VICKSBURG – Makayla Shows pointed out a display cabinet in her dining room. It doesn’t have pottery, vases or fine china. Instead, it holds onesies, pacifiers and hospital bracelets.
“Isn’t that the smallest urn you’ve ever seen?” Shows asked, looking toward the second shelf.
Makayla and Carson Shows’ daughter Mazeigh died in 2023 in a hospital after she was found unresponsive at First Baptist Children’s Center in Brandon. She was 3 months and 3 days old.
That year, deaths of 40 children were reported in day care centers across the U.S. But 16 states, including Mississippi, had incomplete numbers or no recorded data…