DAYTON — A couple is facing over 100 charges in connection to what prosecutors have called “horrific abuse” of a child.
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Both Kyle Knox, 38, and Kayla Shepherd, 29, were reindicted on additional counts related to the alleged abuse, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.
Knox was reindicted on over 90 counts including aggravated arson (harm to persons), endangering children (sexual matter), abuse (serious physical harm), strangulation (serious physical harm), and endangering children (cruelly abuse/torture).
Shepherd was reindicted on charges of aggravated possession of drugs and a drug paraphernalia offense.
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News Center 7 previously reported that on Nov. 18 Dayton police were called to a home in the 3300 block of Arlene Avenue after a neighbor reported finding a 9-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy walking in the street, according to the prosecutor’s office.
The children told officers they had been left alone and were looking for help.
The 8-year-old boy had “significant, visible injuries.”
Prosecutors allege that Knox, who is the boyfriend of the children’s mother, continually hit the 8-year-old boy which included punching him in the face several times.
When the children were left alone they saw it as an opportunity to ask for help.
Knox is currently in the custody of the Montgomery County Jail on a $150,000 bond.
Shepherd is out on bond.
They are set to be arraigned on the new charges on Jan. 9.
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