Kaylee Ann Messerly, 36, was arrested Friday morning on two felony warrants following the death of her 18-month old daughter in early March, and charged with felony child abuse resulting in death, and child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury.
The Moffat County Sheriff’s Office and the Investigations Division issued an arrest warrant for Messerly on Friday morning following a nearly month-long investigation into the death of the 18-month-old girl in the county following a search for Messerly and her two young children March 11 in the unincorporated area of Moffat County near County Road 54.
Around 8 a.m. March 11, the Moffat County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a suspicious vehicle near County Road 54, a road that is not frequently traveled during wintertime.
Moffat County Sheriff s Office investigating child death after mother, toddlers found in the cold
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MOFFAT COUNTY, Colo. â The Moffat County Sheriff s Office is investigating the death of an 18-month-old juvenile found with her mother out in the cold.
The sheriff s office responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle near County Road 54 in unincorporated Moffat County at about 8 a.m. Thursday. They found the vehicle on a service road south of County Road 54, which is not frequently traveled in winter months. The vehicle appeared to be stuck in the mud and snow and was unoccupied.