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By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The grandmother of a 2-year-old girl who was beaten and starved to death wants to file a wrongful death lawsuit against three caseworkers who oversaw the girl’s care, and has taken her case to the Ohio Supreme Court.
During oral arguments Wednesday, justices questioned the responsibility the state’s children’s service agency has for protecting children as its caseworkers investigate allegations of abuse.
The child prompting the case, Glenara Bates, weighed under 14 pounds almost half the recommended weight for a 2-year-old girl–when she died in March 2015, and Hamilton County authorities said she was beaten by her parents, with visible belt and bite marks among other injuries.
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSApril 28, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2016 file photo, Glen Bates, right, leaves court in Cincinnati, after he was sentenced to death by Judge Megan Shanahan in the killing death of his two-year-old daughter, Glenara, who was starved and badly beaten. Glenara s grandmother, Desena Bradley, is asking the Ohio Supreme Court to revive her lawsuit against three caseworkers who oversaw the girl s care, saying they missed obvious signs of abuse. Authorities say the child, who died in 2015, was beaten and had belt and bite marks. Her father was sentenced to death but his conviction and sentence were later reversed. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, File)
A West Virginia woman was held for Greene County Court on charges that she was driving drunk and responsible for the death of a passenger who climbed onto the roof of her vehicle while it was moving, fell off and died.
Kersten Zoe Kisner, 20, of Glen Easton had a blood-alcohol level of .108 when Ryan Lohr, 21, of Wind Ridge fell from the roof of her Ford Mustang at 1:20 a.m. Oct. 16, 2019 and was hit by another vehicle, state police contended.
Daniel Hevener told police he was driving eastbound on Route 21 in Franklin Township, Greene County when he saw Kisnerâs vehicle coming toward him.