Parents Arrested After Indiana 1-Yr-Old Dies Weighing Just 10 Pounds | Crime Alert 11AM 11.20.25

Authorities in Indianapolis have arrested the parents of a one-year-old boy who was pronounced dead just minutes after arriving at a local hospital.

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Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now, I'm Nicole Parton.
Authorities in Indianapolis have arrested the parents of a one
year old boy who was pronounced dead just minutes after
arriving at a local hospital. Police say thirty five year
old Wendy Alvarado and thirty one year old Dunio Rozelles
faced preliminary charges of child neglect resulting in death. According

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to court documents, the couple brought their son Angel to
a hospital on Monday morning. They told staff the baby
was quote cold to touch. Angel was pronounced dead fifteen
minutes later. Investigators say the child weighed only ten pounds
and appeared very malnourished and underweight. His body reportedly showed bruises, scratches,

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and scarring. Alvardo immediately requested a lawyer and refused to
speak to police. Detectives executed a search warrant at the
couple's home, where they found two young children alone. Those children,
along with two others in the school, are now in
states custody. Police also discovered oxy codone in a drawer
accessible to the youngest children. Rosales allegedly admitted to smoking

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metha and phitamine before and after taking Angel to the hospital.
When questioned, he claimed Angel was born premature and quote
barely eats, but he said the baby was always smiling
and laughing, so they never thought he needed medical help.
And autopsy has been performed, but the results are pending.
Both parents remain in the Marion County Jail without bonds.

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They're scheduled to appear in court tomorrow, November twenty one,
War Crime and Justice News. After this, a mother in
Indiana reports that she gave birth to her baby in
a car just minutes after being turned away from a
nearby hospital. Footage shared by her family shows her being

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willed out of the hospital by staff, visibly in distress.
Everyone is we acaped that of his house film because
she's an active labor. I was in a scruciating pain.
She's seen me in pain and againe, and I guess
she still perceived me to not be in labor. Mercedes
Wells and her newborn are now resting at another hospital

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in Munster. The videos uploaded by her family have rapidly
gained traction online, showing Wells being transported down the corrider
of the hospital in a wheelchair. She was at Franciscian
Health Crown Point. According to her family, she was in
active labor when hospital personnel informed her that she was
only three centimeters dilated and would need to come back.

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Cherish Joy Thompson, Wells's sister in law, explained that they
were visiting family in Indiana and the baby was not
expected for another couple of weeks. I feel like my
family's rights have been violated, she said. Just eight minutes
after leaving the hospital, Wells delivered her baby in the
family's car. She said, I've got to push. He was
driving with one hand, one hand on her, one hand

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on the wheel, and sure enough we saw the baby.
He was shocked and said, oh my god, the baby.
The baby's here. We grabbed a blanket and caught the
baby and placed the newborn on mercedes chest. Everything was
still attached, and we kept driving. The family reported. They
called nine one one and dispatchers were on the line
with them and guided them to the nearest hospital, where

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they received a warm welcome. Thompson expressed gratitude for the
staff of Community Hospital, where both Wells and her baby
were recovering. Nine one one was able to alert the
hospital and when we arrived there were about fifteen people
waiting for us outside. Thompson added she held her brother
as a hero for his composure during such a high
pressure situation. He managed to stay calm and deliver his

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baby in the car. Thompson also shared how wells is
coping with the experience, saying, when we arrived at the hospital,
we just burst into tears because there were people there
to help us. In Kentucky, the search continues for a
missing rock Castle County teenager. She's been missing now for
over a month. Winter Wagoneers, she's thirteen, was last seen

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on October fourteen at her foster parents' home in Orlando.
That's a small community in rock Castle County. On Friday,
November fourteen, rock Castle County Deputies said they were working
with state police, US Marshals, and the FBI to find Winter.
Deputies said details are limited as it could compromise Winter

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safety or the investigation. Anyone with information regarding the disappearance
of Winter Wagoner is asked to contact the Sheriff's office
immediately at six zero six two five six two one
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