The Stephans treated their son with herbal remedies and called an ambulance when he stopped breathing. Two weeks before he was rushed to hospital, the toddler’s condition had worsened to the point that they discussed whether they should take him to a hospital, Stephan said. Then he stopped breathing. He became very tired right before he stopped breathing.” Stephan called 911, but when Ezekiel started breathing again, the father declined an ambulance. “We were dumbfounded.” Defence lawyer Jason Demers said in a brief opening statement that the Stephans didn’t do anything wrong.

Source: thestar June 24, 2019 17:48 UTC