Man Admits to Killing Toddler

A Coshocton man admitted guilt Tuesday in the death of a two-year-old.

According to Coshocton County Prosecutor Bob Batchelor, Tuesday in Coshocton County Common Pleas Court, 28-year-old Aaron Holdsworth pled guilty to one count of murder in the death of Reina Patterson. The little girl was the daughter of Holdsworth’s girlfriend Anita Deeds.

Batchelor says Holdsworth shook, strangled and beat the baby on June 2nd of last year. Holdsworth was sentenced to 15-years-to-life in prison for the crime. Batchelor says that sentenced will be served consecutively to a three-year-sentence for another crime Holdsworth committed.