Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Parents claimed mom had miscarriage before cops found baby dead 'over an embankment' outside their home: Police
Law and Crime ^ | February 11, 2026 | Jerry Lambe

Posted on 02/12/2026 11:14:32 PM PST by Morgana

A Kentucky mother and her husband are accused of killing their baby after the woman allegedly claimed to suffer a miscarriage shortly before authorities discovered the infant's body outside the couple's home.

Deeann Bennett and Charles Bennett were taken into custody this week — more than a year after the child's body was discovered — and charged with one count each of reckless homicide and concealing the birth of an infant, authorities announced. Deeann Bennett is also facing additional counts of tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse.

According to a news release from the Kentucky State Police, the investigation into the couple began on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. The state police's Post 7 unit in Richmond responded to a 911 call at about 10:30 a.m. regarding a woman who reported suffering a "possible miscarriage." The woman, later identified as Deeann Bennett, was transported to a local hospital for treatment.

Police said that while they were at the hospital, the couple "informed authorities that the infant remained at their residence" which is on Lewis Lane in Booneville, Kentucky, about 150 miles southeast of Louisville.

"Troopers and detectives responded to the residence, where they located an unresponsive infant over an embankment outside the home," KSP Post 7 Public Affairs Officer Justin Kearney wrote in the release. "Owsley County Coroner Rob Morgan pronounced the infant deceased at the scene."

Authorities transported the infant's body to the Kentucky State Medical Examiner's Office in Frankfort, Kentucky, for an autopsy to determine the manner and cause of the victim's death. Those results have not been publicly released.

The Bennetts are both being held in detention at the Three Forks Jail without bond. They are currently scheduled to appear in court for their arraignments on the morning of March 2, records show.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: kentucky; prolife

Click here: to donate by Credit Card

Or here: to donate by PayPal

Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794

Thank you very much and God bless you.

Well if one miscarries a baby don't throw it over a hill.
1 posted on 02/12/2026 11:14:32 PM PST by Morgana
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Morgana

With parents like this you see how you get women like this.


2 posted on 02/12/2026 11:46:56 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Morgana

Do they have other kids?


3 posted on 02/13/2026 1:33:20 AM PST by factmart ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Morgana

They look just like a Bennett from Justified. Raylan probably knows them.


4 posted on 02/13/2026 2:07:28 AM PST by Ikeon
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Morgana

Someone has to come up with a law about being uncivilized it’s getting out of hand.


5 posted on 02/13/2026 6:33:34 AM PST by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson