Karl David Colt (“Defendant”) appeals from the trial court's Judgment sentencing him to 80 to 108 months’ imprisonment. Defendant argues the State failed to satisfy the corpus delicti rule primarily because the minor victim's body was never found, and the State did not present sufficient evidence establishing the minor victim died. Defendant further argues the trial court erred in admitting testimony regarding the minor's mother's conviction for second-degree murder because, among other reasons, the testimony was an inadmissible testimonial statement.
After careful review, we conclude that the corpus delicti rule was satisfied because substantial independent evidence established the trustworthiness of Defendant's confession. We further conclude the trial court did not err in overruling Defendant's objections to testimony that the mother was in prison for second-degree murder.
