More details released about separate child deaths

Photo by: WDAY Staff
Photo by: WDAY Staff

(Bismarck, ND) -- New details are being released about two separate child deaths over the weekend.  

Officers found a five-year-old boy unconscious and not breathing with multiple injuries Friday at a home in the 200 block of Connecticut Street. He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead, and a 40-year-old woman, 36-year-old man, and 18-year-old woman responsible for his care were arrested for child neglect and abuse.

A five-month-old was found Saturday in the 500 block of North Second in a separate incident. The child's 26-year-old mother was arrested, with charges pending based on autopsy results.