{"id":1998751,"date":"2023-08-12T12:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T16:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-suspected-of-sexually-assaulting-autistic-children-is-found-dead-in-jail\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T12:21:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T16:21:26","slug":"man-suspected-of-sexually-assaulting-autistic-children-is-found-dead-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-suspected-of-sexually-assaulting-autistic-children-is-found-dead-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of sexually assaulting autistic children found dead in jail."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-suspected-of-sexually-assaulting-autistic-children-is-found-dead-in-jail%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998751&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Man Suspected of Sexually Assaulting Autistic Children Is \u2063Found Dead in Jail<\/h2>\n<p>A shocking incident \u200bhas unfolded in Johnson \u200bCounty, Indiana, where a Washington man accused of child molestation and possession of child pornography has died in jail while awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p>Leomeir V. Kennedy, a \u206431-year-old transgender individual from Vancouver,\u2064 Washington, was being held at the Johnson County jail after being arrested and charged in April. However, tragedy struck when Kennedy was found unconscious in his cell on Friday morning. Despite the officers&#8217; attempts to resuscitate him,\u2064 Kennedy was pronounced dead \u200cat the scene, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrtv.com\/news\/local-news\/inmate-dies-at-johnson-county-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRTV-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Johnson County Coroner, Mike\u200d Pruitt, determined \u2062that Kennedy\u2064 had\u200c gone into cardiac\u2062 arrest, \u2063according to WRTV. While no foul play is suspected, an investigation into his death is ongoing, and\u2062 an autopsy\u200b and toxicology \u200btest are set to be performed, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/article\/news\/local\/inmate-dies-death-investigation-johnson-county-jail-franklin\/531-7044b547-0133-47c9-bb07-5652367fd4df\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTHR-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Kennedy turned himself in to the Greenwood Police Department, confessing to molesting three young girls. Shockingly, he admitted to fondling two\u2064 of them at the Hopebridge Autism Therapy Center\u200b in Greenwood, Indiana, where he was employed. Additionally, Kennedy confessed to fondling a 1-year-old child in 2017 while babysitting at \u200ban\u2064 apartment in Greenwood, as reported by WRTV.<\/p>\n<p>Disturbingly, a photo of the nude 1-year-old in a bathtub was discovered on Kennedy&#8217;s phone, along with evidence of\u2063 online conversations with other pedophiles and two other images of child pornography that had been sent to\u2063 him. Kennedy had been working as a caretaker for young children at\u2062 Hopebridge for eight \u200dmonths before his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u200d arrest records cited by WRTV, \u200dKennedy chose the job at Hopebridge because he saw it as a \u200b&#8221;victim pool&#8221; \u2063and\u200b believed he could help children with autism grow. This revelation is deeply troubling and raises concerns about \u200cthe\u2063 screening process for individuals working with vulnerable children.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ngo report: A therapist\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/trans?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#trans<\/a> activist has been charged over sexually assaulting autistic children in Indiana. Leomeir Kennedy, \u2064formerly Allison, was on cross-sex hormones &#038; told investigators it was\u2062 \u201clike Christmas\u201d when molesting the nonverbal victim. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hNtZXRInek\">https:\/\/t.co\/hNtZXRInek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4  (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1647663156615847937?\">April 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WTHR reports that Kennedy allegedly managed to avoid getting caught by not abusing the children under his direct care. He would \u200bvolunteer to \u200ccover for other \u200dstaff members and care for the children assigned to them. When a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/loudoun-schools-to-make-bathrooms-co-ed-to-accommodate-trans-students\/\" title=\"Loudoun Schools To Make Bathrooms Co-Ed To Accommodate Trans Students\">staff member walked<\/a> in on him during an alleged assault, Kennedy\u200d claimed that the victim had initiated the contact, suggesting that \u2062she may have been sexually abused in the past.\u2062 He even reported the child&#8217;s behavior to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-suspected-of-sexually-assaulting-autistic-children-is-found-dead-in-jail\/\" title=\"Man accused of sexually assaulting autistic children found dead in jail.\">board-certified behavioral analyst<\/a>, according to WTHR.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it was \u2064a spiritual adviser who convinced Kennedy to turn himself in, helping him \u2064confront the &#8220;shadows&#8221; and &#8220;snakes&#8221; inside him. The gravity of Kennedy&#8217;s actions cannot be \u200bunderstated, and the families\u200d of his alleged victims have filed a civil suit against\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hate-crime-hoax-black-university-employee-arrested-for-allegedly-painting-racist-graffiti-on-school-building\/\" title=\"HATE CRIME HOAX: Black University Employee Arrested For Allegedly Painting Racist Graffiti on School Building\">autism center<\/a>, accusing \u2062them of negligence for failing to recognize Kennedy&#8217;s dangerous propensities and allowing him to care for children without proper supervision.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-first-round-pick-pleads-guilty-to-drunk-driving-crash-that-killed-las-vegas-woman\/\" title=\"Ex-NFL player admits to DUI crash that killed Vegas woman.\">tragic incident serves<\/a> as a stark reminder of the importance of thorough background checks and vigilant oversight when it comes to individuals\u2062 working with\u200b vulnerable\u2063 populations, especially children.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-suspected-sexually-assaulting-autistic-children-found-dead-jail\/\">The Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A transgender man from Washington, Leomeir V. Kennedy, accused of child molestation and possessing child pornography, has died in an Indiana jail before his trial. Kennedy, 31, was arrested in April and held at Johnson County jail. The Vancouver resident was found unconscious and later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2043,"featured_media":1998752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2043"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}