Parents of toddler killed by dehydration plead to murder

WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — The parents of 19-month-old child who was deprived water and food for days will go to prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.

Andrea Todd and Alexander Birkenmeyer appeared in Kent County Circuit Court where they each accepted plea deals that will significantly reduce the sentences they could have received if convicted by a jury.

The child, Yurik Birkenmeyer was found dead in his crib March 16 at his family’s home in the on Longstreet Avenue north of 28th Street SW in Wyoming.

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