The Latest on a South Carolina mother charged with killing her infant by putting him in the refrigerator (all times local): 
 
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 2:40 p.m. 
 
 Bond has been denied for a mother charged with killing her infant son by putting him in the refrigerator for several hours. 
 
 A magistrate judge made that determination during a brief hearing Tuesday for 27-year-old Angela Blackwell. She is charged with homicide by child abuse, and it will be up to a circuit court judge to determine if she can be released from jail on bond. 
 
 Blackwell appeared in court with a public defender. Her next court date is Nov. 10. 
 
 Blackwell was arrested Monday. Deputies say she was at her home February 27 when she put her 4-day-old son in the refrigerator and shut the door. After three hours, she took him out and sought medical attention. 
 
 Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker says William David Blackwell died from hypothermia and asphyxiation. 
 
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 1 p.m. 
 
 The father of an infant who died after being refrigerated for several hours has a lengthy arrest record. 
 
 Records show 35-year-old Jeffery Paul Lewis has convictions in South Carolina dating back to 2005 arrests for petit larceny and shoplifting. Corrections Department officials say Lewis also served more than two years in prison after another petit larceny conviction and subsequent probation violation. 
 
 There was no answer Tuesday at phone numbers listed for Lewis, who isn't charged in the death of his newborn son. Authorities say four-day-old William David Blackwell died in February after his mother put him in the refrigerator for several hours. 
 
 Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker says the baby died from hypothermia with asphyxiation from being placed in the cold. 
 
 Twenty-seven-year-old Angela Blackwell was expected to have a bond hearing Tuesday on a charge of homicide by child abuse. It wasn't known if she had an attorney. 
 
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 10:30 a.m. 
 
 A bond hearing has been scheduled for a South Carolina mother charged with killing her infant son by putting him in the refrigerator for several hours. 
 
 Chief Deputy Robert Sprouse says 27-year-old Angela Blackwell was expected to have a bond hearing at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Chester County jail. 
 
 Blackwell was arrested Monday on a charge of homicide by child abuse. Deputies say she was at her home February 27 when she put her 4-day-old son in the refrigerator and shut the door. After three hours, she took him out and sought medical attention. 
 
 Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker says William David Blackwell died from hypothermia with asphyxiation from being placed in the cold. 
 
 Sprouse said he didn't know if Blackwell had an attorney. 
 
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 10 a.m. 
 
 A South Carolina mother is charged with killing her infant son by putting him in the refrigerator for several hours. 
 
 Authorities say 27-year-old Angela Blackwell was arrested Monday on a charge of homicide by child abuse. 
 
 Deputies say Blackwell was at her home on February 27 when she put her 4-day-old son in the refrigerator and shut the door. After three hours, she took him out and sought medical attention. 
 
 Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker says William David Blackwell died from hypothermia with asphyxiation from being placed in the cold. 
 
 Chief Deputy Robert Sprouse said he didn't know when Blackwell would be in court or if she had an attorney. State Law Enforcement Division spokesman Thom Berry says the agency's special unit on child deaths has worked on the case. 
 
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 CHESTER, S.C. - Angela Renee Blackwell walked into court Tuesday with her hands cuffed in front of her. She barely spoke above a whisper, facing a judge on a charge of homicide by child abuse. 
 
 Blackwell, 27, is accused of putting her four-day old son William in a refrigerator for three hours at her home on Rose Street on Feb 27. 
 
 Document: Warrant for Angela Blackwell 
 
 Deputies said she then removed him, and called for help. 
 
 According to the coroner, the infant died from hypothermia. He was pronounced dead at the hospital after doctors were not able to raise his body temperature quickly enough to save him. They had initially detected a faint heartbeat. 
 
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 Billy Lewis is the baby's grandfather. He became emotional when speaking to Channel 9, remembering holding his grandson just one time. 
 
 "I held him for two and a half hours. And I sang to him, and talked to him, and that was the only time I did," he said. 
 
 Family friend Tim Houston said when the child died, there were rumors in the neighborhood. 
 
 "There was lots of talk around town about what happened. All I knew was a baby had died," Houston said. “I feel for them. I feel for both of them." 
 
 
 
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 The child's father, Jeff Lewis, told Channel 9 that Blackwell didn't kill their son. 
 
 "She's innocent. She's a good mother," he said. 
 
 His father said the same thing. In fact, several family members said there were many people in the house that night in February. They believe another young child, who had autism, put the baby in the refrigerator. 
 
 "I think it’s all bull (expletive)" Lewis said. "She didn't hurt the child. She didn't do nothing to cause it to die." 
 
 The investigation was lengthy as deputies interviewed many people who were in the house, and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division officials also got involved in the case. Investigators also had to wait on results from medical tests. 
 
 Nearly six months later, Blackwell was charged. 
 
 Bond denied for Angela Blackwell. A magistrate cannot set bond on a murder charge. pic.twitter.com/4S4yvysl1V — Greg Suskin (@GSuskinWSOC9) August 23, 2016 
 
 "You just wouldn't think a mother would do that to a child," Houston said. 
 
 Family members also said Blackwell has a mental disability. Lewis said their older son, who is 2, was taken by the Department of Social Services after William's death. He's trying to get his son back now. 
 
 "That’s why I’m trying to clean up the yard and my house, to get my son. I want him home," Lewis said. 
 
 Calls to DSS from Channel 9 about the family's case were not returned on Tuesday. 
 
 Following the bond hearing, Channel 9 asked Blackwell's public defender, William Frick, about the family's claims that another child in the home was responsible and not Blackwell. 
 
 He said he was just given the case and had no information about that yet. 
 
 Blackwell faces 20 years to life in prison if she's convicted of homicide by child abuse. 
 
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 Angela Blackwell, of Chester, SC, is charged with homicide by child abuse after allegedly placing her four-day-old son in the refrigerator for three hours in February. In this Aug. 23, 2016 file video, a magistrate could not set bond due to the level of the charge, and Blackwell will go before a circuit court judge in November. ||||| Angela Blackwell, 27, is accused of killing her newborn son by putting him in a refrigerator, where she left him for hours, police say. 
 
 Blackwell was arrested Monday in Chester County, S.C., for the incident that authorities say happened in February, according to WBTV. Blackwell is facing felony murder/ homicide by child abuse charges. 
 
 Blackwell appeared in court Tuesday, where reports indicate she was denied bond. She faces 20 years to life if she’s convicted. 
 
 Here’s what you need to know about Blackwell: 
 
 1. Police Say Blackwell Put Her Son In A Refrigerator 
 
 Authorities say Blackwell was at her Rose Street home on Feb. 27, where she put the 4-day-old baby, William David Lewis, in the refrigerator, shut the door and left him there for several hours, according to the Associated Press. 
 
 Around 8:26 a.m., Blackwell sought medical attention for the child, according to WBTV. 
 
 This is the home on Rose street in Chester where deputies say Angela Blackwell put her infant in a refrigerator. pic.twitter.com/XdcaAktEJW — Greg Suskin (@GSuskinWSOC9) August 23, 2016 
 
 Deputies say they were called to Chester Regional Medical Center for an unresponsive child, according to WSCO. Staff there pronounced him dead. 
 
 2. The Infant Died Because of ‘Extreme Indifference to Human Life,’ Authorities Say 
 
 The warrant, WBTV reports, states the death of the 4-day-old child “occurred under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to human life.” 
 
 The Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker said the boy died from hypothermia with asphyxiation from being placed in the cold, according to the AP. 
 
 WSCO reports the coroner said it took six months to arrest Blackwell because of extensive interviews. 
 
 Authorities didn’t say why Blackwell put the child in the fridge in the first place. 
 
 3. Blackwell’s Supporters Say She Isn’t Guilty of Killing the Boy 
 
 Tweets by WCNC’s Savanna Levins and Fox46’s Yolian Ortiz indicate Blackwell’s family — the boy’s father and Blackwell’s father-in-law — believe she’s innocent. 
 
 The baby's father and grandfather say Angela Blackwell, accused of killing her baby by putting him in the fridge, is innocent. @wcnc — Savannah Levins (@LevinsReports) August 23, 2016 
 
 Blackwell's father-in-law says Angela is not guilty of putting her son in a fridge. pic.twitter.com/X0DRy9h8jw — Yolian Ortiz FOX46 (@YolianFOX46) August 23, 2016 
 
 “It’s hard. It’s very hard,” the baby’s grandfather, Billy Lewis, told The Herald. “…That’s a lie right there ‘cuz she didn’t do it. We don’t know who did, but she didn’t do it because she loves her kids too much.” 
 
 An online obituary doesn’t declare how the child died, but it names his surviving family, including mother Angela, father Jeffrey Lewis, his brother and grandparents. 
 
 The child’s 3-year-old brother was taken by South Carolina Social Services after the arrest, according to the Rocky Hill Herald. 
 
 4. Blackwell Was Recently Sued By a Loan Office, Records Show 
 
 Always Money, a loan and cash advance company throughout the South, sued Blackwell in April for more than $1,200. 
 
 Chester County Magistrate Yale Zamore ruled on June 7 against Blackwell to the tune of $1,312.80, records show. 
 
 The 4-day-old child’s father, Jeffrey Lewis, was previously charged with littering and violating animal control policies, records show. 
 
 5. Blackwell Was Denied Bond & Appeared With a Public Defender 
 
 Blackwell appeared in court Tuesday in front of a magistrate judge who cannot set a bond on a murder charge, a number of reports stated. 
 
 First appearance in front of magistrate quick for Chester mom Angela Blackwell, held w no bond,gets public defender, charged death of baby — Amy Cowman (@amywccb) August 23, 2016 
 
 Bond denied for Angela Blackwell. A magistrate cannot set bond on a murder charge. pic.twitter.com/4S4yvysl1V — Greg Suskin (@GSuskinWSOC9) August 23, 2016 
 
 According to Amy Cowman of WCCB, Blackwell had a public defender at the hearing and is being held without bond. Blackwell faces 20 years to life in prison, if she’s convicted.
– A 27-year-old South Carolina mother of a toddler has been accused of killing her 4-day-old newborn by putting him in the refrigerator for three hours, where he suffered hypothermia with asphyxiation, reports the Rock Hill Herald. After a lengthy investigation over the February incident, authorities arrested Angela Blackwell on Monday and charged her with homicide by child abuse for her "extreme indifference to human life." Her older son has been removed from her care, though the child's father, Jeff Lewis, contends that his common-law wife, who he says is mentally disabled, is not responsible. "She’s always good to the kids," adds Lewis' father, who got to hold his grandchild for a couple hours in the first days of baby William's short life. The magistrate was not allowed to set bond because Blackwell's charge carries a sentence of up to life in prison, so she remains in custody until a November bond hearing before a circuit court judge. Records show that Lewis, who is 35, has been convicted of shoplifting and larceny dating back to 2005 and spent more than two years in prison, reports ABC News. An image of Lewis with Blackwell in 2012 on Heavy.com shows him with several tattoos, including what appears to be a swastika on his forearm. "I think it’s all bull (expletive)," he tells WSOC. "She didn't do nothing to cause it to die." Multiple family members say there were many people in the house the night of the baby's death and that another young child with autism may have put William in the refrigerator. (These parents were allowed to visit their abused baby before she was taken off life support.)