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UPDATE, January 19, 2008: Twin expected to survive drowning attempt
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Milwaukee has two more homicides. Both of them were babies.
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A 2-week-old boy is dead and his twin brother hospitalized after their mother attempted to drown both of them in a north side home Friday, police said.
In a second case, police announced that the death of another baby this month had also been determined to be a homicide.
In the case of the twins, police were sent to a home in the 3200 block of W. Senator Ave. about 1:15 p.m. when the boys' grandmother reported that the infants had been drowned by their mother, said Milwaukee police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz.
When police arrived, they arrested a 37-year-old woman in connection with the death of the drowned boy, Schwartz said.
The other boy was taken to a hospital, and his condition was not available.
...Also Friday afternoon, a 20-year-old man was charged with killing a 7-month old girl.
Cedric Q. McMurray was charged with second-degree reckless homicide in connection with the death of Kenia Daniels-McMurray, according to online state court records.
The infant's death Jan. 10 was initially thought to have been caused by neglect, but it was later determined that blunt force trauma also contributed to her death, Schwartz said.
According to a Milwaukee County medical examiner's report filed at the time of the girl's death, the baby was found dead Jan. 10 in a bed she shared with a 3-year-old brother and 2-year-old sister.
She had been dead more than 12 hours and had not been checked on for more than 16 hours before her mother found her, the report states.
A physician who had been providing prenatal care to the mother had not seen the infant since she was born, and the girl had not received any immunization shots, the report says.
McMurray is the boyfriend of the girl's mother but his relationship with the infant was not clear, Schwartz said.
According to a report by Chris Goodman of FOX 6 News, it's possible that the mother suffered from depression.
She recently moved to Milwaukee from Texas. She may have been depressed about the death of her 18-year-old son in November.
A neighbor said he was an "A" student, preparing for college, and a basketball player. The neighbor said he was shot by a "friend" because "he was jealous of his life."
I wonder if in addition to being depressed over this terrible loss the mother had postpartum depression. Her twins were born only two weeks ago.
In any event, it's horrible that she succeeded in drowning her one son and tried to drown his twin.
It took over a week for the other case to be ruled a homicide. Beyond being a victim of neglect, blunt force trauma played a part in the death of 7-month-old Kenia Daniels-McMurray.
Cedric Q. McMurray was charged in connection with her death.
This is one case where the problem was the presence of the father as opposed to the usual problem of the father being absent from the lives of their children.
These babies were completely innocent victims.
It's heartbreaking.
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