Tim Vandenack covers immigration, multicultural issues and Northern Utah for KSL. He worked several years for the Standard-Examiner in Ogden and has lived and reported in Mexico, Chile and along the U.S.-Mexico border.
OGDEN — An Ogden man charged in the death of his 4-month old daughter has been sentenced to about seven months jail.Nicholas James Horsley, 28, pleaded guilty on Feb. 4 to reduced charges of aggravated child abuse, a second-degree felony, and endangerment of a child, a third-degree felony, in connection with the Dec.
27, 2024, incident that led to the death of his daughter. Judge Craig Hall sentenced him on March 18 to 210 days of jail, with credit for 148 days already served, and placed him on probation for four years.Horsley also received suspended prison sentences of one to 15 years on the aggravated child abuse charge and zero to five years on the child endangerment charge. Sentencing documents say Horsley is to serve his remaining jail time "on electronic monitoring" but don't specify where he's to serve it.Horsley was originally charged with child abuse homicide, a first-degree felony, but pleaded guilty to reduced charges as part of a plea deal. The plea deal doesn't specify exactly what happened to Horsley's daughter, but says medical scans show the girl "had sustained a catastrophic brain bleed, which was caused by nonaccidental abusive head trauma." The girl's mom had reported that the girl was "responsive and normal" before Horsley took her to another room. Elizabeth Jayne Horsley The child endangerment charge stemmed from the presence of marijuana in Horsley's home when authorities were called to the scene. "While investigators were on scene, the couple's 18-month-old toddler was observed reaching for a pile of marijuana on the coffee table and had to be encouraged to leave the marijuana alone," court documents state.Horsley was ordered to get therapy "with a particular focus on boundary setting, victim empathy and parenting skills." The two sides reached accord that the "sentencing matrix" in the case calls for 105 days of incarceration, according to the plea deal."Nick presents with an intellectual disability alongside symptoms of anxiety and depression. These conditions, supported by diagnostic history, appear to have influenced his functioning and may help explain aspects of the behavior underlying the current allegations," reads a mitigation report in the case prepared by his lawyer. It said he has used marijuana "to regulate emotions" but no longer uses the drug "and understands the importance of sobriety moving forward."Horsley's par
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