First please allow me to preface this story by saying that no criminal charges have been filed at the time I’m posting this.

Having said that, as you may recall, Campbell County High School shooter Kenny Bartley was living with his psychologist and her son as part of his probation for domestic violence charges he allegedly committed against his own family. Back in May, the three-year-old boy died while in Bartley’s supervision. Bartley’s psychologist and attorney have both said that it was an accident and that the child fell off some stairs onto a concrete surface.

Recently the boy’s cause of death has been made public, and according to the autopsy report, the boy died from blunt force trauma to the head. In case you’re wondering, I’m not mentioning the boy’s name until actual criminal charges are filed, if any are filed at all. So far it appears that the investigation is still ongoing since not only has the suspected cause of the blunt force trauma not been released, but the law enforcement offices that are involved in the investigation are being very tight-lipped about the whole thing.

Now I am far from any kind of medical professional, but I’ve posted enough stories in my time about children dying from blunt force trauma, and they tend to have similar narratives, usually from abusive parents. Most times they claim the child fell out of bed or hit their head on some piece of furniture. It usually turns out that the force they died from was many times greater than the force they claim injured the child. Is that the case here? Can an accidental fall from three steps up onto a concrete floor cause enough trauma to kill a three-year-old? I guess it is entirely possible, however, when a child is left unattended with a convicted murderer who has a history of violence, it seems like it becomes more than coincidental.