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.
