goes on trial for murder

The autopsy determined that the baby had died of malnutrition and an infection with Escherichia coli. Justice charges him with murder and endangering his four-month-old son.

One of the most shocking cases of the Iowa community in the United States came back to occupy the headlines of all local media. This Wednesday the lawsuit against the mother of the baby He was found dead in a hammock with a layer of larvae. The woman was sitting on the bench, accused of death.

It's about Cheyanne Harris, a 21-year-old girl. Even though he was stuck with the evidence, he pleaded not guilty to murder and endangered the baby.

At the trial, the prosecutor recalled that the incident occurred in August 2017. The paramedics arrived at the apartment of the accused, in the small town of Alta. Vista, for an emergency call.

When they entered one of the rooms, Sterling Kowehn, four months old, was found dead in a hammock. The autopsy later revealed that the baby She died of malnutrition and an Escherichia coli infection, her diaper having not been changed for two weeks.

He let his 1 and 2 year old daughters die in the most aberrant way.

According to the prosecutor's office, elements of the investigation showed that the boy had suffered "in the last few days before his death" and that he had been abandoned by his parents.

One of the nurses, arriving with the paramedics in the service, said that the couple seemed oblivious to what had happened and that it did not manifest any kind of emotion.

However, Harris' lawyer argued that his client was not a monster. "The real monster in this case is depression and mental health," he justified. And he announced that they would present the observations of a psychologist and an expert in postpartum depression. By defining the sentence for the mother, the father of the child baby He has already received a life sentence.