The man accused of killing a Dayton toddler plead guilty Monday.
Nathaniel Schmidt plead guilty to the murder of a 1-year-old Monday, changing his earlier plea of ‘not guilty,’ and giving up his right to a jury trial.
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Schmidt was babysitting a 16-month-old boy in Dayton on December 12, 2022 when he called the child’s father and reported the boy wasn’t breathing, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office said.
The child’s father called 911 and the child was taken to Dayton Children’s Hospital where he died five days later on Dec. 17. His cause of death was ruled as blunt force trauma…