A second person has been charged in the death of a toddler in Christian County in March of 2022.
A Christian County grand jury indicted 24-year-old Dakota Heck on Friday, charging her with complicity to murder. The true bill said Heck engaged in wanton conduct that created a grave risk to the child, identified with the initials L.M. on the indictment.
Her husband — Alexander Heck — was indicted last year on a murder charge in the same case. He was stationed at Fort Campbell at the time of the child’s death, with Heck’s commanding officer testifying during a bond reduction hearing last year the defendant was a “high-performance soldier” who was in charge of training his troop in how to properly prepare vehicles for transport by helicopters.
Police said the child, who was not related to Heck, died of blunt force trauma.
Alexander Heck’s attorney — Michael Thompson — said the child’s mother was living with the Hecks at the time of the child’s death. Thompson said it was Alexander Heck who found the child unresponsive and called for help. Prosecutors have said that Alexander Heck was the only adult in the home when the child was found unresponsive.
Dakota Heck is lodged in the Christian County Jail under a $150,000 cash bond.
