Young is facing charges of murder, felony endangering children and involuntary manslaughter. Kinner, his girlfriend and Kinsley’s mother, was indicted for involuntary manslaughter, permitting child abuse and endangering children, according to the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office.
Kinner’s first name is spelled Rebekah on the indictment, which Butler County Sheriff’s Office officials say is correct. She was previously arrested and booked into the jail with the spelling Rebecca.
Young and Kinner were arrested Dec. 2 after the life squad and sheriff’s deputies we’re called to their Radabaugh Road home and found the toddler unresponsive and not breathing.
According to court documents, Kinner told detectives she saw Young shake and punch Kinsley several times on Dec. 1. Because Kinner allegedly did nothing to stop the assault, she was also charged in connection with the beating death, according to sheriff’s office detectives.
The involuntary manslaughter charge, a first-degree felony, against Kinner states: “Rebekah Kinner did cause the death of another as a proximate result of the offender’s committing or attempting to commit a felony.” Endangering children is a third-degree felony and permitting child abuse a first-degree felony.
First-degree felonies carry a prison sentence of 3 to 11 years and the third-degree felony, 1 to 5 years in prison.
The murder charge Young is facing is an unclassified felony that carries a mandatory sentence of 15 years to life.
“These defendants have not been overcharged, they have been appropriately charged,” Butler County Prosecutor Michael Gmoser said, declining further comment.
Frank Schiavone IV, one of Young’s defense attorneys, declined comment Thursday on the indictments. He told the Journal-News last week that the defense team is “investigating other people who might be responsible” for the child’s fatal injuries.
Kinner will receive a court-appointed attorney after telling the judge at her arraignment that she is indigent.
The pair appeared in Middletown Municipal Court on Dec. 4 where they wore bullet proof vests in a packed courtroom. At the arraignment, Judge Mark Wall ordered Young and Kinner be held in the Butler County Jail without bond. They were scheduled to be back in that courtroom Thursday for a preliminary hearing, but because the case was presented directly to the grand jury, that hearing was cancelled.
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