Boone County Mother Awaiting Trial

Police in Boone County are reviewing medical records involving 22 year old Rachel Nelson of Costa. Nelson  is accused of trying to suffocate her 4 month old son at least 15 times at home and at hospitals in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. A judge in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania found probable cause Wednesday to move the case to trial. Nelson has been held under evaluation at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh since last month. Police say Nelson tried to suffocate her son at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Children's Hospital on October 20th. She was charged in October with felony aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment of another person. She is being held in Allegheny County Jail in lieu of a $100,000 bail.