Winnipeg woman charged in death of two-month-old

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Posted February 9, 2024 12:30 pm.

WARNING: The following story contains elements that some people might find disturbing.

Winnipeg police have charged a woman in connection to the death of a two-month-old baby.

WPS says on Dec. 4, 2023, officers and paramedics responded to a home along Atlantic Avenue after receiving a report of an unresponsive infant.

At the scene, paramedics declared the two-month-old dead.

Winnipeg Police Service’s child abuse unit took over the investigation regarding the death.

After an autopsy, it was determined the baby died from malnutrition.

On Feb. 8, 27-year-old Alyssa Michelle Ross was taken into custody and charged with manslaughter.

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