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Couple charged with killing 3-year-old in West Virginia

Kimberly A. Sears and Robert F. Reinhold (West Virginia Department of Corrections)

Kimberly A. Sears and Robert F. Reinhold (West Virginia Department of Corrections)

A 26-year-old mother and a 22-year-old boyfriend were arrested in West Virginia earlier this month for allegedly beating the woman’s 3-year-old son to death, then claiming the boy suffered the fatal injury when he accidentally hit his head on a dresser drawer.

Kimberly A. Sears and Robert F. Reinhold have both been charged with one count each of child death of a child by a parent, guardian, or custodian by child abuse.

According to a news release, authorities responded about 6:27 p.m. on Dec. 5 to a 911 call regarding an unresponsive 3-year-old at a home located in the 400 block of Northridge Drive, about 100 miles southeast of Charleston, West Virginia.

The caller, later identified as Reinhold, told the dispatcher the child had fallen and struck his head, according to a copy of the arrest report obtained by Lootpress.

The child was rushed to the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center and then to Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for treatment. The victim was admitted to the ICU in critical condition.

Reinhold, who was with the child when authorities first arrived, initially told police the toddler had fallen and hit his head on the carpeted floor inside the house while Sears was at work, Lootpress reported. Later, he allegedly claimed the boy’s “head may have hit the dresser drawer.” He was arrested and initially charged with one count of child abuse resulting in injury and malicious or unlawful assault.

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