EDWARDSVILLE - Madison County State's Attorney Thomas Gibbons announced that Alton's Kaitlyn M. Lochmann, 29, has been charged with a pair of counts of Endangering the Life of a Child.
On Nov. 13, 2018, in the 800 block of Herbert in Alton, court records show that Lochmann was allegedly intoxicated when she allowed the life of her child, R.L., 5 and a half months old, to be placed in circumstances that endangered his life or health.
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"The said defendant was intoxicated while caring for R.L. and placed R.L. in a position that caused his suffocation and death, in violation of 720 ILCS 5/12C-5(a)(2)," the state's attorney's office the first charge read.
The second count of Endangering the Life of a Child read the same and also said the defendant - Lochmann - had been previously convicted of Child Abuse (Class 6 Felony) in Yavapai Country, Arizona.
The Alton Police Department investigated the case.
