An Oakland woman sits in jail this morning on suspicion of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Tiffany Lopez, 19, who is three months pregnant and was arrested on child endangerment charges in December, is alleged to have suffocated "Kamilah in their second-floor apartment on the 2800 block of High Street." Initially telling investigators that she accidentally sat on her daughter, the Mary Jones-esuqe mom went on to tell police that "she had become frustrated with her daughter." more ›

After Bridgette Arevalo, a fourth-month-old girl, was declared brain dead on Saturday, her father has been arrested in connection with her death. The suspect, Hayward resident Jose Arevalo, 26, allegedly "made statements that led officers to arrest him for child abuse." Police said that the infant was "suffering from injuries that doctors thought were consistent with shaken baby syndrome." [KCBS] more ›

Lamar Franklin, 21, was charged with the shaking death of his infant son last week. According to reports, Berkeley police responded to a call around 4:40 p.m. on Friday regarding 'a choking infant" over in the in the 1300 block of Ward Street. After the 5-month-old infant was whisked away to Children's Hospital in Oakland, he later died in Tuesday. Franklin was charged with murder and assault with a deadly weapon. If convicted, this would make Berkeley's fourth homicide of the year. more ›

What with prom season in the air, and at the risk of sounding crude, it's only natural for things like this to happen. See, a dead infant was found inside a dumpster in Union City, according to reports. A person looking through the dumpster for glass bottles, it seems, came across the nascent body near the Parkside Apartments at 1501 Decoto Rd. at around 8:40 p.m. last night. While the infant's race, gender and age are not yet know, anyone with information is urged to contact the Union City Police Department at 510-471-1365, or the anonymous tip line 510-675-5207. more ›

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