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Guelph parents charged for 2023 death of their 20-month-old son

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Macdonell Street in Guelph on March 2, 2026. (Courtesy: Bruce Shapka)

Guelph Police have charged a man and a woman in the death of their infant son.

On Jan. 25, 2023, the 20-month-old child was found dead at the family’s apartment in the downtown core.

A four-year-old child was also living there at the time.

Police said an “extensive” investigation led to the arrest of a 36-year-old man and 30-year-old woman on Tuesday.

They were not identified in a media release.

Police said both had been charged with criminal negligence causing death and two counts of failing to provide the necessities of life to a child.

The cause of the infant’s death has not been shared.