Young is charged with the murder of 2-year-old Kinsley Kinner. He allegedly punched the toddler multiple times in the head and shook her violently, resulting in injuries that led to the girl’s death.
Kinner is charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly doing nothing to stop Young from assaulting her daughter and not seeking medical treatment for the child after the fact. The Journal-News first reported on Wednesday that Kinner testified before a grand jury “because she wanted justice to be served,” according to her attorney.
But Scott Senft, Kinsley’s father, had his own ideas on Thursday about how justice would be served best.
“They should be hanged,” Senft said after the hearing. “If I could, I would drag them behind my truck.”
Senft sat in the front row of the courtroom Thursday, leaning forward listening to every word. Afterward, he pulled out a necklace showing Kinsley’s face and thumbprint. On the inside of his arm was a tattoo with Kinsley’s name adorned by a Minnie Mouse bow.
“Everyone who knew her knew her favorite character was Minnie Mouse,” Senft said.
A very pregnant Kinner appeared in court Thursday. Her child is due in February, according to family members.
Senft said he is fighting for custody of Kinner’s unborn baby boy who he plans to name Kingsley. A DNA test will determine the identity of baby’s father.
In an interview with the Journal-News on Wednesday, Kyle Rapier, Kinner’s attorney, said his client gave testimony to the grand jury because she wants truth and justice to prevail “as much as anyone else.” Rapier said since Kinner is a defendant, she was allowed to have an attorney present during grand jury, which is usually not the case. He added he had not yet become her attorney at that point in the case.
“For her, it was more about testifying because it is the truth and setting self-preservation aside,” said Rapier.
A bill of particulars filed earlier this month alleges Kinner allowed her boyfriend to “use excessive physical discipline and (failed) to seek care” for Kinsley, after she was injured.
Among Kinsley’s injuries were “contusions across her head and body, subdural hemorrhage, cerebral edema and diffused bilateral retinal hemorrhages, which ultimately caused her death,” according to the court documents.
The assault occurred between Nov. 28 and Dec. 2, according to prosecutors. Young and Kinner were arrested Dec. 2 after the life squad and sheriff’s deputies we’re called to their Radabaugh Road home in Madison Twp. and found Kinsley unresponsive and not breathing.
Young is being held on a $1 million bond, is charged with murder, felony endangering children and involuntary manslaughter. Kinner is being held on a $500,000 bond.
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