RUSSELLVILLE, Ky. – A Russellville woman has been convicted of manslaughter in the 2024 drowning death of a two-year-old girl she babysat.

A jury found Lindsey Dover, 31, of Russellville, guilty of second-degree manslaughter at the Logan County Courthouse on Thursday.

The verdict was unanimous.

On July 10, 2024, the child victim was unsupervised by Dover on Pleasant Drive and walked to the backyard of a neighboring house on Creekwood Drive. The child victim entered a koi pond and drowned.

She was later pronounced dead at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

On the fourth day of the trial, the defense and the Commonwealth’s Attorney presented closing statements.

Dover’s lawyer, John Caudill, told the jury that the investigation had “chinks in the armor.”

Caudill questioned why the L

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