Blunt force trauma, asphyxiation or a combination of the two is the cause of an 18-month-old’s death, a forensic pathologist told jurors Tuesday in the trial of 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.
Forensic pathologist testifies in Kipp trial