10-Month-Old Chloe Evans
District attorney's office seeks death penalty for man accused of killing 10-month-old
By WLOS News Staff
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch’s office is seeking the death penalty against a Haywood County man charged with murdering his girlfriend's infant.
Dylan Green is accused of killing 10-month-old Chloe Evans in July of 2019.
At a hearing on Friday, prosecutors laid out evidence they say meets state standards for making it a capital murder case.
According to District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch’s office, "Chief Assistant District Attorney Jeff Jones told the judge on Friday that the baby’s murder meets the standard of 'especially heinous, atrocious or cruel,' one of 11 potential aggravating factors required in North Carolina for pursuit of the death penalty."
“Your honor, we believe there is ample evidence to proceed with the capital case,” Jones said in court.
Green is not the the infant's biological father. He also faces felony child abuse charges, as well as possession of meth.
The mother of the baby, Channing Raye Evans, 25, was indicted and charged with involuntary manslaughter and child abuse through willful act and/or neglect omission resulting in serious bodily injury.
Back in 2019, Chloe's grandmother, Dawn Evans, told News 13 Dylan Green was home with the 10-month-old. Green reportedly told the family the baby had fallen from her crib and wasn’t breathing. Baby Chloe was rushed to Mission Hospital in Asheville where she died later that night. Dawn Evans told News 13 the doctors described the baby’s injuries as traumatic and consistent with blunt force trauma.
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