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<h6 id="ra-headline">Erin Piche-Pitts, mother who has lost two infants from co-sleeping accidents has been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of her second newborn baby</h6>
<h3><em><span style="color:#999999;">&#8216;This woman seriously needs help, not just incarceration&#8217;</span></em></h3>
<h6 id="ra-headline"><strong><span style="color:#210202;">Erin Piche-Pitts, claims that while breastfeeding a 18-day-old newborn, she fell asleep and when she awoke, the baby was unresponsive in Winter Haven, Fla</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color:#210202;">25-year-old Piche-Pitts, was charged with aggravated manslaughter after the apparent ‘co-sleeping’ death of her newborn Oct 6, 2016</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color:#210202;">She allegedly knew the dangers of co-sleeping, having been counseled on the subject in both 2009 and 2016 </span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color:#210202;">Piche-Pitts has lost a newborn baby. In 2009, she suffered a strikingly similar loss of her infant</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color:#210202;">The &#8216;irresponsible mother&#8217; has a long rap sheet of domestic violence, battery and interference with child custody</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color:#210202;">Other prior arrests were for larceny, burglary, fraud, meth and drug paraphernalia </span> </strong><span style="color:#210202;"><strong>possession </strong></span></h6>
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<article id="ra-body">A 25-year-old Florida woman has been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter following the death of her second 18-day-old baby.<br />
Florida authorities said this is the second time Erin Piche-Pitts has lost a days-old baby resulting from an “co-sleeping” incident in the past 7 years. The latest incident occurred on October 6, 2016<br />
Deputies in Polk County, Fla. say Piche-Pitts, found her newborn baby unresponsive after sleeping beside him. The Winter Haven mother has been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of her second newborn baby.<br />
<a href="http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-polk/winter-haven/winter-haven-mom-arrested-after-death-of-second-newborn" target="_blank">ABC</a> reports that the co-sleeping death occurred as the baby woke up in a bassinet and started to cry. Piche-Pitts removed the baby and placed him next to her, propped up by a pillow.</article>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-116214" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/erin-piche-pitts4.png" alt="Erin Piche-Pitts4.png" width="735" height="448" /><br />
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Mugshot of Erin Piche-Pitts, from a 2012 booking (left) and 2013 (right)</strong></h6>
<article>The mother allegedly placed the baby’s head in the crook of her arm, and fell asleep for approximately two and a half hours, awoke and discovered that the baby was unresponsive. The 18-day-old was pronounced dead at the Winter Haven Hospital.</article>
<article>To complicate matters, this is not the first time that Piche-Pitts has lost a newborn baby having suffered a similar loss of her then 13-day-old baby in 2009.<br />
Furthermore, it is reported that Piche-Pitts reportedly knew the dangers of co-sleeping, having been counseled on the subject in both 2009 and 2016, through the Healthy Starts training program.<br />
For the first infant loss she suffered in December of 2009, she fell asleep while breastfeeding her 13-day-old newborn. When she woke up, the baby was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the hospital.<br />
The baby&#8217;s cause of death was ruled asphyxia &#8220;due to probable overlay and co-sleeping&#8221; and the manner of death was ruled an accident. The baby&#8217;s cause of death was ruled asphyxia &#8220;due to probable overlay and co-sleeping&#8221; and the manner of death was ruled an accident.<br />
Piche-Pitts of Winter Haven ,Florida, also has a rather long and wide ranging criminal rap sheet. She was previously arrested on domestic violence, battery, larceny, burglary, interference with child custody, fraud, meth possession and paraphernalia charges.</article>
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Repeat offender! Florida woman charged with aggravated manslaughter after apparent ‘co-sleeping’ death of newborn – the second time in 7 years
