Minn. man accused of killing toddler with bat
WHEATON, Minn. – A court official says a man accused of killing a 14-month-old girl with a baseball bat during an attack in a western Minnesota church will be charged with two counts of second-degree murder.
Traverse County District Court deputy administrator Cindy Blasing says prosecutors also plan to charge David Collins on Tuesday with two counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of second-degree assault. She says another man, Darryl Kennedy, will be charged with second-degree assault.
Prosecutors say Collins attacked the girl's father, Claude Hankins, with a bat on Thursday at a church in Wheaton, which is on Minnesota's border with the Dakotas. Kennedy was armed with a 2-by-4.
Collins' wife has said her husband didn't see the baby when he swung the bat.
Comments:
Gah that just breaks my heart. It's sad to see people focusing on their own fears and insecurities instead of this. That just tears my heart into pieces.
"I didn't see the baby" Yeah, that's a GREAT excuse. Hope he gets what he deserves in jail. They don't like baby killers there.
This is heartbreaking and sickening. Someone who takes the life of an innocenct child deserves life, period.A friend of mine's two year old son was killed by his mothers boyfriend back in 2006.....the man got FIVE YEARS MAX...he gets out in 2011.
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Sad....Apparently no one obviously cares that a BABY died a horrific death.
That's right! Bashing the President of our Nation is more important.
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