Pair Too Drunk To Notice Baby's SIDS Death

A Pennsylvania couple will stand trial on child endangerment charges because state police said they were too drunk and high to notice their 2-month-old daughter was dying from sudden infant death syndrome.

Thirty-year-olds Jennifer Gaster and Daniel Martin II are accused of snorting cocaine and drinking alcohol the night before they found the baby's dead. Gaster had breast-fed the child in a recliner in the couple's home in Luzerne Township, about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh, and awoke June 6 with the baby unresponsive.

A defense attorney said tests will show the child didn't have drugs or alcohol in her system, meaning Gaster wasn't intoxicated.

Witnesses at a preliminary hearing Monday said the couple drank heavily and used cocaine.