DAYTON — A Dayton man has entered a guilty plea in the case involving the death of his 23-month-old son.
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Kenyon Joevon Johnson, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of murder, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court documents filed this week.
As part of a plea agreement, counts of involuntary manslaughter, endangering children, domestic violence, permitting child abuse, and tampering with evidence were dismissed.
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News Center 7 previously reported that on July 14, 2023, Dayton police and medics were called to an apartment in the 1600 block of Darst Avenue on reports of a medical emergency.
When crews arrived, they found 23-month-old Braxton Trollinger dead.
Officers noted the child had significant bruising and burn injuries, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.
The child’s father, Johnson, and his girlfriend, Jazzmine Huffman, were interviewed by police.
Johnson told police he found the child unresponsive and called 911.
An autopsy determined Trollinger’s cause of death to be multiple blunt force trauma and burn injuries with lidocaine toxicity.
Huffman pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with evidence earlier this year.
Johnson is scheduled to be sentenced next week. He faces life in prison with the chance of parole after 15 years, according to court documents.
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