Kansas man sentenced to almost 57 years in demise of 2-year-old daughter who went days with out meals

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas man whose 2-year-old daughter died after going days with out food whereas he was handed out drunk has been sentenced to almost 57 years in jail.

The sentence ordered Friday was the utmost that might be imposed after Jeffrey Exon was convicted in April of costs that included aggravated baby endangerment and first-degree homicide within the fee of a felony, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

Exon, a 47-year-old who goes by the identify of James, referred to as 911 on Jan. 5. 2021, telling a dispatcher that his daughter, Aurora Exon, had stopped respiratory. He additionally mentioned she just lately had been “ravenous herself.”

She was chilly to the contact when discovered, and appeared to have been lifeless for a number of days, Shawnee County District Legal professional Mike Kagay mentioned. The coroner blamed her demise on a type of malnutrition referred to as marasmus.

5 empty liquor bottles have been present in Exon’s bed room, investigators mentioned. They decided that Exon wouldn’t feed or attend to his kids for days due to his habit points.

Exon’s 6-year-old son, who was 4 when his sister died, testified at trial that his dad locked them of their rooms for a number of days with out meals whereas he “slept.”

Seonaid Nichols, the youngsters’s mom, mentioned she agreed to offer James Exon custody of the youngsters as a result of her dwelling circumstances didn’t permit her to care for them.