Plymouth High School Student Organizes Second 5K Against Domestic Violence

One Plymouth High School Senior is doing her part to make her community safer by organizing the second Marshall County 5K Against Domestic Violence. Loren Mattern decided to put together this event to honor the memory of Serenity Wilson, a local two-year-old girl who lost her life in September of 2015, after being beaten unconscious by a person who was considered to be a ‘family friend’.

The event will take place on October 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Young Amphitheater located at the corner of Baker St. and Randolph St in Centennial Park. Continue reading

Maximum Sentence Handed Down for Toddler’s 2015 Murder

Shane Weedling
Shane Weedling

The Marshall County man who admitted to beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death with a hairbrush last September because she wet the bed received a maximum sentence for murder this morning in Marshall Superior Court. Judge Robert O. Bowen told Shane Weedling the only factor in his favor was his guilty plea in connection with Serenity Wilson’s murder last year in a Plymouth motel room. Continue reading

Murder Defendant to Be Sentenced Today

Shane Weeding
Shane Weeding

The Plymouth man who admitted to beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death for wetting the bed will learn his fate today in a Marshall County courtroom. Shane Weeding entered a guilty plea to murder during a Sept. 13 court appearance in connection with 2-year-old Serenity Wilson’s death last September at the Economy Inn Motel in Plymouth. Weeding was living there with her mother, Krysti Lavanway, according to court documents. Continue reading

Coroner Confirms Toddler’s Cause of Death

A Plymouth toddler who was unconscious when her mother brought her to a local hospital Friday morning died of blunt force trauma Saturday night at a Fort Wayne Hospital. A spokeswoman for the Allen County Coroner’s Office tells MAX 98.3 FM News 2-year-old Serenity Wilson’s death has been classified as a homicide. Investigators say the injury occurred earlier in the day. Continue reading