Noah Whitmire

Photo of a toddler with curly, messy brown hair, deep brown eyes, and light-brown skin. He is gazing off to the left, and has stuck one index finger into his mouth.Name: Noah Jack Whitmire.
Died: October 18, 2024.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Starvation.
Location: Bay City, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; unable to swallow, used feeding tube.

Details:
Emergency services were summoned to Noah’s home by his mother, who said she had woken to find him unresponsive. The four-year-old, who was declared dead on the scene, weighed only ten pounds. An autopsy established that he had died from malnutrition.

Case Status:
Jessica M. Burke (Mother) is charged with first-degree child abuse.

Sources:
Hearing set for Bay City woman accused of starving child to death
Boy, 4, weighed only 10 pounds. Mother charged with starving him to death.
Noah Jack Whitmire Obituary October 18, 2024