The family of 15-year-old Pleasure Ridge Park High player Max Gilpin attended the hearing but did not speak to reporters. Gilpin collapsed Aug. 20 while running sprints and died three days later at a hospital.
A grand jury Thursday indicted Stinson in the sophomore's death.
Gilpin's death was one of six heat-related deaths in high school and college athletics in 2008. But the criminal charge against Stinson appears to be unprecedented.
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