- Kansas Supreme Court to hear Jay Decker’s appeal in child murder case
- October 13, 2008
- On Oct. 14, 2005, police arrived at Edgewood Homes, 1600 Haskell Ave., to find Jay Decker with his 5-month-old daughter, Risha Lafferty, in his arms.
- Father gets life for infant murder
- January 4, 2007
- A Lawrence man convicted in November of killing his infant daughter was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday by a Douglas County District Court judge.
- Mom gets 60 days in infant death
- Yearlong term shortened for testimony in dad’s trial
- December 15, 2006
- A judge on Thursday ordered a Lawrence woman to serve 60 days in jail for failing to protect her infant daughter from deadly abuse at the hands of the baby’s father. “Ms. Hendrickson understands fully that her baby paid the ultimate price,” said Kay Huff, defense attorney for 25-year-old Brandi Mae Hendrickson. “Society’s judgment is very harsh on mothers in Ms. Hendrickson’s position.”
- Mother of murdered baby pleads to child endangerment
- November 22, 2006
- The mother of a 5-month-old baby killed in 2005 admitted Tuesday that she endangered the child by failing to report suspicious injuries, a plea that came days after the baby’s father was convicted of first-degree murder.
- Decker found guilty of murder
- 01:17 p.m., November 17, 2006 Updated 03:23 p.m.
- Closing arguments are over.
- Closing arguments today in murder trial
- November 17, 2006
- Testimony ended Thursday in the second trial for Jay D. Decker, 27, who is accused in the abuse death of his 5-month-old daughter, Risha Lafferty, on Oct. 14, 2005.
- Interrogation shown in child-abuse trial
- November 16, 2006
- Jurors on Wednesday watched a videotaped interrogation of a Lawrence man on trial for the child-abuse death of his 5-month-old daughter.
- Opening statements given in infant death trial
- November 15, 2006
- The bruises that peppered 5-month-old Risha J. Lafferty could have been the result of a string of unfortunate accidents.
- Trial underway in baby’s death
- Jay Decker charged with killing daughter
- November 13, 2006
- This is Jay Decker’s second trial on the charge.
- Judge to rule on witness issue in infant’s murder
- October 27, 2006
- A judge is expected to rule next week on whether attorneys for a man charged with murdering his infant daughter last year will be allowed to use statements from a witness who says she once saw the baby’s mother handle another baby roughly.
- Police interview stalled first murder trial
- Case against dad charged in death moves forward again
- October 6, 2006
- His first murder trial was called off on the last day of testimony after a police interview that had never been sent to prosecutors surfaced.
- Second trial starts for man charged with killing his daughter
- October 5, 2006
- The Lawrence man charged with killing his infant daughter prepares to stand trial for a second time.
- Judge declares a mistrial in murder case
- August 4, 2006
- The trial of a Lawrence man accused of murdering his 5-month-old daughter took a surprising turn Thursday when attorneys said they’d discovered new evidence and the judge declared a mistrial.
- New evidence causes mistrial in Decker case
- August 3, 2006
- A mistrial is declared in the case of a Lawrence man charged with first-degree murder of his 5-month old daughter.
- Disputed injuries key focus in trial
- Testimony inconsistent in 5-month-old’s death
- August 3, 2006
- As he sat in a police interview room under suspicion of killing his 5-month-old daughter, Jay D. Decker insisted to police that he had never abused his child and that parenting wasn’t that hard.
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