Missouri couple charged with starving their six-week-old baby to death after he died weighing a pound lesser than when he was born
Kanaan's parents, Phillip Thomas Leon Compton and Jessica Alice Cook, have been charged with abuse or neglect of a child resulting in death
A six-week-old baby was found weighing over a pound lesser than when he was born and starved to death, leading to the arrest of his parents.
According to court records, emergency medical services found little Kanaan Compton in a malnourished state when they responded to his home in Crystal City in February. Phillip Thomas Leon Compton, 31, and Jessica Alice Cook, 33, his parents, have now been charged with abuse or neglect of a child resulting in death, Daily Mail reports.
