Sun coverage: Investigation into city toddler's death

August 15, 2008

Agency alerted to child at risk

The head of Baltimore's Division of Social Services said yesterday that her agency received two calls from people concerned about the welfare of a 15-month-old boy who police said died while in the care of a religious group, some of whose members have now been charged with murder.

August 13, 2008

Outcast set off group's odyssey

Tiffany Smith, unemployed and seeking help, said she joined 1Mind Ministries on promises of free food and lodging. She became a caretaker - cooking and cleaning for the group, which at its peak numbered 12, including five children, packed inside an East Baltimore rowhouse.

August 12, 2008

4 more in 'cult' cited in death

Baltimore police have obtained warrants charging four more members of what authorities call a religious cult in the death of 2-year-old Javon Thompson, whose body was found in May in a suitcase in Philadelphia. The warrants bring the number of people charged in the boy's death to five.

August 11, 2008

Woman in 'cult' charged in son's starvation death

A Baltimore woman who police say is connected to a religious cult has been charged with first- degree murder in the death of her child, according to court documents obtained yesterday.

May 1, 2008

Child's body found in Pa. raises fear of kin here

The family began to worry in April 2006.

April 30, 2008

Toddler's remains under probe in Phila.

Baltimore homicide detectives are working with authorities in Philadelphia to determine whether human remains found in that city are those of an infant who might have been killed in Baltimore about two years ago.