5-Year-Old Paitin Fields' Life Was 'Cut Short Because of a Monster,' Says N.C. Community Leader

Paitin Fields.Photo: Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office Local North Carolina leader Dorian Cromartie was relieved when he heard an arrest had finally been made in the 2017 death of 5-year-old Paitin Fields. “What happened to Paitin is horrific, tragic, and unforgivable,” says Cromartie, first-vice chair of the National Black Leadership Caucus’s New Hanover Chapter, whose members have advocated for justice for the little girl since she died. On Nov. 13, 2017, Paitin’s uncle, David Prevatte, and her step-grandfather drove Paitin, who was unresponsive, to a local hospital.

5-Year-Old Relearns to Walk and Talk After Risky Surgery to Remove 'Lemon'-Sized Tumor

Photo: KFOR Larry Coats, of Enid, Oklahoma, remembers the very moment last summer he got the news that would change his granddaughter, 5-year-old Rebecca Roper’s, life. “At daycare one day they called and said, ‘Rebecca can hardly walk,’ ”Coats recalled to KFOR. Coats took Roper to a hospital where he learned she had a glioma, a type of brain tumor. “They did a CAT scan on her and sure enough she had a tumor on her brain stem that was the size of a lemon,” Coats told KFOR.

5-Year-Old Twins Found Dead in Florida Home After Mother Jumps to Her Death from Bridge

police patrol car at night.Photo: Getty TheSeminole County Sheriff’s Officein Florida is investigating thedeath of a motherand her two young twins. On Friday, Sheriff Dennis Lemma spoke to reporters at a news conference about what law enforcement says wasan isolated murder-suicide. According to the sheriff, early Friday morning, deputies with the department responded to a call from an eyewitness who “saw a motorist stop their vehicle on the crest on the [SR-417] bridge.

5-Year-Old Tx. Girl's Body Is Found Decaying in Closet, and Mom Is Arrested

Photo: Facebook A mother in Houston has been accused of hiding her daughter’s body in a closet for days after claiming the child died accidentally. On Monday, the body of 5-year-old Sierra Patino was found decaying in a closet in a Houston home. Sierra’s body was found after her grandparents went to check on her after not seeing her for several days, according to Houston police. When her grandparents arrived at the home, they asked their daughter, 27-year-old Priscilla Nicole Torres, what smelled so bad.

5-Year-Old Who Lost Limbs to Meningitis Does Gymnastics and Completes Half-Marathon

A 5-year-old from the U.K., who lost her limbs to meningitis, isn’t letting her disability hold her back. Harmonie-Rose Allen was just 10 months old when she contracted the infection, which damaged her arms and legs so badly that doctors were forced to amputate, along with the tip of her nose, her parents toldMeningitis.org. But in the years since, Allen, of Bath, England, has defied stereotypes, working hard to cross the finish line at a half-marathon earlier this year, and even taking part in gymnastics classes.