Joseph Stapf, 31, was originally charged with child endangerment and witness tampering in connection with Elijah Lewis' disappearance in Merrimack, New Hampshire. He also plans to plead guilty to second-degree assault, falsifying physical evidence, and witness tampering, according to a plea notice filed Friday in court.
Elijah Lewis, the missing 5-year-old New Hampshire boy found dead in Massachusetts last month, died from “violence and neglect,” officials said Monday.