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Toddler killed with baseball bat in church
written by Staff writers
Wednesday September 9, 2009
A FIGHT over a $US20 ($23) debt and a washing machine has ended with one man's 14-month old daughter being killed with a baseball bat while attending a church service.
David Collins, 56, is accused of attempting to hit Claude Hankins with a baseball bat while Mr Hankins and his daughter were sitting in a prayer meeting at Thy Kingdom Come Church in Wheaton, Minnesota.
Police say Mr Collins missed Mr Hankins and struck his 14-month-old daughter Audrey instead, who died in hospital a few hours later.
Mr Collins and Mr Hankins had allegedly argued over a washing machine and a dryer lent to Mr Collins and a debt of $US20.
Mr Collins was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of second-degree assault.
A man who accompanied him to the church, Darryl Kennedy, was also charged with one count of second-degree assault.
Toddler killed with baseball bat in church
written by Staff writers
Wednesday September 9, 2009
A FIGHT over a $US20 ($23) debt and a washing machine has ended with one man's 14-month old daughter being killed with a baseball bat while attending a church service.
David Collins, 56, is accused of attempting to hit Claude Hankins with a baseball bat while Mr Hankins and his daughter were sitting in a prayer meeting at Thy Kingdom Come Church in Wheaton, Minnesota.
Police say Mr Collins missed Mr Hankins and struck his 14-month-old daughter Audrey instead, who died in hospital a few hours later.
Mr Collins and Mr Hankins had allegedly argued over a washing machine and a dryer lent to Mr Collins and a debt of $US20.
Mr Collins was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of second-degree assault.
A man who accompanied him to the church, Darryl Kennedy, was also charged with one count of second-degree assault.
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