A Missouri woman has been charged in connection to the death of her toddler after police said the child was not fed for almost two days.

Alyssa Wehmeyer was arrested after her child died. Court papers do not say if the child is a girl or boy, but indicates they were one year old. A post mortem indicated the baby starved to death

A toddler in Missouri has died after going approximately 43 hours without food, authorities have alleged. The mother has been charged and blamed leaving the child for so long without attention on having a migraine.

A Cape Girardeau, Mo., woman is facing charges after a child in her care wasn't fed for 43 hours, resulting in death. The woman blamed her actions on her migraine.

A Missouri mother is behind bars for allegedly starving her 1-year-old to death after the toddler was found unresponsive and covered in blisters from a diaper rash during nearly two days of severe neglect,