in a corner of the city's public cemetery, 24-year-old laney smith is visiting the grave of her infant son, jayceon. he died two weeks ago. the burial sites are marked with nothing more than wooden sticks. but each one represents a story of personal loss. >> he's just a number. and it just don't feel like people right here. just a bunch of dirt. >> each year, 85 infants die within the first 12 months in cleveland, a death rate that's growing even while the city's population is diminishing. >> that's in the hospital? >> i just wish the funeral home part would go. 'cause once that leaves i think i might be better. >> that was the hardest part? >> yea, to like. >> laney had given birth to twins who were more than three months premature. jayceon's brother died within the first few hours. the surviving child spent time in intensive care before he was healthy enough to leave the hospital. >> laney says everything was normal, until one night - when jayceon was four months old - he stopped breathing in his sleep and died. >> i don't know what it was but something felf wrong and i woke up. and