Crime & Safety

Detroit Mom Charged In Stabbing Death Of Infant Son

Police arrived to her apartment to find the boy unconscious.

DETROIT, MI — A 31-year-old mother has been charged murder, torture and child abuse in connection with the stabbing death of her 1-year-old son. Prosecutors accuse Shaquittea Denice Reese-Bethea of Detroit of stabbing the boy multiple times at her West Vernor Highway apartment on Wednesday.

Detroit police went to the woman's home Wednesday evening, and found the boy unconscious. Medics pronounced the boy dead at the scene. Meanwhile, the Reese-Bethea was taken to a nearby hospital for wounds. She is to be arraigned on the charges today.

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