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A mother charged with manslaughter in the death of her 18-month-old son has been released from custody.
Chelsea Rae Whitby, 24, made her first appearance in Regina Provincial Court on Thursday morning and was granted bail.
She exited the back of the courthouse on Smith Street, covering her face with a hoodie to hide her face from the media and carrying what appeared to be a bag of personal items.
Whitby was met by a female who held up another hooded sweatshirt to hide Whitby while she climbed into a white truck. The truck then sped down the gravel lane behind the courthouse towards 12th Avenue.
Chelsea Rae Whitby is escorted to a truck, covered with two sweatshirts to hide her appearance from the media, on Aug. 6, 2020. (Libby Giesbrecht/980 CJME)
Whitby’s next court appearance is set for Sept. 15.
“We do want to maintain our client’s position — which she has maintained from the beginning — that she is not responsible for the death of her child,” defence attorney Darren Kraushaar told reporters after Whitby’s appearance Thursday.
According to the Regina Police Service, Whitby was arrested Tuesday morning in southern Manitoba.
On June 10 at around 10:15 a.m., police and other first responders were sent to investigate a report of an injured child. The child was in a home in the 3200 block of Arens Road near Prince of Wales Drive.
The boy was taken to hospital, where he later was pronounced dead.
The Saskatchewan Coroners Service and RPS opened an investigation into the death. On July 15, police deemed the incident was Regina’s eighth homicide of 2020.
