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A grand jury in Sweetwater County has indicted a Green River police officer for murder in the death of a two-year-old boy in 2009.
Jacob Anglesey, 34 of Green River, was indicted on murder in the First Degree for the March 209 death of Konnor Allen, a two-year-old boy who was in his care.
A release from the Green River Police Department identifies Anglesey as an employee of the Green River Police Department, and a recent list of City of Green River employee salaries (from July 2015) lists him as a police officer, as first reported by WyoRadio. GRPD says Anglesey has been placed on leave from the department pending the outcome of the charges. Since this involves personnel matters which are confidential under Wyoming law, the Green River Police Department has declined any further comment.
According to a release from the Sweetwater County Attorney’s Office, emergency crews responded to Allen’s home in Green River on March 9, 2009 after Anglesey called to report that Allen was unresponsive following a fall.
The boy was taken to Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County and was flown by life flight to the Intermountain Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Allen was unable to recover from the fatal head trauma and was pronounced dead on March 10, 2009.
The Sweetwater County Attorney’s Office was notified and they contacted the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to conduct an investigation. DCI presented their initial findings to a special prosecutor, requested by then Sweetwater County Attorney, Brett Johnson, and appointed by the Sweetwater County Commissioners on March 12, 2009. After review of the investigation, the appointed special prosecutor declined to initiate charges at that time.
The case remained open with Wyoming DCI since then, and in 2015, DCI Agents presented their findings, as well as expert reports to Sweetwater County Attorney Daniel Erramouspe. The investigation presented alleged inconsistent statements from Anglesey as to the cause of Allen’s injuries, and the medical exam report. Also included were medical reports citing the injuries to Allen were caused by non-accidental trauma.
The Sweetwater County Attorney’s office presented the investigation to the grand jury. After deliberation, the grand jury indicted Anglesey on Murder in the First Degree for the death of Allen.
Murder in the First Degree carries a penalty of death, life imprisonment without parole, or life imprisonment according to law.
The Sweetwater County Attorney’s office reminds that people charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law.