People v. Kingen

An indictment was filed in the circuit court of Bureau County on May 8, 1984, charging the defendant with the offense of involuntary manslaughter.

The indictment alleged that:

“Sometime between December 26, 1982 and January 9, 1983, in Bureau County, Illinois, Michael W. Kingen, defendant, committed the offense of: Involuntary Manslaughter (Class 3 Felony) in that the said defendant, acting in a reckless manner failed to perform an act which would likely have prevented death or great bodily harm to some individual, in that he failed to remove Jessica Kingen, his daughter, a 13 month old child,…