The mother of a homicide suspect, also charged in relation to the crime, was denied a bail reduction in Butler County Court on Monday.

Kristen Lee Herold, 43, of Wexford, attempted to have her bail reduced to allow her to be released from the Butler County Prison, where she has been held since her arrest on March 22.

Butler County Judge Timothy McCune denied the request after Herold testified regarding medical issues, employment and her living situation.

Herold's attorney, Al Lindsay, argued that her bail should be comparable to the co-defendant in the case, Mackenzie Peters, who is the mother of 4-year-old Bentley Thomas Miller. Bentley died of injuries suffered in the March 21 incident, resulting in police charging Herold's son, Keith Jordan Lambing, with homicide in regard's to the child's death.

Peters was also charged in relation to the case, with two felony counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and was released on $25,000 unsecured bail.

Herold testified that she has steady employment as a server at Texas Roadhouse in Butler, that she suffers from anemia and uterine cancer for which she is receiving no treatment in the county jail, helps her mother who suffers from her own medical ailments and would be staying at her mother's home while the case against her son continues.

“My whole family, everyone is here,” she said. “Plus my son, I can't leave him and I won't leave him.”

A full report will appear in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.