Records outline why parents didn't get help for starving baby

SOLON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) —  A Kent County couple charged with felony murder and first-degree child abuse in the starvation death of their 10-month-old daughter didn't seek medical help partly for religious reasons, court records show.

Seth Welch and his wife, Tatania Fusari, both 27, are charged in Thursday's death of Mary Anne Welch, who was found dead in their home on Algoma Avenue NE in Solon Township. They were to be arraigned Monday in 63rd District Court.

An autopsy determined the baby died of malnutrition and dehydration.

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