Charges against dead toddler's stepsister dropped
Charges against Jasmine Bushie, 22, the stepsister of a toddler who died in 2014, have been dropped.
Bushie had been accused of manslaughter and failing to provide the necessaries of life in connection with Kierra Elektra Star Williams's death.
Both charges were stayed on Monday. The Crown has the option of re-laying them within the next year.
The 22-year-old's stepfather, Daniel Williams, continues to face charges of manslaughter and failing to provide the necessaries of life, and her mother, Vanessa Bushie, continues to face charges of second-degree murder and failing to provide the necessaries of life.
Their 21-month-old, who was at some time in the care of CFS, died in July 2014, shortly after being taken to hospital in Hodgson, Man., just south of Peguis First Nation, where the family lived.
Kierra was in medical distress when she was taken to Percy E. Moore Hospital.
A statement the province issued after her death described it as "shocking."
No cause of death has yet been released.
