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NEWARK - During their opening statements, the defense said their client gave birth to a stillborn baby in the trial of a Lexington woman in a 2019 Licking County infant death case.
Kalina V.E. Gillum, 22, was charged with one count each involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony; endangering children, a third-degree felony; tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony; and complicity to abuse of a corpse, a fifth-degree felony, according to Licking County prosecutors on Thursday.
Gillum and her then-boyfriend, Braden Mull, 26, of Newark, were alleged through prosecutors in court records to have induced Gillum s late-term pregnancy to terminate it and failing to seek medical care for the child, causing his death. Mull pleaded guilty to charges of child endangering and abuse of a corpse in October. His case is scheduled for sentencing next week.
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NEWARK - The trial of a Lexington woman accused of attempting to terminate her late-term pregnancy and failing to seek medical care for her infant is expected to begin this week in Licking County.
Kalina V.E. Gillum, 22, and her then-boyfriend Braden C. Mull, 26, of Newark, were each charged with one count each involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony; endangering children, a third-degree felony; tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony; and abuse of a corpse, a fifth-degree felony, in February 2020. Mull has since pleaded guilty to one count each child endangering, a third-degree felony; and abuse of a corpse, a fifth-degree felony, in October and awaits sentencing.