Marla Demita holds her 10-month-old son, Dean Demita, while working at the front desk of Yazoo City Animal Hospital, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Yazoo City, Miss. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Marla Demita could hear the screams of her 9-month-old son as soon as she entered Little Blessings Daycare in Yazoo City. When she got to the room where he was kept, baby Dean was crying inconsolably – unusual behavior for him.
