PAINESVILLE, Ohio — A Wickliffe woman appeared in the Lake County Court of Common Pleas Tuesday following her arrest last week in connection to the 2023 death of her 2-month-old son.
Krystal Krause, 41, was indicted April 7 by a grand jury on two felony counts: reckless homicide and child endangerment. She was taken into custody a day later.
The incident at the center of the case took place on Nov. 15, 2023, when Wickliffe police were called to a home on Ridge Road for reports of an unresponsive child. According to police, officers found a 2-month-old boy, who was later pronounced dead. They told 3News Krause was the child’s biological mother, though the exact circumstances and cause of the baby’s death have not been released…