KYLER JONES -2yo- (2008) Joplin MO

Plea deal in death of two year old



Updated Tuesday May 10, 2011 at 3:00 PM CST: Byron Lang has accepted a plea deal. Lang has plead guilty in the 2008 death of two year old Kyler Jones. Lang has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Updated Tuesday May 10, 2011 at 12:05 PM CST: Jury selection is underway today in the murder trial of a Four State man charged in the death of a two-year-old boy.

Last month attorneys for Byron Lang, 21, rejected a plea deal that would have capped the possible prison sentence at 15 years.

Lang is charged with second degree murder in the death of Kyler Jones.

Kyler was in Lang's care in September 2008 when police say Lang took the boy to the emergency room.

Autopsy results show the toddler died from blunt force trauma.

Jury selection for the trial started this morning.

Updated Monday May 24, 2010 - 5:10 PM CST: Byron Lang is charged with second degree murder for the death of Kyler Jones, 2.

Kyler was in Lang's care in September 2008 when police say Lang took the boy to the emergency room.

Autopsy results show the toddler died from blunt force trauma.

On Monday in a Jasper County courtroom the defense asked for a change of venue but was denied by the judge.

Lang has plead not guilty to the charges.

Updated April 5, 2010 - 1:15 PM CST: The Joplin man who was on the run after charges of murder appears in court.

Byron Lang is accused of killing Kyler Jones, 2, last September.

Police say Lang was caring for the child at the time of his death.

Autopsy reports concluded Kyler died of blunt force trauma.

In October Lang failed to appear in court. Texas authorities arrested him in March after receiving information from Joplin police.

On Monday in a Jasper County courtroom Lang plead not guilty to second degree murder charges.

His next court date is scheduled for next month.

Updated March 12, 2010 - 1:35 PM CST: The man charged in the second degree murder death of a Joplin child has been captured.

A Joplin detective learned on March 10 of an address in Big Springs, Texas that suspect Byron D. Lang may be located.

The U.S. Marshall's office in Springfield, Missouri was contacted with the information, who then notified the U.S. Marshall's offices in Lubbock and Abilene, Texas.

On March 11, U.S. Marshall's as well officers from the Big Springs Police Department, Howard County Sheriff's Office and the Howard County District Attorney's Office went to the address.

Lang was located in a vehicle that pulled up to the location and was taken into custody.

Lang is currently in the Howard County Jail awaiting extradition to Missouri.

Updated December 24, 2009 - 4:00 PM CST: Byron Lang is charged with second degree murder in the death of a child. Lang failed to appear in court and is believed to have fled to Texas. However, police say they believe Lang is now in the Joplin area, probably for Christmas.

Kyler Jones was two years old when Lang brought him to a hospital in September 2008.

A medical examiner's report concluded the toddler died of blunt force trauma to the body and head.

Police say Lang was caring for the child at the time of his death.

If you have information about Byron Lang contact your local law enforcement agency or the Joplin Police Department.



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