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.
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Jacob Britton Emmendorfer (Kalamazoo County)
PORTAGE, MICHIGAN: A Michigan man has been accused of sexually abusing and murdering his former girlfriend s 14-month-old baby daughter. The man, 27-year-old Jacob Britton Emmendorfer, was charged on Monday, December 21, in the death of Meilani Marie Hart, according to MLive. The child was killed in a Milham Meadows Apartment in Portage, Michigan. The sickening incident had taken place on August 12.
Meilani was found unresponsive when first responders arrived at the scene of the crime at around 10 pm at night, according to authorities. A couple of hours later, the toddler passed away after she was transported to Bronson Methodist Hospital. The Kalamazoo County Medical Examiner s Office had determined that the child s death was a homicide.
Kalamazoo man charged with sexually assaulting, killing 14-month-old at Portage apartment
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
Jacob Britton Emmendorfer, 27, was arraigned Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 in the death of 14-month-old Meilani Marie Hart, who was killed Aug. 12 at Milham Meadows Apartments in Portage, Michigan. Emmendorfer is being charged with homicide, child abuse and first-degree criminal sexual assault. (MLive file photo | Crystal Vander Weit)KALAMAZOO
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Jacob Britton Emmendorfer, 27, was arrested Dec. 18 in the matter, according to court records.
Emmendorfer was arraigned Monday, Dec. 21, by Kalamazoo County District Judge Richard Santoni. He is being charged with three felonies, including homicide, child abuse and first-degree criminal sexual assault.