The grandmother is VERY STUPID!
FLEETWOOD, Pa. (July 13) - A woman has been charged in the fatal poisoning of her 5-week-old granddaughter, authorities said.
Police said that Merry Long, 43, poured about two cups of salt into a can of powdered baby formula because she was angry at her son and his girlfriend, who is the child's mother. The couple and the child were living with Long at the time of the Feb. 11 poisoning, according to authorities.
The mother unknowingly mixed the formula with water and fed it to the baby, who went into convulsions and died Feb. 18, officials said.
Long fled the area after confessing Feb. 24 that she put salt in the formula because she was angry with the couple for the way they were treating her.
Long was charged Friday with homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. Authorities have not explained why they were unable to file charges earlier.
She has not been found.
The child, Megan Long, died from brain swelling caused by excessive sodium, the Dauphin County coroner's office said.
07/12/03 21:30 EDT
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FLEETWOOD, Pa. (July 13) - A woman has been charged in the fatal poisoning of her 5-week-old granddaughter, authorities said.
Police said that Merry Long, 43, poured about two cups of salt into a can of powdered baby formula because she was angry at her son and his girlfriend, who is the child's mother. The couple and the child were living with Long at the time of the Feb. 11 poisoning, according to authorities.
The mother unknowingly mixed the formula with water and fed it to the baby, who went into convulsions and died Feb. 18, officials said.
Long fled the area after confessing Feb. 24 that she put salt in the formula because she was angry with the couple for the way they were treating her.
Long was charged Friday with homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. Authorities have not explained why they were unable to file charges earlier.
She has not been found.
The child, Megan Long, died from brain swelling caused by excessive sodium, the Dauphin County coroner's office said.
07/12/03 21:30 EDT
Copyright 2003 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
Damn!!! How selfish of grandmother doing it to her own grandchild!! Unbelievable!! 
Poor baby..she is in a peaceful place.
Now I worry for my own children, since I don't want to lose mine! I know my parents and parents in law are wonderful with us and so forth, but yet, I still WORRY!!!! AUGH!