DANVILLE, Ark. (AP) - A 21-year-old Arkansas woman has been arrested on allegations that she contributed to the November death of her 2-year-old child.
The Yell County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Thursday that Emily Michelle Markham of Rover was charged with permitting the abuse of a child resulting in serious physical injury or death.
Her son, Remington Rainey, was found unresponsive at a home in November and taken to a hospital where he died.
Markham’s boyfriend at the time, 20-year-old Chase Duane Mullins, was charged with first-degree murder and remains in custody. Last month he pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Markham posted bond and is no longer being held in the Yell County jail.
A phone listing for Markham could not be found and it’s not clear if she has an attorney to speak for her.
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