Judge convicts Evan Lee of involuntary manslaughter

YOUNGSTOWN — A judge acquitted Evan Lee of murdering his 4-month-old daughter, but found him guilty of the lesser-included offense of involuntary manslaughter

Judge John M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court announced his ruling this morning after a nonjury trial that began Monday.

Lee, 23, was originally charged with murder, felonious assault and two counts of child endangering in the May 13, 2013, death of his daughter, Ila Lee, in their Woodside Avenue home.

The judge also convicted Lee of one count of child endangering, acquitted him of the other child-endangering charge, and acquitted him of felonious assault.

Sentencing will be at 11 a.m. Monday.

A doctor who treated the baby at St. Elizabeth Health Center said her fatal brain injuries were caused by “violent whiplash shaking,” but a forensic pathologist testifying for the defense said there were no marks and no evidence on the baby’s torso to suggest someone held and shook her.

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