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ORLANDO, Fla. - In June 2025, a Volusia County father was arrested in connection with the 2021 death of his two-month-old son, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office. Now the mother of the deceased child has been arrested on the same charges.

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Mother arrested, same charges as child's father

What we know:

Belle Winter, the mother of the two-month-old boy who was found dead in June 2021, has been arrested following a grand jury indictment. Authorities said that after the child’s death, she moved to Pennsylvania. A warrant was served there, and she was extradited back to Brevard County.

She faces charges of first-degree felony murder and aggravated child abuse, the same as the child’s father, Donovan Winter.

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