December 10, 1981

Child died of blood clot

       Angela Cheryl Davis died from a blood clot in the brain caused by severe head bruises, according to Johnson County Coroner Richard Tudor. “The contusion could have been caused by shaking the child repeatedly very hard, by a bump or several bumps to the head, or by both,” Tudor said. The 14 month-old girl died at her mother’s home at 177 J Court, Wheel Estate, on Nov. 23. Her mother, Kimberly Lee Davis, and a boyfriend who lives at the Wheel Estate address, Larry Lee Phelps, told investigators she suffered the injury when she fell against a plastic milk crate, according to deputy prosecutor Bob Shook. Shook met with Tudor and Johnson County Sheriff’s Investigators Monday to review the case. A grand jury, scheduled to begin Monday, will review the evidence to determine if charges should be filed against the mother and her boyfriend. The proceedings will be held at the Johnson County Jail because of lack of room at the Johnson County Courthouse. Shook, who will be in charge of the grand jury, said that it will recess following Monday’s hearings and resume again Wednesday at the jail. He said more than one case will be considered by the jurors.  See related story HERE.  (Reprinted with permission from the Daily Journal)

 

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