EX-CONVICT SET FOR TRIAL IN BOY'S DEATH.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- A Palmdale ex-convict has been ordered to stand trial on a charge of murder in the death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son, who coroner officials said died from blunt force trauma to his abdomen. Ladrill Bogan, 33, is accused of murdering Jeremiah McKenney, who died Sept. 20 in a hospital where he was taken by authorities after a 911 call reporting a child not breathing at a Palmdale Boulevard motel where the family had been staying. A coroner official testified at a preliminary hearing Monday that the victim was either kicked or punched in the abdomen, prosecutors said. Bogan has pleaded not guilty to murder and assault on a child resulting in death. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bogan's attorney, Bogan told investigators the boy was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. when he fell out of his car seat and hit his chest on the door frame of a sport utility vehicle as Bogan was getting ready to drive away from a friend's home. Prosecutors said the victim had a severed sev·er v. sev·ered, sev·er·ing, sev·ers v.tr. 1. To set or keep apart; divide or separate. 2. To cut off (a part) from a whole. 3. intestine, a torn stomach, lacerations on his liver and pancreas pancreas (păn`krēəs), glandular organ that secretes digestive enzymes and hormones. In humans, the pancreas is a yellowish organ about 7 in. (17.8 cm) long and 1.5 in. (3.8 cm) wide. and numerous bruises Bruises Definition Bruises, or ecchymoses, are a discoloration and tenderness of the skin or mucous membranes due to the leakage of blood from an injured blood vessel into the tissues. Pupura refers to bruising as the result of a disease condition. . |
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