A mother and father from Boston are facing criminal charges in connection with the death of their five-week-old baby daughter, prosecutors announced Monday.
Raynell Reed, 31, and Gerard Winn, 52, of the city’s Dorchester neighborhood, were indicted Friday by a Suffolk County grand jury on a charge of manslaughter in the infant’s January 2025 death, according to Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden.
Reed prematurely gave birth to the girl at an apartment she shared with Winn on Dec. 5, 2024, nearly two months earlier than her expected due date, prosecutors said. She then allegedly failed to seek medical care for the infant as her health deteriorated…