GUILTY OH - Hannah Wesche, 3, murdered by babysitter, Hanover Township, 8 March 2018

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Lauren Pack
Closings soon in the Lindsay Partin murder trial after 7 days of testimony. Partin took the stand yesterday testifying she did not injure or strike 3-year-old Hannah Wesche in March 2018. But she confessed to detectives 2 days after the child collapsed at her home.
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Attorneys are presenting arguments about jury instruction before the jury is brought in and closings begin.
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Asst. Prosecutor Lindsay Sheehan will now address the jury of closing arguments.
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"We walked you through what happened in the last three days" of Hannah Wesche's life, Sheehan says.,
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EMT that responded to the Shank Road house on March 8, 2018 found Hannah unresponsive on the couch. He testified he immediately say bruising her her body, Sheehan tells the jury.[/URL]
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EMT saw that Hannah's pupils were dilated and breathing shallow. They scooped up the toddler to "get her out of that situation," Sheehan says.[/URL]
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Doctor testified that Hannah had bleeding to the brain cause by signifiant trauma that she would only see in abuse or a car crash.[/URL]
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Doctor testified the a fall from a second story wouldn't create the type of trauma she saw in Hannah's brain, Sheehan tells the jury. Said after the trauma she would have been symptomatic with in seconds, Sheehan says.[/URL]
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The doctor testified injury to Hannah's brain may have been caused by shaking, Sheehan tells the jury.
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Child abuse doctor at Cincy Children's Hospital testified about the bruising she observed on Hannah in her hospital bed, Sheehan say
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Sheehan pointing out all bruising on Hannah's body. Doctor testified that Hannah had injuries to protected areas of her body. Doc said Hep. C is not in play here. "The location of the bruises are highly suspicious of heard trauma," Sheehan says of doc's testimony[/URL]
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Hannah would not have been acting normally, the second doc also testified, Sheehan says.[/URL]
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Pathologist Dr. Dean discovered bruising on Hannah's skull only after the toddler's hair was shaved. Also found optic nerve damage, Sheehan says[/URL]
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Dr. Dean said a simple fall from a caregiver's arms would not have been enough to cause the traumatic injuries.[/URL]
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Sheehan pointed to the 911 calls from Partin as well as her interrogation tapes.
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At second interview on March 9, 2018, it was different because they had pictures of Hannah. Partin had no tears and no emotion, Sheehan says.[/URL]
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Sheehan pointing out inconsistancies in Partin's stories about how Hannah was injured on her chest - falling, then poking and she she remembers squeezing Hannah. [/URL]
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Then explaining bruising by slapping Hannah for dumping ketchup in the toilet, Sheehan points out Partin told detectives.[/URL]
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Sheehan noting several versions Partin told detectives about Hannah lost conciouness on March 8, 2018 then died - falling, Partin fell with her in her arms, then Partin says she shook her.[/URL]
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[URL='https://twitter.com/LPackJN']Lauren Pack
In Partin's testimony on Wednesday, there is new version. Sheehan says she didn't do anything to Hannah. "I just told them what they wanted to hear."[/URL]
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Sheehan says the detectives never prompted her to give details like the ketchup incident and Partin saying she also bruised her own hand and showing it to them.
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"She, Lindsay Partin, provided details not the detectives," Sheehan tells the jury.[/URL]
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Sheehan pointing out Partin had to take lot of extra care of Hannah the child's father was behind in payment to her.[/URL]
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Sheehan said Partin testified she thought she was within her rights to hit and poke Hannah and she "didn't think she would get in trouble for it."
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There is a short time frame in this case, Sheehan says.[/URL]
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Courtroom is crammed for closing, including about 10 BSCO detectives and Sheriff Richard Jones standing in the corner in a white cowboy hat,[/URL]
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Sheehan says Partin shook Hannah hard enough she became unconscious,
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Defense forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz did not review all records with "that little magnifying glass he was using," Sheehan said.[/URL]
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[URL='https://twitter.com/LPackJN']Lauren Pack
Partin committed separate offenses on March 8, 2018, and can be found guilty of both involuntary manslaughter and murder, Sheehan tells the jury.[/URL]
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Sheehan showing defense stories trying to pepper the case with reasonable doubt.
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Maybe Hannah did fall, but it is not what caused the fatal injuries to her body, Sheehan says.
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Sheehan telling the jury that Partin suffered a miscarriage soon before the incident which goes to her state of mind and why she might of snapped and hurt Hannah.[/URL]
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"You heard denial after denial, but that truth finally came out," Sheehan says of Partin's confession to detectives. Now playing the interrogation tape for the jury.[/URL]
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"I got mad and I just slapped her up the side of the head," Partin says in the tape. "I shook her and I remember picking her up and squeezing her."
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Sheehan is now finished with the prosecution's first portion of closings.
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That was a long closing statement and that was just the first portion! jmo

 

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Defense attorney Melynda Cook Howard is now addressing the jury for closings.
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Howard says the jury has spent more time listening to the case that the detectives did investigating.
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Howard points out detectives did not download Jason Wesche's phone. And what happened to Hannah has nothing to do with Partin's marriage miscarriage.
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Howard using a chart to show the jury words that do
not lead up to proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Cook says what the prosecutions says that in the 30 seconds Partin had Hannah on March 8, 2018 she both injured the child and "came up with a story instantly."
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"The did want the don't even do on Scooby Do," they decided she did it no more investigation.
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"They had a dead child and they needed to charge somebody," Howard says of the BCSO detectives.[/URL]
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Howard pointing out several statements Jason Wesche made about the night before Hannah collapsed. Bringing up Jason did not got to Walmart as he told them several times.
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Jason Wesche, Hannah's father, was never put in an interview room and put in an interrogation room.
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Howard says Jason Wesche knew "it was him or her."
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Howard says Jason Wesche abused his child and knew about the bruises.
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Howard says Jason Wesche showed lack o f emotion when looking at photos of his injured child during testimony.
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Howard points to a suitcase in the corner of Jason Wesche's house. Says it belongs to a friend of Wesche who stayed at the house. Detectives didn't talk to the visitor because they had already charged Partin with shaking Hannah.
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Howard says Jason Wesche lied about going to Walmart for milk and hid the fact that a friend had been staying at his house in March 2018.
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Howard says the jury heard nothing about that visitor at his house because detectives did not investigate and didn't take Wesche's phone which might have had clues. [/URL]
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Howard pointing to Dr. Werner Spitz testimony that says the blow to Hannah's head was not a severe blow and swelling would have taken time.
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Howard says one child died, but prosecution charged Partin different ways because "they don't know." the timing.
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Doctors got history about Hannah from Jason Wesche and "it is a big fat lie." Howard says.
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Howard questions why Jason Wesche wasn't "livid" when Partin showed up at the hospital knowing the doctor's says Hannah was abused. That is not what she did, she prayed with him.
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Howard tells the jury "he knows his stuff." of Dr. Spitz.
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"The state of Ohio has the burden, don't shift it," Howard says.
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Howard is now talking about Partin's false confession. "She just want to please everybody."
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Partin when back for a second interview with dets. because she trusts police and she wanted to help Hannah.
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Howard says Partin changed her story because the detectives told her to come up with something else,[/URL]
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Howard pointing to the various stages of bruises on chest. Some have beeb made much earlier in the month when Partin did not have her.
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"Lindsay is one of those rainbows and unicorns people. Wants to make everybody happy. A people pleaser," Howard said, saying she was Jason Wesche's patsy.
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Howard says the detectives did nothing to investigate if the toy train fall was true. Took the toy as evidence, but no DNA taken.[/URL]
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Howard say Hannah could have been injured in a fall on the ice, her father may have beaten her or she fell climbing over the front seat to the back seat of the car.
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Howard holding up her cell phone for 1 minute 27 seconds for the jury. She is poking holes in Jason Wesche's testimony about what he did when he left the house and returned after Hannah collapsed.[/URL]
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"Lindsay Partin is innocent. I will say she is guilty of being stupid and really trusting,"[/URL]
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Reasonable doubt exists in the medical evidence and timing evidence and confession, Howard said.
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"She's stupid. She said I thought he (Jason Wesche) would back me up," Howard tells the jury.
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Defense is finished with closing. Lunch then the prosecution will get the final word.[/URL]
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This is not going well at all IMO.

 

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This is not going well at all IMO.

I don't think the defense said some very smart comments. That is just my opinion though.

 

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[URL='https://twitter.com/LPackJN']Lauren Pack
Assitant Prosecutor Kelly Heile is now addressing the jury.[/URL]
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Prosecutor saying the defense has offered up a lot of things that might have happened to Hannah, including a fall and abuse.
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Shaking, shaking with impact, are abusing head trauma according to the doctors that testified.[/URL]
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Prosecutor notes Patin is the first to volunteer explainations of the outword injuries to Hannah.
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