Jaspera Rainey is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Friday. Co-defendant Patrick Middlebrook is set for a counsel-status hearing, and is set for a preliminary hearing next week. Both are being held in lieu of bond in the Buchanan County Jail.
The charges stem from the death in August of young Jaliyah Blackmon, Rainey’s daughter. Investigators say Jaliyah received multiple injuries to the head and body that ultimately caused her death.
Rainey is being held in the Buchanan County jail under $75,000 bond. Middlebrook’s bond was set at $50,000.