Key Takeaways
- Lexi Tingley, 24, and Wolf Song Benson, 34, were each charged November 5 with failing to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence causing death
- The 25-day-old boy died in hospital in February 2025 after emergency crews responded to a call on February 4, 2025
- The medical examiner determined the cause of death was severe acute malnutrition and dehydration, and ruled the manner of death a homicide
Edmonton Parents Charged Nearly Two Years After Their Baby's Death
Edmonton police have charged two parents in the death of their 25-day-old son, almost two years after the baby died in hospital.
On Tuesday, February 4, 2025, emergency crews responded to a report of an infant in medical distress in the area of 33 Street and 116A Avenue. The boy, just 25 days old, was taken to hospital, where he died. The Edmonton Police Service Homicide Section began investigating the next day.
The Edmonton Medical Examiner has since determined that the cause of death was severe acute malnutrition and dehydration, and ruled the manner of death a homicide.
On Thursday, November 5, 2026, police charged the infant's parents — Lexi Tingley, 24, and Wolf Song Benson, 34. Each is charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence causing death.
The charges have not been proven in court.
Police released no further details about the circumstances, and the investigation file (MRU #H26R022) was announced on November 6, 2026.
The Twikup Take
Some timelines demand a pause: a baby dead at 25 days old in February 2025, a medical examiner's ruling of homicide by malnutrition and dehydration, and charges only in November 2026. Homicide investigations involving infants are painstaking, and the court process will now test the evidence — but the gap between this child's death and any public accounting is measured in nearly two years of silence.
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