CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — A man and a woman from Missouri have been charged in the Christmas Eve death of a toddler.
Christopher Robert Wilson, 46, and Avery Nicole Young, 22, were arrested Tuesday on warrants charging them with second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child, according to online court documents.
Police have said that medics called around 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 24 to a home in Chillicothe found a 2-year-old child unresponsive. The toddler was rushed to a hospital and later pronounced dead. Authorities have not released the name of the child or given the child’s cause of death.
Police have not said how Wilson and Young are related to the child.