Toronto Mother Charged with Second-Degree Murder in Infant Son's Death

The charge was upgraded following an autopsy after the four-month-old was found with critical injuries and later died in hospital.

Toronto police upgraded the charge against a 30-year-old mother from failure to provide the necessities of life to second-degree murder after an autopsy of her four-month-old son.
The infant was found with critical injuries on November 20 at a midtown Toronto apartment building after his father reported him missing.
The baby was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival, and police have deemed the incident suspicious.
Detectives were seen towing a dumpster from the building as part of the ongoing investigation, though no details about the autopsy results have been disclosed.
The mother appeared in court on Monday morning, and the case is now being handled by the Toronto police homicide unit.