Wayne County Trial

{Kentucky}...During a hearing Thursday, attorney James Wren II said the drain cleaner that killed 20 month old Kayden Branham, a Wayne County toddler who died in 2009, was left in a cup when Alisha Dicken showed his 14 year old mother, Alisha Branham, how to use the chemical in making methamphetamine. On May 30, 2009, Kayden picked up the cup, which had been left on a table, while his parents weren't watching and drank the drain cleaner. The chemical burned the boy internally, and he died less than an hour later. Wren represents Larry Branham, the boy's grandfather, who rented the small mobile home outside Monticello where the boy drank the chemical. Larry Branham is charged with child endangerment, complicity to make meth and taking part in organized crime and has denied the charges. Alisha Branham pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree manslaughter, and Dicken pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of facilitation to make meth.