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Mother Charged in Infant’s Homicide | Topeka News
A chilling new investigation reveals a 15-month-old boy’s death was not accidental — it was intentional asphyxiation, leading to first-degree murder charges against his mother, Shanna Whitton. Autopsy findings and disturbing affidavits point to possible Munchausen by Proxy, with claims she suffered from a traumatic brain injury and low IQ, using her children to gain attention. The case also includes a near-drowning, a house fire set in the child’s room, and now, the re-examination of her two-year-old daughter’s death — initially ruled accidental choking but now raising alarms of medical child…
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