Mother Faces Charges in 5-Year-Old's Fatal Fall from Downtown Apartment

Corrinne O’Connor, the mother charged in the death of her 5-year-old son who fell from a 17th-floor apartment window in downtown Kansas City, appeared in court for a bond-review hearing. The case was continued because her public defender was not present, and a new hearing has been scheduled for February 13. O’Connor, who is being held on a $100,000 bond, is barred from having contact with witnesses and returning to the apartment complex. The window’s safety features had been tampered with before the child's death, and the apartment was found to have squalid conditions in successful eviction proceedings.