Overview
- Christopher Michael Cox, 48, is accused of felony negligent homicide and misdemeanor child endangerment in his 3-year-old grandson's death.
- Court documents say he failed to provide basic needs and necessary care for the child, who was immobile due to spina bifida.
- The boy was found deceased in an upstairs room of the Lima home described in filings as squalid and unsanitary.
- A Dillon physician confirmed the child had spina bifida, hydrocephalus, and club feet, and was only able to army crawl.
- The child's mother, Nicole Boyer, was earlier charged with deliberate homicide; both defendants are held on $500,000 bond, three other children were removed, and Cox faces up to 20 years if convicted.