Charlottetown woman charged with murder in death of infant daughter

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A 39-year-old pistillate from Charlottetown has been charged with first-degree execution aft her babe girl died astatine the IWK Hospital successful Halifax 3 weeks ago, Charlottetown constabulary say.

3-month-old kid died of injuries astatine Halifax infirmary connected March 20, constabulary say

Carolyn Ryan · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 09, 2025 3:57 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

A logo of Charlottetown police, successful blue, connected the partition of constabulary headquarters.

A 39-year-old pistillate has been charged with execution successful the decease of her three-month-old daughter, according to a Charlottetown Police Service quality release. (Wayne Thibodeau/CBC)

A 39-year-old pistillate from Charlottetown has been charged with first-degree execution successful the decease of her babe daughter, Charlottetown constabulary say.

The infant died astatine the IWK Hospital successful Halifax 3 weeks ago "while the babe was being treated for injuries sustained during an incidental successful Charlottetown connected March 16," the city's constabulary unit said successful a quality merchandise precocious Wednesday.

The quality merchandise said that aft an investigation, Cassie Acorn was charged with execution contrary to Section 229(a)(ii) and Section 235(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. Those sections picture the transgression arsenic culpable homicide causing the decease of different idiosyncratic portion either intending to origin decease oregon intending to origin bodily harm that the accused knows is apt to origin death.

The pistillate is being held in custody and is scheduled to appear successful P.E.I. Supreme Court connected Thursday.

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