Father charged after 13-month-old dies of hypothermia in freezing bedroom, police say
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MILFORD, Maine. (WABI/Gray News) - A Maine father has been charged with manslaughter after his 13-month-old daughter died of hypothermia in a freezing bedroom, authorities said.Shane McLaughlin, 37, was arrested Wednesday following a nearly 10-month investigation into the death of Eleanora Ray McLaughlin.He faces one count of manslaughter and three counts of child endangerment.Eleanora died Dec. 28, 2025, at the family’s home in Milford, where outside temperatures dropped to 13 degrees.McLaughlin said he allegedly noticed the room where he and his children were sleeping, which was warmed by a space heater, was cold after a pet left the door open. He said he could see his own breath. “I grabbed a package of Pop-Tarts, opened it up, and I went to wake up Eleanora, and that’s when I found her dead,” McLaughlin said.According to a Maine Department of Health and Human Services report obtained by the child’s mother, Erika Dupuis, the couple’s two other children were present in the home when