A West Virginia
woman accused of deliberately making her 9-year-old son sick by contaminating
his IV at a Cincinnati
hospital is being sought on an arrest warrant after she missed a court hearing.
A Hamilton
County court official says 35-year-old Candida Fluty (kan-DEE'-dah FLOO'-tee)
of Kermit, West Virginia , was scheduled for a
hearing Thursday in Cincinnati .
She is charged with felonious assault and child endangering.
The judge says he will withdraw the warrant
if Fluty attends a hearing now set for Friday. A court official says the
defense attorney indicated Fluty apparently was attending another court hearing
in West Virginia
on Thursday.
Authorities say fecal matter put in the boy's
IV while he was in a Cincinnati
hospital caused his fever to spike.