SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI: A Missouri man accused of beating his six-year-old daughter to death using a baseball bat was rejected by the court. Dustin L Beechner allegedly killed Jozlyn Marie Beechner and on Wednesday, Sept. 7, Associate Circuit Judge Keith Marquart issued a ruling stating that he should be detained without bond citing his previous two convictions for domestic assault.
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The judge also ordered police to keep the suspected suicide in the Buchanan County jail cell, where he is currently being held. This comes after Friday, September 2, when St Joseph’s police arrived at a Buchanan County home at 3217½ Mitchell Avenue after receiving a phone call about Dustin, who was apparently behaving strangely around 6:30 am. .
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It was also said that it was the same 37-year-old accused who brought law enforcement to the body of his daughter who he allegedly beat to death without mercy. According to reports, investigators discovered the baby’s remains under a white sheet held on the roof of the house. According to prosecutors, the little girl was brutally hit with an aluminum baseball bat by her father. He was slapped with child abuse resulting in a death charge.
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News-Press Now reported that Dustin “was still on probation on domestic violence charges when he allegedly killed his daughter.” The newspaper also said that during his appearance before the court via a video link, he told Marquart: “I have been well for a year and a half in convalescence. Some things have happened in my life… ”But he was interrupted by the judge, who made him understand that the prosecutor was listening to everything and“ that whatever he said could be used against him in court ”. The next bond review hearing for Dustin was reportedly set for September 14, one day before Jozlyn turned seven.
Meanwhile, in an opinion piece, News-Press Now said that “the news of the death of 6-year-old Jozlyn Beechner raises many difficult questions. How could something so terrible happen to someone so small and innocent? How was she put in this situation? Where were the adults and the institutions that were supposed to intervene and help her? And, for St. Joseph, what can be done to prevent this from happening? “
The essay, entitled ‘As a society, we must do more’, he went on to note that “the death of a child is an unprecedented tragedy. We will not relive the particularly heartbreaking details, nor are we interested in proving the case in the newspaper. Now it is in the hands of the courts ”, before stating,“ Unfortunately it is not the first time. The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count Data Center has estimated the number of proven cases of child abuse or neglect in Buchanan County at 75 for 2019.
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“This always raises the question of whether the numbers reflect a true measure of the problem or whether the cases of abuse and neglect are underestimated. Statistics provide perspective, but they shouldn’t be allowed to sterilize such a human tragedy. Moving forward, it’s important to reflect on a life that’s too short and a little girl who should be enjoying first grade and celebrating a birthday this week. Strong participation in her upcoming public events in her honor would be a fitting and fitting tribute, ”she added.
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