Suspect does not guilty of having murdered in Augusta County in the death of the baby

Staunton – A suspect who was accused of killing a baby in 2023 did not think about having murdered himself in Augusta Murder during his indictment in front of the County Count Court.

Damian D. Nesselrodt, 32, is accused of having killed the 7 -month -old Kyler Reule.

Nesselrodt was charged with murder and child abuse after a 17-month examination of Augusta County's sheriff office.

The investigation began on April 8, 2023, when the authorities were called to a house on the Somerset Drive in Weyers Cave, where Nesselrodt reports that the child is baby -bobs.

After an investigator had arrived at home, he was informed that the baby was dead. The investigator said that Nesselrodt was the friend of the baby's mother at the time and the only person with the child when he died, as court files show.

After the investigator started taking photos at the crime scene, he reportedly noticed bruising at the baby's torso, said the affidavit.

Asked Nesselrodt told the investigator that he put the baby on a pillow while he was in bed next to him and scroll through Facebook. After a few minutes, Nesselrodt said he went into the bathroom. When he came back, he said that the baby was no longer reacted.

Instead of calling 911, Nesselrodt tried the baby's mother, who could not be reached. Then he contacted a friend of the mother, who in turn called the authorities, like court files.

The affidavit was submitted to obtain information from Nesselrod's cell phone. The investigator found that Nesselrodt took telephone calls, text messages and a photo of the victim during the incident. “

In March 2024, the medical investigator's office found that the baby had died of the consequences of a blunt force trauma for the torso. The child's death was called murder according to the affidavit.

During the indictment of Nesselrodts, the deputy lawyer of Augusta County, Alexandra Meador, was asked by judge Sean Workowski whether a plea offer was made in this case.

“There is an offer on the table until Wednesday next week,” said Meador.

Earlier conviction in the baseball racket

In 2019, Nesselrodt received a four-year prison sentence in Staunton for malicious wounding and breaking and entering and entering after having beaten an drug-informant with an aluminum baseball bat in the 100 block of the Churchville Avenue. He was provided with methamphetamine in the exchange for another defendant's attack in the case that received a 10-year prison sentence.

After his prison sentence, Nesselrodt was released from prison to the state community supervision in August 2022. However, before he was charged with the baby's death, he was sent in Big Stone Gap in Wallen's Ridge State prison because he had injured his probation in the case of Staunton. According to the Virginia Department of Corrections, it is to be published on December 2, 2026. He is currently being recorded in the regional prison of Harrisonburg-Rockingham until his case is brought to trial by Augusta County.

A three -day court proceedings are scheduled to begin on June 2. Nesselrodt is actually charged with an indictment for first-degree murder, which leads to life in prison, and an indictment for murder for crimes that have a 40-year-old maximum. However, if he has tried, however, he can only be convicted of a number of murder if it is found guilty. Nesselrodt is also confronted with serious injuries for child abuse.

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Earlier conviction in the baseball racket

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