He Was Just 16 Months Old When He Died. 55 Years Later, His Mother's Disturbing Letters Came Back to Haunt Her
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The mother of a 16-month-old baby who died in 1970 has been charged with her son's murder 55 years later. Police in Sulphur, La., say they began investigating the January 1970 death of Earl Bunch III in 2022 after a request from his family. Earl died after suffering injuries that were originally reported as the result of falling out of a crib, police said. At the time, authorities closed the investigation because of a lack of evidence. After the investigation reopened, the child's remains were exhumed and sent to the FBI for a forensic autopsy. His death was subsequently ruled a homicide, according to Sulphur police. Following the ruling, on March 27, Earl's mother, Alice Marie Rollinson Bunch Idlett, 75, now living in Norwood, La., was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the boy's death. At the time of the toddler's death, his father was serving in the Vietnam War. The child's father, Earl Bunch Jr., filed for divorce from Idlett in 1983. A child custody ruling from 1...