New charges against custodial dad accused of leaving dead baby daughter in crib for weeks (Medina, Ohio)

Notice how the media is now "forgetting" to mention that this father who was allegedly and insane cokehead living in a motel was granted sole custody of two kids. Why don't we ever hear about that?

Dad is identified as ERIC WARFEL. We've posted on him before.

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/09/new_charges_filed_against_medi.html

New charges filed against Medina father accused of leaving dead baby daughter in crib for weeks

Northeast Ohio Media Group
By Cory Shaffer on September 13, 2015 at 11:14 AM, updated September 13, 2015 at 11:57 AM

MEDINA, Ohio -- A Medina father accused of leaving his dead baby daughter in a crib for a month is facing additional charges.

A Medina County grand jury on Wednesday handed up a four-count indictment charging Eric Warfel, 35, with child endangering and possession of cocaine charges, according to court documents.

The new charges were added to the gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence charges that Warfel already faced after a cable company employee discovered 1-year-old Ember's body in a crib in Warfel's apartment in the Forest Meadows complex July 29.

Warfel remains jailed on $1 million bond after he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence charges.

The child's death remains under investigation, according to the Medina County Coroner's Office.

The new charges allege that on June 18, the day investigators estimate that Ember died, as well as on July 26-28, Warfel endangered a 7-year-old child whose name was redacted.

Warfel's father wrote in a letter asking Judge Christopher Collier to reduce his $1 million bond that Warfel's 7-year-old daughter "means everything to him."

The 7 year old has been in the custody of other family members since Warfel's arrest, officials said.

The new indictment also alleges Warfel possessed an unspecified amount of cocaine on July 28 and 29.

Detectives said in late July that they found what they suspected was cocaine in a room at a Middleburg Heights motel where Warfel had been staying in the days leading up to the discovery of the child's body.

Warfel's case is set to go to trial in November.