Accused Killer of Son Probed in Earlier Death

The father accused of starving his 19-month-old son to death and neglecting a dozen other children was investigated 12 years ago in the mysterious death of an infant daughter.

The cause of that child’s death was not determined, and charges were not filed against Winnfred Wright or the baby’s mother.

Wright later moved his family to a Marin County suburb, where the household group grew to four women and 13 children before one of the children died in November.

Among those present at the earlier death, according to a medical examiner’s report, was Carol Bremner, one of four women who appeared with Wright in court Wednesday on allegations of severe child neglect.