Trial Begins For Daycare Provider Charged With Killing Child
May 13, 2008 10:44 PM
BATTLE CREEK (Newschannel 3) - A former daycare operator from Springfield is on trial, accused drugging and killing a child in her care.
Ruthann Jarvis is charged with Second Degree Murder and Child Abuse.
Toxicology results show the child, 5-month-old Damien Lewis, died from taking a deadly dose of the sleeping pill Ambien last September.
A friend admits she gave Jarvis samples of the drug because she was having trouble sleeping, and that friend says after Damien died, Jarvis left her a voice mail, begging her not to tell police about the medicine.
The prosecution is expected to rest its case on Wednesday.
Stay with Newschannel 3 for more information as this case progresses.
