Parents accused of killing 1-day-old baby while in maternity room
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Key Points:
- Two parents, Kevin Canaan and Yeniffer Tavarez-Cepeda, are charged with killing their newborn baby at Tower Health Reading Hospital in Pennsylvania.
- The one-day-old infant was found in medical distress in a private recovery room and was later flown to Penn State Hershey Medical Center, where he died.
- Medical examiners determined the infant's injuries were consistent with physical abuse, not related to childbirth, and the parents failed to alert hospital staff.
- An autopsy revealed multiple internal injuries, and the death was officially ruled a homicide.