Ohio Husband and Wife have several children together, including Baby.
Husband and Wife divorce late last year.
Ohio Family Court awards Husband sole custody of Baby.
Over the summer, a cable TV installer goes to Husband’s home and discovers Baby’s decomposing body in a crib … in a room filled with malodorous trash … reportedly intended to mask the odor of the corpse.
It is believed that Baby died about a month earlier, but Husband never reported Baby’s death either to authorities or to family members.
Another baby of Husband’s and Wife’s also died, in 2013, of causes that were never precisely determined.
Husband has been charged with abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. Additional charges may be brought.
Husband has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, and is confined pending posting of a $1 million bond.
Read more in
- this Cleveland Plain Dealer news article: Medina father had full custody of toddler whose decomposing body was found in his home
- this People magazine news article: Ohio Dad Who Left Dead Toddler in Crib for a Month Pleads Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and
- this Cleveland ABC TV News 5 article: Eric Warfel: Dad who allegedly left decomposing baby in crib pleads not guilty by reason of insanity .
