Evanston couple gets for 6 months for child abuse in the die of the baby in the dirt

After the prosecutor has given a lack of final evidence that Your dirty homeOr the associated neglect killed her baby, an Evanston couple was sentenced to six months in prison on Tuesday, followed by three years of probation for child abuse.

The 32 -year -old Tevin Medina and Bailey Bettinson (24) could face three to six years in prison if they fail.

At the beginning of this year, they pleaded for “no competition” for the child abuse of crimes, a few months after the death of their 9 -month -old baby Renezmae, who died in their house.

The Uinta district prosecutor Loretta Howieson Kallas released a number of manslaughter that was charged against each parent during a hearing on Tuesday before Uinta, based in Evanston.

“Her honor was difficult for everyone involved,” said Kallas.

She said her office used the services of a primary pediatric hospital doctor who did not make a pleasant manner in a legal proceedings that the parents' actions were attributed directly to the girl's death.

“While she had some concerns in connection with the environment, Renezmae was in the area,” said the doctor, “said Howieson Kallas,” “did not believe that the death of Renezmae is directly related to it with a certain degree of certainty. “

Renezmae's death was “not deliberately inflicted”, and the couple was neither convicted of manslaughter, nor did they admit because of homicide, said the prosecutor.

The neglect that the girl had was: “Unfortunately, in line with some of the psychological information that we have from both parties,” said Howieson Kallas.

In particular, Bettinson, who suffered from postpartum depression, and medina to other mental conditions and a mental disability.

The public prosecutor said she tried to be aware that this couple also “had to do with the death of a child in addition to his participation”.

Zwillings plea

The judge of the district court, James Kaste, asked Medina and Bettinson to continue advice, and ordered Medina to attend an educational class that Bettinson has already visited.

The couple's consultant said that she has no concerns whether Bettinson's older daughter in Medina will be safe when the couple is out of prison and whether and when they are reunited with the girl who would now be 4 or 5 years old.

Howieson Kallas said that the accused also had to “do a youthful case”, which, according to her conviction, could provide more state supervision.

This case is not public.

Both Bettinson and Medina refused to speak to Kaste when he told them they could speak in their own name.

Your conviction agreement reflects twin agreements, which you both met with Howieson Kallas.

Kaste accepted these plea agreements and sentenced to 180 days in prison. They each had about a month of loan for the detention before contempt, which means that they are both out of prison in about five months.

After that, they have tried and tested probation for three years, in which they should maintain work or school education and be faithless and sober.

The judge said that they have no severe addiction problems.

If you do not exist, you could cancel your probation conditions and be exposed to between three and six years in prison.

Kaste ordered them to pay other standard costs and fees for the standard court and 500 US dollars in the fees of the defense lawyer of public defenders.

October air

In the early morning hours of October 20, 2023 in Evanston, the 9 -month -old daughter Renezmae and Bettinson's 9 -month -old no longer reacted, says an affidavit in this case.

The Detective Scott Faddis from Evanston Police arrived to find Bettinson, the baby's mother, and to carry out HLW in her lifeless body outside the family home in the cool October air.

The girl's father, Medina, later told the police that she had taken her outside for HLW so that her older sister at the age of 3 did not have to react. Faddis found the baby's body cold in touch and was together in strict mortis, according to the document.

The forensic pathologist by Fremont County, Dr. Randall Frost, who also does work for other jurisdiction, could not determine the girl's cause of death, but said he could not rule out asphyxia.

The parents said they had brought the girl to bed the evening before and then went to bed themselves.

The authorities who looked through the apartment found it dirty: the floors and walls were covered with animal feces and urine. The microwave contained spoiled meat. Mold and disorder littered the house. A steak knife was sitting on the floor in the children's room next to dried vomit, says the affidavit.

The stench was so bad that detectives had to take breathing outside outside as they found in the affidavit.

The Department of Family Services took the couple's 3-year-old daughter in protective custody.

DFS had visited the two children about three weeks before the baby's death and also found the house at that time, says the document, which points out that DFS worked with the family to improve the house before the children go back at that time. It is unclear what efforts have been made.

DFS does not discuss case details with the media.

Previously, a policeman went into the house on September 1, 2023 to help the apartment manager with an inspection. The manager was concerned about poor living conditions for the children, according to the affidavit.

And a year earlier before Renezmae was born, the DFS employees worked with regard to the uncertain living conditions of the house, according to the document.

After her death

A neighbor who was interviewed by the police four days after the baby's death said that she was worried about the dirty conditions of the house, the document says.

The 3-year-old ran in just one diaper around the apartment complex, her body, which was covered with dirt, said reportedly said that these conditions were deteriorated when Bettinson's friend put it in.

The neighbor said she could see the dirt from the sidewalk and smell, according to the document.

The document says that the Evanston Animal Control was sent to the house in the house in relation to the uncertain living conditions for the cats and dogs there two months after the Death of the Death.

Clair McFarland can be achieved clair@cowboystatedaily.com.