Find Your Daily Voice
47°
Mom Dies In Labor Leaving Kids, Husband To Grieve In Maryland
What was supposed to be a day of dreams turned into one of nightmares for a Maryland family mourning the loss of their matriarch.
Maria Mejia and her husband were ready to welcome their third child, Nuestro Regaló Dilan Gael, to the world on Wednesday, April 12, though fate had more pernicious plans in mind for the family that day.
While in labor with the child, there were complications, according to her husband, and she died from severe preeclampsia while giving birth.
“My beloved wife, or as I called her, my 'China,' came to the hospital to give birth to our third child, and this moment…
VA Boy Killed In MD Dog Attack Was Smiley, Happy Child, Family Says
A Virginia family is mourning the loss of their 2-year-old son who died after being attacked by a dog while visiting relatives in Maryland.
The Marshall, VA, boy — whose family requested anonymity — went into cardiac arrest after being bitten by the animal on the 400 block of West B Street around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, authorities said. He was flown to Frederick Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:09 p.m., his family says.
The boy was being remembered in his obituary as a happy child who loved trains, dinosaurs, Blippi, fire trucks and PAW Patrol.
"He just simpl…
