Nine woman and three men found Young guilty of murder, involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child endangering for the 2-year-old’s death in December 2015.
Frank Schiavone III, one of Young’s defense attorneys, asked the judge for a lenient sentence.
Standing at a podium with his arms around a crying Young, Schiavone III said the 26-year-old was “hard-working” and had no previous criminal record.
However, one of Kinsey’s grandmothers, who spoke during the sentencing, expressed no pity for Young.
“He deserves what he gets,” Kinsley’s grandmother, Nina Kinner, said. “I don’t feel sorry for Brad.”
Judge Keith Spaeth sentenced Young to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years — the only sentencing option allowed by law. Young will get credit for 308 days he has already served.
Rebekah Kinner, Kinsley's mother, is serving an 11-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter for not stopping Young's abuse of her daughter.
The courtroom was crowded throughout the trial with members of the Kinner and Young families.
“All for Kinsley,” the child’s great-grandmother, Karla Edwards, told the Journal-News as she cried with relief in the courtroom after the verdict was read. “I never doubted it.”
The family of Kinsley’s father, Scott Senft, also sat through the trial.
Senft, who had been outspoken during early court proceedings, was not in attendance. Because he had received a subpoena to testify, Senft was not allowed in the courtroom.
Senft was never called to testify and could have been in the courtroom for closing arguments, but Terri Senft, his grandmother, said he isn’t dealing with Kinsley’s death very well.
“He is having nightmares about not being able to help her,” she told the Journal-News, adding it was best he wasn’t in the courtroom.
Butler County Prosecutor Michael Gmoser said evidence showed Young was alone with Kinsley when she woke up screaming then went limp. He reminded the jury during closing arguments Monday that four doctors testified the toddler died after abuse, and it happened minutes — not hours — after the abuse happened.
“Not one medical expert was called by the defense to rebut the abuse, and as a result of that abuse, the child died,” Gmoser told the jury.
The Hamilton County Coroner ruled Kinsley’s death was a homicide, not an accident.
Gmoser said the guilty verdict was a “testament to outstanding scientific work and investigation presented by medical experts across multiple disciplines.”
Schiavone III said the defense plans to file an appeal.
“It was a hard-fought case. Obviously we are disappointed with the outcome. We felt we had established reasonable doubt … but the jury has spoken,” he said.
The defense had argued Kinsley's injuries were caused by head butting, a previous fall and a car crash.
Young’s defense lawyers twice asked the judge Monday to dismiss the murder case against him, then later told jurors the state had failed to prove he was responsible for the beating death Kinsley.
Defense attorneys sought dismissal of the case Monday, claiming prosecutors presented no evidence that Young was alone with Kinsley. Spaeth denied the motion.
Last week, testimony by Kinsley's mom, Rebekah Kinner, was thrown out by Spaeth, who ruled her incompetent.
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