Mother Charged With Death of 5-Year-Old AJ Freund Gives Birth in Prison

Mother Charged With Death of 5-Year-Old AJ Freund Gives Birth in Prison
Andrew Freund Jr., 5, was reported missing in Crystal Lake, Ill. on April 18, 2019. Crystal Lake Police Department
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The mother who was charged in the death of her 5-year-old son, A.J. Freund, has given birth while behind bars, according to reports.

JoAnn Cunningham, 36, has been charged with first-degree murder in the boy’s death. A.J. Freund’s plastic-wrapped body was found on April 24 in a rural area of Woodstock, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago, and about 10 minutes away from his family home, approximately a week after the 5-year-old was reported missing.