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1st day of Kipp trial focuses on woman's demeanor
1024Deanna Kipp
Deanna Kipp
The emotional response of a Gainesville mother after she found her 18-month-old daughter dead was the focus Wednesday as prosecutors began laying out their case against Deanna Renee Kipp. Kipp is on trial for one count of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, four counts of cruelty to a child in the first degree, two counts of providing false statements to police and one count each of aggravated assault, cruelty to a child in the second degree and concealing the death of another. In August, Superior Court Judge Andrew Fuller sentenced Stephen Clark West, Kipp’s boyfriend, to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 20 years, in the June 2011 death of Kaylee Kipp.