A few days after his partner was charged with one count of homicide in the same case, a Pennsylvania father is now legally involved in the death of his 2-year-old son in the late summer.
As previously reported by Law&Crime, 2-year-old Bentlee Myers was beaten to death on August 16. The Fayette County District Attorney’s Office filed a homicide charge against 30-year-old Brianna Bloyer on November 8.
Police in the Keystone State have now charged 25-year-old Brett Bissett with one count of criminal homicide as well. He is also accused with reckless endangerment and jeopardizing a child’s welfare.
The father was arrested on counts of tampering with evidence, impeding the administration of justice, and hindering apprehension a few days after his girlfriend was charged.
Prosecutors expected to file more charges in the case from the beginning, and this week they fulfilled that expectation.
According to a criminal complaint obtained by The Observer-Reporter, Bissett allegedly observed his partner repeatedly assault and attempt to assault the toddler from the time Bentlee was six months old until his death this year.
According to the complaint, the father left Bentlee in the care of his girlfriend several days a week, allowing the process to start afresh after frequently confronting the alleged killer about the abuse and the child’s accompanying injuries.
Another adult showed up at Bloyer’s home on Old Lake Lynn Road in Springhill Township, a small community located directly across the West Virginia border, early in the afternoon on the day in issue.
The second adult discovered the toddler unconscious there.
According to law police, that individual discovered that Bloyer knew the youngster was in a dangerous situation but had not dialed 911.
The lawsuit does not specify who made the 911 call.
According to the complaint, the other adult informed dispatchers that the boy did not seem to be breathing, his face was blue, and his feet were pushed up. The youngster was taken to a local hospital by first responders, but it was too little, too late; the doctors declared him brain dead, and Bentlee passed away from his wounds.
Bloyer reportedly told detectives the child had been living with her for around two weeks on the day of the deadly occurrence. According to the complaint, the defendant allegedly continued by saying that Bentlee stumbled around and eventually passed out when she woke him up that morning.
Following a search of the home, police were able to seize Bloyer’s phone. The following August 16 search was allegedly found on the device by police: how to get someone to come to your aid when you pass out.
Between August 8 and 9, more damning Google searches were conducted, according to the police, including “why am I so much more angry while pregnant?” and “what better way to make bruises fade overnight?”
on addition to looking for homemade bruise cream, the boy’s father’s girlfriend reportedly searched for “carpet imprint in face how long does it take to go away” in order to find out how long it takes for a face imprint to disappear.
According to the lawsuit, police verified that the woman’s phone did not call 911 on the day of the fatal injury.
According to investigators, Bissett initially claimed to be somewhat ignorant about the punishment system that killed his kid.
When asked to explain the injuries, the boy’s father said he was unaware of the presence of the bruises, according to the police. However, the father reportedly told detectives that he saw his partner was frequently anxious and irritated with the child. Then that story altered.
Bissett would go on to recount a number of instances in which his girlfriend mistreated or neglected the child, including the time on August 9 that Bentlee was discovered comatose in the bathtub.
According to the complaint, the boy’s father said that Bloyer had left the youngster alone for less than ten minutes, heard what sounded like a fall, and discovered the boy limp.
On other instances, the father allegedly acknowledged that he had witnessed Bloyer belt his kid and give him a pretty severe blow to the face.
When asked why he never took his son away from the danger of the woman, the father allegedly replied: Because I loved her.
That love allegedly carried on past the child s death. Police say Bissett initially agreed to help with their investigation into Bloyer by agreeing to secretly record her. Then came the heart: police say Bissett tipped Bloyer off about the surveillance.
The father of this child went out of his way to obstruct our investigation and to aid Ms. Bloyer in getting away with this, or what he thought was going to allow her to get away with this, Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele toldCBS Newsearlier this month. I don t feel like there is one moment throughout this entire investigation that he cared about this child. I think it was all about Ms. Bloyer.
A preliminary hearing in Bloyer s case had originally been scheduled for Wednesday but was continued earlier this week.
Bissett is slated to appear in court on Dec. 4.
Both defendants are being detained without bond in the Fayette County Jail.
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