Chelsea

Massachusetts Mom Charged in Death of Toddler Son
Manslaughter

A 25-year-old Massachusetts woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her 3-year-old son over the weekend. Police were called to Jennifer Prudencio’s Chelsea apartment on Sunday for an unresponsive child. The boy, Yael Guardado-Prudencio, was pronounced dead, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden. Prudencio was arrested on Tuesday and charged …

Court
December 26, 2020

Murder charges kept after pregnant woman, 26, used meth before baby stillborn

The California Supreme Court this week rejected a challenge to murder charges filed against a 26-year-old woman who used methamphetamines before her fetus was stillborn, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Chelsea Becker has been in jail in Kings County since the 2019 stillbirth and has pleaded not guilty, although she acknowledged using the drug. She’s …