Maige Elizabeth Yang, a 23-year-old mother from Champlin, Minnesota, faces second-degree murder charges for allegedly killing her 18-month-old daughter, De’Ali Blia Delgado, on January 9, 2026. The incident occurred hours after Yang lost temporary custody of De’Ali to the child’s father, Erick Delgado, during a Hennepin County court hearing.​
Incident Timeline
Police responded to a 911 call at Yang’s home on Castle Rock Court, finding De’Ali unresponsive on the living room floor and Yang in medical distress upstairs from a suicide attempt. Yang’s father had forced open a locked bedroom door, discovering the child with blue lips before rushing her downstairs for help; De’Ali was pronounced dead at a hospital. After receiving Miranda rights, Yang confessed to mixing a large amount of children’s sleep medication into De’Ali’s bottle, aiming to “make the pain go away” and let her “pass peacefully in her sleep.”​
Background Context
Delgado had petitioned for custody in September 2025 and filed an emergency motion on January 2, 2026, citing Yang’s erratic behavior and possible untreated mental health issues; a prior missing persons alert for Yang and De’Ali was issued January 3 but quickly canceled. Judge Theresa Couri granted temporary custody to Delgado despite De’Ali primarily living with Yang, noting no evidence supported her counter-claims of Delgado’s anger issues. Yang is held in Hennepin County Jail on $1.5 million bail, with a court appearance initially set for January 14, 2026.​
