Mother accused of murdering 2 children said son was ‘never supposed to be born’

GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A Cedar Springs-area mother was arraigned again Wednesday, now charged with the murder of two of her children.

Authorities say Irene Whitehead admitted to suffocating her 2-year-old daughter last year and 2-month-old son in 2021.

Whitehead, 27, appeared in court Wednesday via video linkup from jail to be arraigned on charges of felony murder and first-degree child abuse in the death of her son, Leo, as well as a count of second-degree child abuse in another one of her children…

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