GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon couple involved in online pornography has been arraigned on murder by abuse charges alleging they let their baby starve to death.
Authorities say 26-year-old Stephen Michael Williams Jr. and 21-year-old Amanda Marie Hancock were ordered held without bail when they appeared in court in Roseburg on Wednesday.
Deputy District Attorney Shannon Sullivan says Judge Stephen Tiktin authorized a court-appointed attorney, but the public defender's office has not named the attorney yet.
A district attorney's statement says the couple showed extreme indifference to human life by causing the death of 7-week-old Data Toria Hancock through neglect and maltreatment by failing to provide adequate food and medical care.
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