue that has bothered me for years ("Babies on a plane: Can the rest of the flying public cut mom some slack?" April 4). As an executive, I have been required to travel by plane on business for well over 30 years. I fly about once a month and often more than that. As a result, I have been held captive many times to crying, screaming infants or toddlers who keep it up for most if not the entire duration of the flight. Somehow, this just doesn't seem fair.

First comes love, then comes marriage and then comes time to pick out the baby carriage - and decorate the nursery. Already the tabloids are speculating on the room where England's heir to the throne will lay his royal head when Prince William's and Kate Middleton's baby is born in July. And even though Kim Kardashian and Kanye West aren't quite in sync with the old rhyme, the gossip magazines are anticipating the extravagant nursery the couple will add to their $11 million mansion in Bel Air. Not to mention the nursery that Joe Flacco and his wife, Dana, can create for their second child with the Ravens quarterback's new $120.6 million deal.

Paul Edward Kennedy Mullan, a photographer who made headlines as a foundling discovered in a Towson apartment vestibule, died of a brain tumor Feb. 27 at his parents' North Baltimore home. He was 34. The story of his first days filled news columns in January 1979. The Sun reported he was discovered near the vestibule mailboxes of a Towson garden apartment near Towson University. Days old, he was wrapped in a plaid blanket and dressed in a J.C. Penney shirt and a diaper held together with Scotch tape.

A 14-year-old has been charged as an adult in the death of his 7-month old sister, who was found unresponsive inside a White Oak apartment Friday, according to Montgomery County police. Police said Larissa Yanes was found unresponsive by her mother, who went to work Thursday night, leaving the infant with her bother, 14-year-old Jonathan Aguiluc. After Gloria Yanes left for work at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, police said Aguiluc beat his sister when she started to cry, and covered her mouth and nose with his hands until she stopped.

A 14-year-old has been charged as an adult in the death of his 7-month old sister, who was found unresponsive inside a White Oak apartment Friday, according to Montgomery County police. Police said Larissa Yanes was found unresponsive by her mother, who went to work Thursday night, leaving the infant with her bother, 14-year-old Jonathan Aguiluc. After Gloria Yanes left for work at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, police said Aguiluc beat his sister when she started to cry, and covered her mouth and nose with his hands until she stopped.

The stabbing of an 8-month-old baby, allegedly by the mother during a visit to a social service's office, is raising all kinds of questions, mostly about security at the sprawling office on East Biddle Street. How did the mother get by security with what police described as a long kitchen knife inside a bag? State officials say visitors go through a metal detector, have their bags searched and have to present ID, and they're investigating whether proper procedures were followed.

At just 4 months of age, Vance Williams III was already on his second chance at life. In October, Vance was tossed from a burning building by his mother, into the arms of another relative in a fire in Northeast Baltimore that decimated their family — claiming the lives of four children, ages 1, 2, 4, and 7. The blaze also killed Nancy Worrell, the 55-year-old heart of the family, while seriously injuring her husband. For a family dealt a tremendous blow by tragedy, Little Vance's survival represented hope.

A fire broke out in a two-story home Friday morning burning an infant and sending two others to the hospital. Just after 11 a.m., about 10 fire crews responded to 435 Monford Ave., in the McElderry Park neighborhood, and put out a fire within 10 minutes that was contained to one room. An adult and a child in the home suffered smoke inhalation and were taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital. An infant, also in the home, suffered burns but Baltimore fire spokesman Kevin Cartwright did not know the degree of the burns or where the child was taken for medical care.