A 34-year-old mother suspected of killing her 6-month- old son Tuesday is being held at the Boulder County Jail on suicide watch and away from other inmates for her own safety, according to jail officials.
Stephanie Rochester of Superior was booked into the jail at 5:55 p.m. Tuesday, just hours after she and her husband brought their unresponsive infant son, Rylan Richard Rochester, to Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville, where he was pronounced dead. She is being held on $750,000 bail on suspicion of first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.
She is scheduled to appear in court today.
Detectives are investigating the case as a homicide. The Boulder County coroner’s office hasn’t ruled on a cause or manner of the infant’s death pending further laboratory tests and investigation.
Vanessa Miller, Daily Camera
