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...cruel roulette of life, Waneta Hoyt seemed to be an especially tragic loser. Nearly 30 years ago, she lost her first child, Erik, suddenly and inexplicably. The mother tearfully told doctors that she found him barely breathing in his crib and could not revive him. He was three months old. Waneta's second child, James, was a little over two when, according to his mother, he called out after breakfast one morning and expired. A daughter, Julie, died at 48 days; her mother was feeding the child when the infant choked, turned blue and died. Another daughter, Molly, died...
Doctors were mystified and intrigued. A pediatrician who had closely monitored the last two children wrote up the family's history in a 1972 medical journal as a classic example of how sudden infant death syndrome (or SIDS) can run in families. As for Hoyt, she went on to adopt a son, who is now 17. But she never forgot her dead offspring. She kept their photos throughout the house and laid flowers on their graves every Memorial Day. "She'd say, 'I miss my children. They all died on me -- you know, that crib disease,' " recalls Martha Nestle...
...year-old Berkshire, New York, housewife sat in court charged with suffocating all five of her children. Authorities accuse her of smothering three with pillows, one with a bath towel and another by pressing its face against her shoulder (the specifics are based on a confession that Hoyt has now recanted). Says District Attorney William Fitzpatrick of Onondaga, New York, who initiated the investigation of Hoyt: "We have brought to justice a killer who preyed on her own children...
...other suggestions for the transition team included creating a model center for families, work on Hoyt Field Park and a revamping of the city-wide Senior Center...
Even with such disadvantages, there are profitable recycling operations. Three years ago, J.J. Hoyt, recycling manager at the U.S. Naval Base in Norfolk, Virginia, took over a solid-waste disposal program that had been costing taxpayers $1 million a year. A shrewd businessman, Hoyt was sensitive to hauling managers' needs and negotiated lucrative deals. Now, says one Navy officer, "not a tin can or newspaper falls to the ground on base." This year Hoyt's program is earning close to $800,000. "The key is knowing the market," he says...