HOLDREGE, Neb. (KSNB) - A Holdrege man is heading to prison following the death of his infant daughter more than a year later.

According to court records, 25-year-old Jason Remmenga was sentenced in Phelps County District Court for a term of 14 to 18 years.

Remmenga had taken a plea deal earlier this year. He pleaded no contest to negligent child abuse resulting in death for the 2024 death of his daughter, Lea.

Remmenga had been charged with intentional child abuse resulting in death, but that was amended as part of the deal. Two other charges were dropped.

According to the arrest affidavit, Holdrege Police were contacted by staff at a Kearney hospital on May 21, 2024 about a possible incident of child abuse. The officer said in the affidavit that once the baby started getting trea

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