Three people accused of failing to care for an infant who starved to death in Waterford had their cases sent to trial today.
The charges against the father and maternal grandfather of the victim, 7-month-old Nathan Rosier Jr., were ordered held for trial after a 75-minute preliminary hearing that ended about 12:20 p.m. before District Judge James Dwyer of Summit Township. The mother waived all the charges over to trial prior to the hearing.
Dwyer rejected the defense arguments that the father and grandfather were not legally responsible for the care of the baby.
All three defendants remain out of the Erie County Prison on bond. They are the mother, Crystal Peace, 19; the father, Nathan Rosier Sr., 21; and the maternal grandfather, Larry Peace, 56.
The charges against all three involve the death of Nathan Rosier Jr. and what police said was the poor health of the child's twin brother, Tyler Rosier, who survived and is in foster care.
Paramedics found Nathan Rosier Jr. dead in his crib of apparent malnutrition at a house on Harding Avenue on Oct. 13. The paramedics found Tyler in a bassinet, also in a state of what police said was severe malnourishment.
Nathan Rosier Sr. and Crystal Peace face a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the child's death, and two counts each -- one for each of the boys -- of endangering the welfare of children.
Larry Peace is charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of children, one count for each twin.
