
(WPXI) – Prosecutors in Washington County said they’re going over 100,000 text messages sent between a couple in the months leading up to their baby’s death. Kylie Wilt Hollis and her husband Alan Hollis appeared for their preliminary hearing on Monday and listened as a detective read pages of graphic texts that they exchanged, often referring to Archer, their baby, by explicit names and showing anger that he wouldn’t stop crying. A detective testified that Kylie Wilt initially said her baby passed away from SIDS at six months old, but she changed her story multiple times. In one version of events, she said she didn’t see, feed or check on her baby for 7-10 days while Alan took care of him. And that she eventually found the baby dead in the swing, inside the only bathroom in the home where the baby slept. Another detective testified that Alan Hollis said he had asked Wilt where the baby was. Wilt had replied that she was pregnant, his questions stressed her out and said she was going to have a miscarriage. Alan told the detective that he found the baby dead in the swing, with blood coming out his nose. Coroner Tim Warco testified that the baby’s cause of death is still pending while a forensic anthropologist works on the case because the body was “extremely decomposed” — exposed to the elements and insects. Both defense attorneys tried to have the homicide charges dismissed because there is no cause of death yet, but the judge held all charges for court.