Pair Indicted In Louisville Toddler Death

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Jefferson County grand jury has charged a woman and a man who lived with her with capital murder in the death of a toddler last month.

The indictment charges 22-year-old Nereida Allen and 23-year-old Joshua Peacher. Police say the 2-year-old boy who died, Christopher Allen, was Allen's nephew and had been staying with her.

The pair were also charged with abuse of another 2-year-old boy, Wyatt Allen, and police say that child is also Allen's nephew and had been staying in her home.

Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Gayle Norris told The Courier-Journal that Christopher died Aug. 28 of multiple blunt force injuries consistent with a beating. He was admitted to the hospital a day earlier.

A police citation says Allen and Peacher admitted shaking and jerking Christopher and Peacher admitted "hitting him numerous times." The citation says Allen told police the measures were used as discipline.