Authorities in Michigan arrested a 36-year-old mother in connection with the death of her 1-year-old son after she allegedly turned her thermostat up to 90 degrees and left him in his crib with a space heater pointed at him.
Deputies took Coralan Kaye-Elizabeth Peters into custody earlier this month and charged her with one count each of homicide by involuntary manslaughter and second-degree child abuse in the death of Enzo James Peters, court records show.
Police and emergency medical personnel responded to a 911 call from Peters’ home in the 1000 block of East Sixth Street at about 9:48 a.m. regarding a report of a deceased child, The Monroe News reported. Upon arriving at the address, first responders located the victim unresponsive and still inside his crib. The toddler was pronounced dead at the scene…