May 5, 2024

Toronto mom gets 11 years for son’s scalding death

TORONTO - A Toronto woman who was convicted of manslaughter in the scalding death of her 19-month-old son has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Melissa Alexander maintained her son Miguel Fernandes pulled a boiling pot of water on top of himself in September 2007. But a pathologist testified the boy's third-degree burns were consistent with … [Read more...]