Young is charged with murder, felony endangering children and involuntary manslaughter for allegedly shaking and punching 2-year-old Kinsley Kinner multiple times. The toddler died from injuries suffered from the beating, police said.
Rebekah Kinner, Kinsley’s mother, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, permitting child abuse and endangering children for allegedly doing nothing to stop her boyfriend from assaulting the child. The judge set Kinner’s bond at $500,000 this morning.
Spaeth ordered the 10 percent rule on bond would not apply.
Attorneys Frank Schiavone III and Frank Schiavone IV, representing Young, and court-appointed attorney Kyle Rapier, representing Kinner, entered not guilty pleas on behalf of their clients. The couple will be back in court for a pre-trial hearing on Jan. 21.
The courtroom this morning was full. Scott Senft, Kinsley’s father, and Karla Edwards, the child’s great-grandmother, were in the front row. Family members of Young and Kinner were also in the courtroom on the opposite side.
“We just want justice,” Edwards said after the hearing.
Senft wearing a sweatshirt with a child’s hand print on the front and a ball cap with “Justice for Kinsley” on the back, said he is looking forward to the birth of Kinner’s baby. Kinner is 32 weeks pregnant. Edwards told this newspaper last week that DNA testing would be needed to determine the father.
“I am fighting for custody of that other baby so something like this never happens again,” said Senft, who believes the unborn child is his. “I can guarantee that.”
Senft said he wants to name the baby boy Kingsley, in honor of Kinsley.
“I thought that would be a sweet little name,” he said, adding he was appreciative of everyone who attended Kinsley’s funeral and donated toys.
Kinner and Young were arrested Dec. 2 after the life squad and sheriff’s deputies were called to their Radabaugh Road home in Madison Twp., where they found the toddler unresponsive and not breathing.
According to court documents, Kinner told detectives she saw Young shake and punch Kinsley several times. The duo was indicted Thursday by a Butler County grand jury.
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.
All attorneys and the families of the defendants declined comment after the hearing.
The courtroom was full but not packed like last week’s initial court appearance for the couple in municipal court. Scott Senft, Kinsley’s father, and Karla Edwards, Kinsley’s great-grandmother, were in the front row. Family members of Young and Kinner were also in the courtroom on the opposite side.
“We just want justice,” Edwards said after the hearing.
Senft wearing a sweatshirt with a child’s hand print on the front and a ball cap with “Justice for Kinsley” on the back, said he is looking forward to the birth of Kinner’s baby.
“I am fighting for custody of that other baby,” Senft said. “So something like this never happens again. I can guarantee that.”
He said he wants to name the baby boy Kingsley, in honor of Kinsley.
“I thought that would be a sweet little name,” Senft said. He added he was appreciative of everyone who attended Kinsley’s funeral and donated toys.
Kinner and Young 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, Rebecca 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.
All attorneys and the families of the defendants declined comment after the hearing.
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