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Involuntary Manslaughter Charges Filed In Death Of 8-Month-Old Child

Second-degree involuntary manslaughter charges were filed Friday against Elena M. Fuller in the death of 8-month-old Annabelle G. Sultzer.
The child died in the early morning hours of April 1, 2020, at a residence on Valley View Road north of Bloomsdale.
According to the probable cause affadavit based on three interviews, Fuller had taken the baby from a bassinet around 2 a.m. to feed her a bottle and fell asleep holding her.
Fuller; the baby’s mother, Magon Roth; another adult, Kristopher Etchason; and two other children were in the home that night.
(Information from charging documents, probable cause statement.)

See complete story in the April 8 edition of the Herald.