WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — A 22-year-old mother is facing life in prison for charges of murder and abuse of her 6-month-old son.
On Wednesday in Wyoming District Court, prosecutors said Lovily Johnson killed her son, Noah. But police said she didn’t use a weapon or her hands to kill the child — it was depraved indifference that killed him on July 19 in his home on McKee Avenue SW in Wyoming.
“This is a child who had no reason to die,” said Kent County Medical Examiner Dr. Stephen Cohle. “There is no reason this child would not have thrived, indeed, had he been given normal and ordinary care.”
During testimony, it was alleged Johnson left the child unattended in a car seat for days in a Wyoming apartment in July. Cohle said the baby was the victim of a continuous lack of care over days.
“This child had gone several days without a diaper change with a wet diaper in contact with the skin,” he said.
He also said the severe rash caused the baby to suffer even more severe dehydration.
“(Noah) should have been about 27 inches in length and he should have weighed about 17 pounds,” Cohle said. “His actual length was 24-and-a-half inches and he weighed 12 pounds.”
He said the only conclusion of the manner of death was homicide.
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