Schuylkill County District Attorney Christine A. Holman wants to add a crossbow found in the home of a Mahanoy City woman accused of smothering her toddler granddaughter last year to the deadly weapons the woman was barred from having.

But President Judge William E. Baldwin said Wednesday he would wait to rule on the request until defense attorney Kent D. Watkins could review the evidence, in this case, some scene photos.Pietrina C. Hoffman, 53, lived at 519 W. Centre St. when her 15-month-old granddaughter, Nevaeh Doyle, died on Jan. 10, 2016.In addition to third-degree murder, Hoffman faces charges of aggravated assault, persons not to possess or use firearms, endangering the welfare of children, endangering the welfare of children and two counts of recklessly endangering another person, prohibited offensive weapons and possession of drug paraphernalia.She is in Schuylkill County prison without bail.Her trial is about three weeks away, Baldwin said as he asked Holman why she waited so long to amend the criminal complaint to include the crossbow.Holman said that it was only recently that she spotted the weapon among the 400 photos.A .22 rifle is already listed. Police also found a sword, but Holman said that was a decorative piece.Baldwin asked Holman what evidence she had that the crossbow was Hoffman's."It was in her home," Holman told Baldwin.She said the crossbow was "in close proximity to the rifle.""You've got to do more than just show it was in the house," Baldwin said.He pointed out there was also a man living in the home at the time.Hoffman is barred from having deadly weapons because of a previous felony conviction for armed robbery.According to court documents, emergency medical crews found Nevaeh dead at 2:20 p.m. Jan. 10 when they arrived in response to a report of pediatric cardiac arrest.Nevaeh, partially covered with a blanket, was lying on her back on the floor. She appeared to have died hours earlier.Mahanoy City police officer Thomas Rentschler interviewed Hoffman, who told him she woke at about 2 a.m. to use the bathroom, and returned to a sofa where she had been sleeping with a 2-year-old.Nevaeh was asleep on the floor because she wouldn't sleep in her portable crib.Hoffman told Rentschler that when she woke 12 hours later, at 2 p.m., Nevaeh hadn't moved. She called her husband, and then called 911.Hoffman subsequently gave police varying versions of what had happened, at one point saying she had taken a sleep aid and may have stepped on Nevaeh.After police arrived, the 2-year-old was given to Schuylkill County Children and Youth Services. The agency arranged for a medical evaluation of the child, which revealed she was in the early stages of starvation.An autopsy determined that Nevaeh died due to asphyxia by smothering.In addition to the rifle, police searching Hoffman's house found ammunition, a device for ingesting marijuana and other drugs, and several bottles of medications among other things.