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A hearing was scheduled for Monday morning, but a scheduling conflict continued it until Tuesday. Friends and family of the 3-year-old victim, Hannah Wesche, were in attendance wearing bight blue “HannahStrong” T-shirts.
Stephens said during Tuesday’s hearing that “the trial is not going to be continued for any reason. It is going to happen.”
The trial is scheduled to last a week.
In December, defense attorney Chris Pagan requested the continuance because he said more time was needed to consult with experts about the timing of the toddler’s head injuries after the timeline had been narrowed by prosecution’s experts.
“This is a medical opinion case,” Pagan said at the hearing last year.
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Partin, who was the child’s babysitter, allegedly fatally assaulted Wesche after the girl exhibited toddler behavior, according to court documents filed by the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office.
The toddler suffered significant and severe bruising to her face, chest and neck on March 6, 2018, because Partin said Hannah “dumped ketchup in the toilet,” according to court documents filed by Butler County prosecutors.
Two days later, after Hannah’s father, Jason Wesche, dropped off his daughter, Partin recklessly abused the girl, resulting in traumatic brain injury, cervical spinal cord hemorrhage and optic nerve sheath hemorrhages, according to court documents.
Partin, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges, is free on $75,000 bond.
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