Dad who received video of lifeless son is headed to trial
PITTSBURGH — A man accused of not calling 911 when the mother of his toddler son sent him videos of the boy’s lifeless body during hours’ worth of angry text messages is headed to trial on child endangerment charges.
Andre Price Jr., 24, of McKeesport, waived a preliminary hearing Monday.
Defence attorney James Sheets said Price is still mourning the death of his 17-month-old son, Andre III. Sheets told The Associated Press that the boy’s mother, Christian Clark, had made similar, but empty, threats before to kill the boy and the couple’s 2-year-old daughter, Angel.
“This is the little boy who cried wolf,” Sheets said, referring to Clark. “On any number of occasions Miss Clark had threatened the life of his children, and he had family members or friends check on them and they were fine.”