KENNEDY MARSHALL - 2 Months - Ogden UT

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OGDEN, Utah—

The Ogden mother who recently lost her infant says she never suspected her live-in boyfriend would abuse her child.

Jeremy Marshall, 35, is charged with aggravated murder after 2-month-old baby Kennedy died from blunt-force trauma (back-story here).

Kennedy's mother, Afton Moneypenny, is still reeling in disbelief over what happened to her child Dec. 14. Moneypenney says she had no idea her boyfriend was abusing her girl. She says she does not know what happened or how the man she trusted could allegedly take her baby's life.

Moneypenney says she was sleeping on the couch when she heard Kennedy crying, which was not unusual.

"It was a typical night. I didn't hear anything out of the ordinary," said Moneypenny.

But she says Marshall, who was tending to the child, says he accidentally dropped the baby on her head, on the side of the crib.

"I really don't want to think about what happened to her, she's already gone," said Moneypenny. "It makes me sick to start thinking about it; it would drive me insane to think about what he did to her. So I'm just going to shut that out."

When Moneypenney realized something was wrong, the baby was rushed to the hospital. After a time on life support, the child was soon taken off and died.

"It was so hard to pull the plug ... my little baby girl," Moneypenny says as she starts to cry.

Marshall is slated to be in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing at 9 a.m.

Man charged with killing 3-month-old gets continuation

By Tim Gurrister, Standard-Examiner staff
Tue, 01/03/2012 - 11:24pm

OGDEN -- Jeremy Marshall made his first appearance in court since he was charged with aggravated murder, which carries the death penalty.

Marshall's status conference Tuesday in 2nd District Court was continued to Jan. 24, without scheduling a preliminary hearing, to give his public defender, Steve Laker, more time to research the accusations.

Marshall is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Marshall, 35, is accused in the Dec. 14 death of 3-month-old Kennedy Lucille "Baby K" Marshall.

He told police he struck the child's head while she was in a crib, but claimed it was accidental.

Jeremy Marshall lived in the same home as the child and her mother, Afton Moneypenny, though he and Moneypenny were not married, police said.

On the morning of Dec. 14, an emergency medical team responded to the home in the 2600 block of Van Buren Avenue after dispatchers received a 911 call regarding a baby in distress.

The infant died that evening at Primary Children's Medical Center.

http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/01/03/man-charged-killing-3-month-old-gets-continuation

Murder trial ordered in death of 2-month-old Ogden infant

By Emiley Morgan, Deseret News
Published: Monday, March 12 2012 2:13 p.m. MDT

OGDEN — Kennedy Marshall was just 2 months and 16 days old when she died.

Her brain was swollen and bleeding, her spinal cord had stretched and there were hemorrhages behind the retinas of her eyes.

"The pattern of injuries was consistent with inflicted trauma," Utah's Chief Medical Examiner Todd Grey testified Monday.

More specifically, Grey said the infant's injuries appeared to be caused by violent shaking and then a forceful blow to the child's head. They were not injuries a child could inflict on itself.

Second District Judge Scott Hadley ordered Jeremy Marshall, 35, to stand trial on charges of aggravated murder, a first-degree felony, in the infant's death.

Marshall was not the girl's father, though he was living with the infant and her mother and sharing in her care on Dec. 14, 2011. Emergency crews that day were called to a home on the 2600 block of Van Buren Avenue and found Kennedy Lucille "Baby K" Marshall in need of medical attention due to "unresponsive behavior," according to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court.

Those at McKay-Dee Hospital notified Ogden police before transporting the child to Primary Children's Medical Center, because they suspected the injuries were the result of abuse, said Ogden police detective Mark Ramsey.

Later that night, Kennedy died.

"There were signs that were concerning even before she arrived at the hospital," Dr. Loris Frasier said of the baby.

Frasier, who heads up the Center for Safe and Healthy Families at the medical center, said she was called in to assess Kennedy's injuries to determine whether they were the result of abuse. Just looking at scans sent by those at McKay-Dee had her concerned.

"We had a lot of evidence even before she arrived — from the scans — that she was in bad shape," Frasier said.

Both Grey and Frasier said the child also had fractured ribs and a fractured collarbone, which had healed.

"These fractures indicated a pattern of abuse of this infant over time," Frasier testified. "This combination of injuries demonstrates that this young infant had been repeatedly abused."

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865552014/Murder-trial-ordered-in-death-of-2-month-old-Ogden-infant.html