Bowling Green man pleads guilty in 3-year-old’s death

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) – A Bowling Green man has pleaded guilty in the death of a 3-year-old boy.

The Bowling Green Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/2djjE9w) 27-year-old Montez Devon Hazel pleaded guilty in Warren Circuit Court on Tuesday to second-degree manslaughter in the death of Christ’en D. Adams, who was in Hazel’s care.

Bowling Green police responded to a home in August 2014 after Hazel called to report that the child wasn’t breathing.

An autopsy revealed that the boy’s cause of death was a perforated bowel caused by blunt force trauma. No other existing injuries were found.

Hazel was indicted by a grand jury in November 2014, and his trial was set to begin Tuesday.

Part of Hazel’s plea agreement recommended a five-year prison sentence. He’s scheduled to be formally sentenced in November.

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Information from: Daily News, http://www.bgdailynews.com

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