BREAKING Stepfather arrested after 2-year-old child in St. George died from injuries caused by child abuse.
Randy Lessing, 29, was arrested Tuesday on one count of Child Abuse Homicide, a first-degree felony.
Lessing was the stepfather to the child, officials report, and told police he was at a home by himself with the girl in St. George when she fell and became unconscious, court documents state.
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