GUILT DENIED IN TOT'S DEATH MOM'S BOYFRIEND SAYS BOYS, 3, FELL.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- A Palmdale ex-convict has pleaded not guilty to a charge of murdering his girlfriend's 3-year-old son, who prosecutors said died from blunt-force injuries to his head, heart, liver and intestines Intestines The intestines, also known as the bowels, are divided into the large and small intestines. They extend from the stomach to the anus. Mentioned in: Malabsorption Syndrome . Ladrill Bogan, 33, is accused of murdering Jeremiah McKenney, who died Sept. 20 in a hospital where he was taken by authorities who responded to a call about a child not breathing at a Palmdale Boulevard motel where the family had been staying. ``Obviously, we believe the defendant inflicted the injuries,'' Deputy District Attorney Kelly Cromer said Wednesday. 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. ``There isn't any corroboration that I can tell from reading the police reports that indicates any foul play foul play n. Unfair or treacherous action, especially when involving violence. foul play Noun 1. violent activity esp. murder 2. ,'' Deputy Public Defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was Mario Barrera said. Bogan pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of murder and assault on a child causing death. He was being held in lieu of $1 million bail. Records show Bogan was paroled from prison in 2001 after being convicted of a Gardena residential burglary in 2000. He had been convicted in Norwalk in 1994 of being an accessory after the fact to robbery, records also show. Deputies said they were called to the Palmdale Motel 6 about 4:30 p.m. Sept. 20 regarding a child who wasn't breathing. Deputies said they performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency procedure used to treat victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest. CPR can be done in a hospital with drugs and special equipment or as a first-aid technique. on the child, who was unresponsive unresponsive Neurology adjective Referring to a total lack of response to neurologic stimuli . The boy was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Barrera said Bogan told investigators that he had taken the child with him to a medical appointment, then to a playground area and then to visit a friend who went with Bogan and the boy to a minimart to buy 7-Up to calm the child's stomach. When Bogan and the child were about to leave the friend's house, the boy fell from the car seat and hit the metal door frame, Barrera said. ``The brunt brunt n. 1. The main impact or force, as of an attack. 2. The main burden: bore the brunt of the household chores. of the impact hit his chest area,'' Barrera said. Bogan said he comforted the crying child and then strapped him in, Barrera said. When they got back to the motel, Bogan and the boy's mother saw the boy's eyes rolling back into his head and called 911, Barrera said. The mother and her daughter told investigators that Bogan had not committed any prior acts of violence against them, Barrera said. ``Every part ... where witnesses were present is confirmed. None of these individuals have said, `Oh I saw bad behavior on the part of Mr. Bogan.' They are saying just the opposite,'' Barrera said. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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