Toddler

Wichita police are investigating after finding a three-year-old boy wandering around early Thursday morning in S. Wichita. A woman was passing by the area near Beech and Mt. Vernon when she noticed the youngster, who was wearing Spongebob pajamas.  The boy couldn't tell her where he lived. A few hours later, police got a call from a woman who said the boy was staying with her and wandered off through the back door after she put him down for bed last night. Police say the woman provides overnight care for children, but they aren't sure if she's a licensed day care provider.  Police don't believe it is a case of neglect and the boy was not hurt, but they are still investigating.  The boy is in protective custody, though police have been in contact with the boy's parents.

Eyewitness News is learning more about how a toddler drowned in a lake near a southwest Wichita apartment complex. Police say three-year-old Jayden Barnard's mom and grandpa were at home, asleep in the apartment Wednesday afternoon.  The boy and his two-year-old brother were also supposed to be napping, but they woke up, unlocked the door and headed outside toward the lake. Jayden drowned, but crews found the two-year-old safe on land. Police don't expect anyone to be charged in this case.

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When laundry detergent capsules hit store shelves, many praised them for using less water and being more efficient than traditional detergents. However, that convenience has come with a price -- one a Wichita family knows all too well. Ava Lynn is fine now but she became seriously ill after eating one of the capsules. Click to See Photos “I'd never heard of anybody eating them,” Erin Haynes said.  “Or even come remotely close to ingesting them.  Until it happened.” A Wichita mother gets the scary call that her toddler has eaten several detergent pods and is violently ill.  Now, she's trying to warn other parents about the dangers of the highly concentrated soap pods that look like candy to young children.  It's a disturbing trend KWCH first told you about last week, with thousands calling for help across the country.

A Newton man could spend 20 years in prison for the death of 19-month-old Vincent Hill.  Chad Carr entered a plea agreement this morning in which he pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree, three counts of Aggravated Battery, and one count of abuse of a child. Those charges were reduced from first degree murder and several more serious battery and abuse charges. "Considering all of the circumstances, and to bring conclusion to the case, the family joined me in an agreement to accept 20 years as the just sentence in the case," explains Harvey County Attorney David Yoder.

The video went viral and made a local toddler famous. Swish after swish, 2-year-old Titus made incredible trick shots. The Derby tot's amazing skill even landed him on several national news stages last week. But Jimmy Kimmel wasn't impressed. He claimed Titus's shot was enhanced by slick editing skills.  His parents are calling foul in a new video. They are challenging Kimmel to put up or shut up. Click here to see Titus' new YouTube video "Jimmy Kimmel said he stinks and then booed him," Titus' father, Joseph, says.  "I thought, it really didn't take a lot of editing to make that movie.

Chad Carr's attorney says his client is expected to make a plea Thursday morning in Harvey county. Officials informed Eyewitness News of the hearing Wednesday morning. The hearing is scheduled for eleven o'clock. The Harvey County Attorney's office says a press conference will follow the hearing. Charlie O'Hara, Carr's attorney, tells Eyewitness News that a plea hearing has been scheduled. We do not know how Carr will plea. The man is accused of killing Vincent Hill. Hill was 19-months-old when an autopsy showed he died from blunt force trauma and suffocation.  Carr is charged with first degree murder.

It's why they're here, it's what they train for, but it's a situation no lifeguard wants. "Something this serious is really really rare," said the Superintendent of Aquatics for Hutchinson Recreation Ted Nelson. Saturday a two-year old boy was spotted in a three feet deep shallow pool at Hutchinson's Salt City Splash. He wasn't moving, wasn't breathing, and had no pulse. A team of lifeguards went to work. "They performed two person CPR for about a minute and the child regained consciousness," Nelson said.

Prosecutors say she was covered in bruises, and lost six teeth before going to the hospital. Tuesday a judge rules a couple will go to trial in the death of an El Dorado toddler. Alyssa Haag and Justin Edwards were in court for a preliminary hearing. They're charged with murder in the death of Haag's 18-month-old daughter Jayla. “Sometimes it sounded like things were hitting the wall. So I don't know if that would have been Jayla.  Sometimes I would wake up and hear her crying and then she would just go silent and then I'd hear her gasping for air like she was being choked,” said roommate Jennifer Quarter.