Jury trial scheduled in case against man accused of killing 2-year-old in southern Utah

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ST. GEORGE — Negotiations have failed in the case against the 30-year-old man accused of killing a 2-year-old in Washington City last year; a trial is now slated for later this month.

On Monday, a pretrial conference was held at 5th District Court in St. George in the case against Randy Holt Lessing, who faces charges of first-degree felony reckless child abuse homicide and obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony.

On July 19, 2023, police received a call that an unconscious 2-year-old child had been admitted to St. George Regional Hospital.

The child's mother testified that on the day of the incident, she had left her child Emmaline Mitchell, who was napping at the time, with Lessing while she went shopping.

Read the full article at St. George News.

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