A Dorchester couple is facing manslaughter charges after their 5-week-old daughter died malnourished and with drugs in her system, weighing less than three pounds, prosecutors said.

Raynell Reed, 31, and Gerard Winn, 52, were indicted on one count of manslaughter each by a Suffolk County grand jury on Friday and arraigned in court Monday. Both pleaded not guilty.

“It’s difficult to conceive of something more tragic than a child being born and then ignored to the extent it leads to death by malnourishment and sheer neglect,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement.

Reed and Winn were the parents of a 5-week-old infant, who was born Dec. 5, 2024 and died a month later in January, according to the Suffolk County DA’s Office. The couple lived together on Cheney Str

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