WNDU - Nation World News - Headlines

Ohio coroner: Infant in freezer had been strangled

Print
By: Associated Press Email
Posted: Tue 3:38 PM, Jun 19, 2012

An Ohio coroner says a newborn found dead in an apartment freezer had been strangled and dunked in water.

The ruling released Tuesday also says a man and woman charged in the infant's death were the mother and father of the child.

A landlord found the baby boy's body in April while cleaning out a rental property in Toledo. At the time, it wasn't clear how the baby died.

A judge has set an August trial date for the baby's mother. The coroner earlier ruled that the infant was born alive and lived no more than two days.

Twenty-year-old Kenisha Pruitt of Toledo is scheduled to face trial August 6 on charges of aggravated murder, corpse abuse and tampering with evidence. She has pleaded not guilty.


72° F Clear
Weather for South Bend, Indiana
16 WNDU-TV South Bend
WNDU - Channel 16 54516 State Road 933 South Bend, IN 46637 Front Desk: 574-284-3000 Newsroom: 574-284-3016 Email: newscenter16@wndu.com
Gray Television, Inc. - Copyright © 2002-2013 - Designed by Gray Digital Media - Powered by Clickability
User Agent: CCBot/2.0 - 159611865