Overview
- Deeann Bennett, 27, is charged with reckless homicide, tampering with physical evidence, abuse of a corpse, and concealing the birth of an infant.
- Charles Bennett, 32, is charged with reckless homicide and concealing the birth of an infant.
- An Owsley County grand jury returned indictments on Jan. 22 following the Kentucky State Police investigation led by Post 7 Detective Anthony Bowling.
- Troopers found an unresponsive infant over an embankment outside the Bennetts’ Booneville home; the coroner pronounced the infant dead and the body was sent to the state medical examiner for autopsy.
- Both are being held at Three Forks Regional Jail awaiting arraignment, with online jail records listing a March 2 court date.