A Lexington man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter first said she fell in a bathtub and injured her head, according to Lexington police.
Leamon Wesner
Then, according to court documents, he said he accidentally hit her with a skateboard while attempting tricks inside a home at 515 Michigan Street.
Leamon Wesner eventually admitted to investigators that he struck Jessica Nolan in the head twice with his hand, according to an arrest warrant.
For 20 minutes after she was hit on Nov. 25, Jessica sat whimpering on the couch. Her mother had left her with Wesner, 30, earlier that morning. Then, the girl fell over unconscious, Wesner told investigators, according the warrant.
She was taken to the University of Kentucky Hospital, where she was diagnosed with a severe head injury. She died a few days later.
On Tuesday, a grand jury indicted Wesner on a murder charge. He was scheduled to be arraigned at 11:30 a.m. Friday in Fayette Circuit Court.
These stories make me sick. As a 23-year old father I could never imagine striking my child or any child for that matter. Child abuse should be paramount with murder due to innocence and development level of the victim.
I have 4 children , I can not imagine ever wanting to hurt one of them enough to cause death. take this man out and hang him from a tree and give me a skateboard, I’ll show him some tricks
Just the thought of striking a child that young that you know can do anything to protect themselves its just sad and on top of that it wasn’t even his child now his hopefully ex girlfriend has to deal with what this guy did to her child.
These young ladies need to be conscious of who they expose their children to.
What are the charges against the mother for the criminal neglect of not taking her daughter to the local hospital?