(La Porte, IN) - Additional charges have been filed against a La Porte County woman in connection with the child abuse death of her son. Two more counts of child neglect and a new charge of domestic battery have been leveled against Mary Yoder.
Yoder was charged in October 2021 for failing to report the abuse that led to her four year old son dying. Yoder claims she was afraid of being harmed if she went to the police. Authorities say the additional charges resulted from newly discovered evidence in the case.
The boy’s father, Alan Morgan, pleaded guilty to 
murder in September in exchange for an agreement that prosecutors would not seek a life sentence. He allegedly sent his son to the basement as punishment for not being potty trained several times a week.
Authorities said the boy endured countless forms of abuse before allowed to come back up with the rest of his family at a home in the 3100 block of East 875 South.
Morgan is scheduled for sentencing in La Porte Circuit Court on the 29th of this month. He faces an up to 65 year sentence.
