Overview
- Investigators say a post-mortem found gel from diapers and drywall-like chips in two-year-old Erik Reichard’s colon.
- The coroner ruled his death the result of severe dehydration and severe malnourishment caused by neglect.
- Police reported feces on floors, ripped diapers, drywall debris and insects in the children’s rooms, with a potty left uncleaned for days.
- Officers noted Erik was extremely underweight at about six kilograms and covered in more than 40 sores or bug bites.
- Trevor Reichard-Hayes and Katherine Carter were arrested in Indiana on April 3 on murder and multiple neglect charges, and court dates are set for May 14 and May 28.