Feb. 28—WILKES-BARRE — The death certificate for 1-month old Avaya Jade Rasmus-Alberto list the cause of death as asphyxiation due to mechanical compression and the manner of death as accidental.

Despite the accidental death finding by a forensic pathologist, the infant’s mother, Natalee Michele Rasmus, 19, will face charges of third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and child ...