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West Plains man pleads guilty in infant bathtub drowning

By Jessica Hammer,

2024-09-04

WEST PLAINS, Mo. — A man accused of leaving an infant unattended in a bathtub has entered a guilty plea.

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According to online court documents, Levi M. Coffel pleaded guilty under a plea agreement to a reduced charge of second-degree involuntary manslaughter. He is scheduled for sentencing on Sept. 23.

A probable cause statement from the West Plains Police Department (WPPD) said officers responded to a home where a six-month-old girl was found not breathing in 2023. Documents say Coffel met officers at the door and told them he’d performed life-saving measures on the child, but was unsuccessful.

Coffel told police he thought the baby had been unattended in the bathtub for “a few minutes” when he returned and found her submerged.

Police say Coffel smelled of alcohol when he was taken into custody and agreed to provide a breath sample, which showed Coffel’s blood alcohol content (BAC) at 0.191.

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Tiana Gregory

09-05

Yeah it’s pretty nice huh no not at all that’s results of him losing his baby from an accident. Just know that it can happen to anyone so don’t think for one second it will never happen to you. Because guess what he never thought in a million years he would be facing prison time over a freak accident just remember he pays the price every single day he lives with what has happened every day and has been for the past year I hate when people think they are so much better then others when really your in fact not you don’t know him or what happened you only know what the media puts out there so please can we just stop already. I hope yall have a blessed day

RUSH MAN

09-05

i like the glamour shot

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