The mother of a baby whose body was found in Columbia five years ago will stand trial next month.
Lavosha Daniels, of St. Louis, is charged with first-degree child endangerment and abandonment of a corpse. Yesterday, a jury trial was scheduled for November 20. A pre-trial conference hearing is scheduled for November 4.
According to court records, the baby’s father, Staffone Fountain, of St. Joseph, murdered his fourth-month old daughter in 2017 at a Columbia motel. Fountain allegedly placed the baby’s body in a backpack and hid it inside a tire at a Columbia tire shop. It was two years before the baby’s remains were found, and another three years before she was identified…