Preliminary Hearing Date Set For Babysitter Accused Of Murder:

A preliminary hearing date has been set for a Willard babysitter charged with second degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.

Brenda Caringer is scheduled to be in court on March 31st. Caringer is accused of allegedly causing the death of 9 month-old Lucas Payton Theede-Bennett in January.

Public Defender Kristin Jones has filed a motion with the court to lower Caringer's $250,000 bond. That motion will be heard on Friday March 13, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. in Associate Circuit Court Judge Mark Powell's courtroom in the Greene County courthouse.

https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/cases/searchCases.do
0931-CR01097 - ST V BRENDA JEAN CARINGER