Stephans wants cash and charges dropped in meningitis death of their son
LETHBRIDGE — An Alberta couple facing a second trial in the meningitis death of their son is expected to argue today that all charges should be dropped and that the court award them millions to cover their legal bills.
A jury found David Stephan and his wife, Collet, guilty in 2016 of failing to provide the necessaries of life to 19-month-old Ezekiel.
Their trial in Lethbridge, Alta., heard evidence that they treated the boy with natural remedies and smoothies made with garlic, onion and horseradish rather than take him to a doctor. Ezekiel had been ill for several days and at one point became so stiff he couldn’t sit in his car seat.
Once the boy stopped breathing, the Stephans eventually called 911 but he died in hospital in Calgary in 2012.