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🌱 How a mishandled investigation reshaped this tragic child death sentencing

Three Rivers, Michigan Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • How a mishandled investigation reshaped this tragic child death sentencing

Also on today's calendar: Fresh Food Initiative 2026 and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What's black, white, and blue? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 67 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Cloudy and increasingly windy, temps: high: 52, low: 40.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Nelson sentenced to 40-60 months for role in death of 2-year-old (wilcoxnewspapers.com) — A recent sentencing in St. Joseph County Circuit Court, reported from Three Rivers, has resulted in a multi-year prison term for a man who admitted being an accessory after the fact in a 2-year-old’s 2024 death. Prosecutors say a mishandled release of investigative records complicated their original case, and the judge called the circumstances and text messages involved in the incident deeply troubling and tragic.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Vote for the Kalamazoo-area spring sports Athlete of the Week (May 4-9) (mlive.com)

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  • Sturgis tennis wins first conference title in more than 20 years (sturgisjournal.com)
  • A visit from cousins, and Joe makes a portable garden bed (leadertelegram.com)
  • Battle Creek man sentenced in death of 2-year-old – WLKM Radio 95.9 FM (wlkm.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sad zebra (Thank you Mary K. for sending it in!)
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