Trevor Wert v. State of Indiana

Vaidik, Chief Judge.

Case Summary

[1] Trevor Wert appeals his sixty-five-year murder sentence for beating to death a two-year-old child in his care. We affirm Wert's sentence but remand for the trial court to correct an error in its written sentencing order.

Facts and Procedural History

[2] In October 2018, forty-two-year-old Wert and his ex-wife, Samantha, lived together in Noble County with their young son. Misty Matson had two daughters, K.M. and two-year-old Railee Ewing. Misty worked third shift at a factory, and *1081 Samantha watched K.M. and Railee overnight two or three times a week while…