Man to face court after he 'accidentally' kills four-year-old son by turning on farm's feed mixer without realizing the boy was inside
41-year-old Alvin F. Beiler reportedly told responding officers that he 'lost track of his son' and presumed the boy 'had gone inside the house'
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A Salisbury Township man will be facing court on charges stemming from his four-year-old son's tragic death. The 41-year-old, identified as Alvin F. Beiler, was scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Monday, November 5, after he killed his son when he turned on his farm's feed mixer without realizing that the boy was inside.
According to Penn Live, local authorities were dispatched to Beiler's dairy farm in the 500 block of Cambridge Road at around 8:42 p.m. on May 30. When they reached the location at around 9:15 p.m., they found the four-year-old submerged in the feed inside the mixer. A deputy coroner declared the child dead at the scene.