The Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety says the male 17-year-old Benton Harbor resident, who was found in the area of Parker Avenue and Colfax Avenue, had died under suspicious circumstances.
Kalamazoo man charged with sexually assaulting, killing 13-month-old to stand trial
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Posted Feb 17, 2021
Portage police responded to Milham Meadows Apartments on Aug. 12, 2020 on the call of an unresponsive child. On Aug. 13, Meilani Marie Hart, 13 months, was pronounced dead at Bronson Methodist Hospital. (MLive file photo | Crystal Vander Weit)KALAMAZOO
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KALAMAZOO, MI A man accused of sexually assaulting and killing 13-month-old Meilani Hart last summer at a Portage apartment will now stand trial.
Jacob Britton Emmendorfer, 27, is charged with homicide, child abuse and first-degree criminal sexual assault related to the child’s death. Emmendorfer’s case was bound over to Kalamazoo County Circuit Court on Wednesday, Feb. 17 by Kalamazoo County District Judge Richard Santoni.