Toddler's mom, boyfriend charged in death: "(By Steve Lyttle, Joe DePriest & Franco Ordonez, slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) A mother and her boyfriend face involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the death of a 2-year-old girl last week, Gaston County police say.
Addison Lanham died late Thursday at Gaston Memorial Hospital, and police say an autopsy shows the toddler succumbed to sepsis, an infection of the blood. Police say the little girl also had a broken leg and had not received medical care."