Prosecutor: Baby found dead in shoebox; couple charged

NEWARK – Authorities in Licking County say an Ohio woman and her boyfriend accused in the death of a baby found in a shoebox inside a trash bag have been indicted on charges including involuntary manslaughter.

Twenty-one-year-old Kalina Gillum and 25-year-old Braden Mull are accused of inducing a late-term delivery resulting in the death of Gillum’s fetus.

The Advocate in Newark reports a Licking County prosecutor says Gillum was between 28 and 29 weeks pregnant.

The prosecutor says the couple didn’t seek medical attention for the boy, who didn’t survive.

The indictment against Gillum and Mull was unsealed Monday.

Court records don’t show attorneys for them.