YELLVILLE -- A Flippin man pleaded innocent to capital murder in what police said was the beating death of 1-year-old girl.
Cody Allen, 23, entered the plea Wednesday in Marion County Circuit Court. He was being held in the Marion County jail in Yellville without bail. Court documents about the case are sealed under a judge's order, a Marion County Circuit Court clerk's deputy said Friday.
Allen was charged initially with first-degree battery after police found Alithia Boyd, 1, seriously injured May 1 at a Flippin apartment complex where the girl, her mother and Allen lived. Allen told police the girl fell down the stairs, Prosecuting Attorney David Ethredge of Mountain Home said.
Medical personnel transported the girl to an out-of-state hospital, where she died May 6.
Ethredge amended the charge to capital murder. He has not said whether he will seek the death penalty.
Pretrial motions are set for Allen in Marion County Circuit Court on Sept. 21.
State Desk on 05/22/2016