Perryville couple's manslaughter, endangerment trial moved
(12/17/05)
The manslaughter and child endangerment trial of Michael and Emily Altom of Perry County will be held in Rolla, Circuit Judge William Syler ruled Friday. The Altoms are charged with voluntary manslaughter for the death of Ethan Patrick Williams, Emily Altom's son and Michael Altom's stepson. They were arraigned Friday before Syler and entered not guilty pleas, defense attorney Allen Moss said...
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Ethan Williams death
Two other children in the Altom home remain in foster care
(12/03/05) The two surviving children from the home of Michael and Emily Altom are in foster care as their parents fight criminal charges in the death of their son. Holton Williams, 6, and Dorian Altom, 2, were removed from their parents' care Aug. 2, after Missouri Children's Division investigator Donna Kuntze Bullard and law enforcement officers saw the living conditions in their home...
Altoms to face trial
(12/03/05) PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- When Dr. Ann DiMaio-Ricci looked at 4-year-old Ethan Patrick Williams soon after his arrival at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, she had a single thought: This child was going to die. "Clearly, here was a child in septic shock," DiMaio-Ricci testified Friday in the preliminary hearing on felony neglect charges against Ethan's mother and stepfather...
Filth found year before Perry Co. boy's death
(10/03/05) Editor's note: Ethan Patrick Williams, 4, died Aug. 25 from an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection. Since his death, his mother, Emily Altom, and stepfather, Michael Altom, have been charged with manslaughter and child endangerment. The Southeast Missourian obtained Ethan's case file from the Department of Social Services under the Sunshine Law. Unless otherwise attributed, the information presented in this story is from that file...
Doctors fought to save Perry County boy
(10/02/05) Editor's note: Ethan Patrick Williams, 4, died Aug. 25 from an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection. Since his death his mother, Emily Altom, and stepfather, Michael Altom, have been charged with manslaughter and child endangerment. The Southeast Missourian obtained Ethan's case file, including medical records, from the Department of Social Services under the Sunshine Law. Unless otherwise attributed, the information presented in this story is from that file...
Prosecution lining up witnesses in death of Perry County boy
(09/28/05) PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- At least a half-dozen witnesses will testify when Emily and Michael Altom go before a judge on charges they medically neglected their son, Perry County prosecutor Tom Hoeh said Tuesday. Four-year-old Ethan Patrick Williams died Aug. 25 of complications related to a severe bacterial infection. Emily Altom, the boy's mother, and Michael Altom, the boy's stepfather, are charged with voluntary manslaughter in his death...
Infections led to boy's death, says examiner
(09/23/05) Ethan Patrick Williams died of massive bacterial poisoning from a severe infection of the bones and muscles in his right leg and hip, the doctor who performed his autopsy said Thursday. Williams, 4, died Aug. 25 at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. ...
Attorney: Couple not responsible for son's death
(09/22/05) Michael and Emily Altom's attorney says probable cause narrative left out important details. Michael and Emily Altom, accused of voluntary manslaughter in the death of 4-year-old Ethan Patrick Williams, posted bond Wednesday and were released from the Perry County Jail...
Papers: Boy laid in own waste
(09/21/05) Court documents describe filthy house and parents who chose to medicate themselves, but not their children. A 4-year-old boy, whose skin had turned a "modeling clay gray color," laid feverish on a couch stained with his own waste. His stepfather, hours earlier, sought medical attention for an infected finger...
Perry County parents face manslaughter
(09/20/05) The mother and stepfather of a Perry County boy who died at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital were charged Monday with voluntary manslaughter. Michael D. Altom, 25, and Emily A. Altom, 25, also face three felony child endangerment charges, according to warrants filed in Perry County associate circuit court...
Autopsy results of Perry County boy will take several weeks
(08/27/05) Autopsy results on a Perry County boy who died in a St. Louis hospital won't be ready for several weeks, a medical investigator said Friday. Ethan Patrick Williams, 4, of rural Perry County, died early Thurdsay morning at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, said Rose Psara, chief investigator with the city of St. Louis medical examiner's office...
Perry County boy, 4, dies of staph infection
(08/26/05)
A 4-year-old Perry County boy died Thursday in St. Louis of an untreatable staph infection, the fiancee of the boy's father said. The St. Louis Medical Examiner's office will conduct an autopsy on Ethan Patrick Williams, Perry County Coroner Herb Miller said... |