Philadelphia

Hearing Delay for Couple Charged in Boy's Torture, Death

A preliminary hearing has been postponed this week for a Philadelphia-area couple charged in the torture death of the woman's 3-year-old son.

Jillian Tait and Gary Lee Fellenbaum III are accused of shopping, napping and eating pizza as the boy lay dying in their mobile home.

Police say Scott McMillan was hung upside and whipped and beaten with a frying pan before his death last week. They say his 6-year-old brother was also abused.

Officials say the 33-year-old Fellenbaum and 31-year-old Tait had met while working at Wal-Mart and moved in together about a month earlier.

They say Fellenbaum's estranged wife and infant daughter also lived there. Amber Fellenbaum is also charged with failing to report the abuse.

No new date has been set for their preliminary hearing.

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