April 17, 2018 - 10:23 AM
WICHITA, Kan. - A man charged in the killing of a 3-year-old Kansas boy and hiding the body in concrete will be tried on six criminal counts.
Stephen Bodine was bound over for trial Tuesday on two counts of first-degree felony murder, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, one count of child abuse and one count of aggravated child endangerment.
The ruling came after testimony in a preliminary hearing Monday detailed verbal and physical abuse the boy suffered before his body was found in September in a home he shared with his mother, Miranda Miller, and Bodine, who was Miller's boyfriend.
The Wichita Eagle report s Miller, who is charged with first-degree felony murder in her son's death, will be allowed to plead guilty to second-degree murder and other charges after she testifies against Bodine.
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Information from: The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle, http://www.kansas.com
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