Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Wayne County Trial Delayed

{Kentucky}...Jury selection was scheduled to begin Wednesday in the trial for four people charged in connection with the death of 20 months old Kayden Branham, a Wayne County boy who died in May 2009. Police say he drank drain cleaner that had been left out after people allegedly used the chemical in making methamphetamine at the small mobile home outside Monticello where the boy and his parents had been staying. Circuit Judge Vernon Miniard Jr. granted a delay until April after defense attorneys raised concerns related to trying the four people together. Kayden's father, Bryan Daniels, Danny Ray Anderson II, Kayden's great-uncle, and James Hunt are charged with murder, child endangerment, making meth and engaging in organized crime. The boy's grandfather, Larry Branham, is charged with child endangerment, complicity to make meth and taking part in organized crime. Two other adults originally charged in the case, Wesley Bell and Alisha Dicken, pleaded guilty to meth charges. Kayden's mother, Alisha Branham, who was 14 when her son died, pleaded guilty in juvenile court.