Updated on March 17, 2021 at 7:59 am
A Virginia jury that found a man guilty after authorities accused him of encouraging his girlfriend to sexually abuse her 2-year-old son has recommended he serve two life sentences plus 45 years in prison.
A Montgomery County, Virginia, jury returned the verdict on Monday against McKenzie Kyle Hellman, 27, who faced five child sex and pornography charges, The Roanoke Times reported. The trial centered on the sexual abuse in January 2019 of Steven Dale Meek II, the son of Hellman’s girlfriend Kayla Thomas, also 27. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
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Trial set to begin in alleged sex abuse of 2-year-old boy
March 14, 2021
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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) A long-delayed trial is set to begin for a Virginia man accused of sexually abusing and making child pornography of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son.
The Roanoke Times reports that McKenzie Kyle Hellman, 27, of Christiansburg, is scheduled to go on trial Monday in Montgomery County Circuit Court.
Hellman is also facing charges of second-degree murder in the boy s death, and child abuse, but those counts have been separated from the sex charges and will be considered at a separate proceeding later.
Hellman and his girlfriend, Kayla Nicole Thomas, also 27, were arrested after the January 2019 death of Steven Dale Meek II, who was Thomas’ son.