"Discovery is necessary for—as the Fourth Circuit contemplated—the parties to be able to introduce further evidence, and for the Court to have an adequate record."
The defendant told responding officers the couple had been arguing because he was inside the bedroom with the door locked and that his wife was repeatedly banging on the door.
Investigators say the woman secured "the child and his car seat in the backseat of her vehicle" and had plans to drop the boy off at daycare "but she did not."
The woman also told investigators her ex-boyfriend previously threatened to stab her with a kitchen knife and kill her friends, according to law enforcement.
"The Petitioner had been ordered to leave and was ready to leave," the order reads. "Petitioner was kept in custody after June 11. Due process requires more, and plainly so."
The child suffered from a rare condition known as Refeeding Syndrome – a condition where food is reintroduced to a person previously deprived of nutrients, police said.