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Tuesday, June 18, 2013  Officials are investigating after a 6-month-old baby dies while in the custody of a babysitter.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction and life prison sentence of a Dougherty County man for killing his girlfriend’s 13-month-old baby boy by shaking him and slamming his head against a hard surface.

Monday, February 06, 2012  Dougherty County investigators are looking into the death of a two-month-old baby.

Friday, December 16, 2011  Updated with video; The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has executed search warrants for a home in Crow Dr.

Monday, June 06, 2011  An investigator with the Child Death Team says the community needs to get involved and talk to people to avoid situations like teen pregnancies and dead infants.

Saturday, June 04, 2011  Officers were called out to a home in the 200 block of Collins Street. When they got there they found the infant in a trash bin outside the house.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011  District Attorney's Office investigating second infant death to teenage mother.

Thursday, March 31, 2011  The Child Death Team is investigating the death of a 19-month-old baby from Monday. Albany Police officials say they arrested the boyfriend of the child's mother in connection to the death.

Friday, April 23, 2010  Lee County Sheriff Reggie Rachals says he has turned the death investigation of a 2-year-old child over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010  A preliminary autopsy shows no signs of additional physical injuries on 5-month-old K’Laysha Holmes. Investigators say she likely died of suffocation.

Wednesday, September 02, 2009  A Hephzibah woman whose 6-week-old son died after being left in a hot car has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Thursday, June 18, 2009  Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man accused of his ex-girlfriend's baby being thrown out of a car on a Tampa highway, killing the infant.