Toddler 'crushed to death' after parents place 50lb suitcase on top of cot

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A toddler was crushed to death after her parents allegedly placed a huge suitcase on top of her cot to keep her trapped inside.Police are probing the horror death of a two-year-old and have arrested parents Kodi Glenn Simon and Kateri Ann Simon near Cleveland, Ohio last week in connection with the death.

Officers say the tot was allegedly crushed by a case weighing 50lbs.As the Mirror reports, Maeve Simon, tragically died in November 2022.

According to court records filed earlier this month, the couple are accused of causing the toddler's death "without malice".

Authorities say the tragic incident took place on November 26, 2022. The charges listed against the former Marine Corps veteran allege dad Kodi placed the child in a "portable crib with a foam mattress and a suitcase filled with books on top of the portable crib, and that such conduct constituted culpable negligence which resulted in grievous bodily harm, to wit: mechanical asphyxiation resulting in death."According to an official report from the Florida Department of Children and Families, obtained by the Tampa Bay Times.