POSTED: 4:55 pm EDT June 15, 2007
UPDATED: 6:49 pm EDT June 15, 2007
Court documents released Friday show a toddler found slain was placed in his father's custody in April after the boy's mother was convicted of permitting drug abuse and child endangerment.
The boy's father, Fred Roman, was arrested and charged with murder on Thursday accused of killing 16-month-old Jacob Fleischer by blunt force trauma to the head.
In April, police raided a handful of homes in Toronto. One of the people arrested on drug charges was Channe Fleischer, the boy's mother.
Fleischer was later convicted of permitting drug abuse and child endangerment.
She is currently on probation and was offered to check into a rehabilitation program, but officials said she never did. Police said for that reason, the boy was staying with Roman.
Both parents were scheduled to settle their custody agreements in July.
Roman remains in the Jefferson County Justice Center on $1 million bond.
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1 comment:
We've had a few of these child killing cases here recently. They are all connected with drugs. Scourge of the planet - I could kick anybody who says illicit drugs should be freely available to anyone who wants them. Heaven help us if that ever happens...
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