SALEM – The criminal case against Kristen A. LaBrie, the Salem mother accused of failing to provide chemotherapy for her cancer-stricken son, will go on trial in November.LaBrie, 38, is charged with attempted murder, child endangerment and two counts of assault and battery.Her autistic son, Jeremy Robert Andre Fraser, suffered from lymphoma, which later turned into an aggressive form of leukemia.Fraser was diagnosed in 2006 with the curable form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, went into remission after receiving chemotherapy treatment and the prognosis was good as long as he continued taking the medications and chemotherapy prescribed at Massachusetts General Hospital.Prosecutors say that LaBrie, as his caretaker, failed to give the boy the medications prescribed to keep his cancer in remission, from Oct. 16, 2006 to March 25, 2008.She also is accused of failing to bring her son to at least a dozen medical appointments and engaged in conduct that created substantial risk or serious injury to her son.The cancer returned in the form of an aggressive leukemia as a result of the missed medications, Assistant District Attorney Kate B. MacDougall said.Fraser died a year later, after a three-year battle, at the age of 9, on March 30, 2009 at the Kaplan Family Hospice Hospital in Danvers.MacDougall and defense lawyer Kevin G. James reported Tuesday to Judge Timothy Q. Feeley that they were prepared to set a trial date in November in Salem Superior Court.Feeley scheduled Nov. 15 for the trial, with the final pre-trial Oct. 14.Earlier this month Feeley rejected a preliminary trial motion in which James tried to suppress statements made by LaBrie to child welfare investigators.Fraser was born in Salem and raised in Saugus. He was the son of Eric Fraser, 38, of 3 Evans Road, Saugus, who died last year from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Malden on Oct. 25. Fraser was not part of his son’s life as his illness progressed, but lived with him during his final days.LaBrie had pleaded innocent to all the charges. She faces up to 40 years in state prison, if convicted as charged.She currently remains free on $15,000 cash bail.
