A hearing in Adams County District Court for a woman accused of killing her 7-month-old son and discarding his body in a trash bin had been continued to January.
Sharrieckia Page, 23, is charged with first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death in the death of her son, Torrey Brown Jr.
She entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity last month.
Torrey may have been smothered to death, according to . The document suggests that Page placed Torrey’s body in a book bag before throwing the bag in a trash bin.
After a 53-day search, authorities near E-470 and Hampden on June 1. Investigators used DNA to confirm that the remains were Torrey.
About 500 people from 26 agencies sifted through 9,900 tons of garbage to find Torrey.
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