Eudora woman’s conviction in day care death overturned

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for a Eudora woman who was convicted of murder after a baby died at her day care center. The appeals court said Carrody Buchhorn received ineffective counsel before she was convicted in 2018 of second-degree murder in the death of 9-month-old boy, Oliver “Ollie” Ortiz. He was found unresponsive at the day care in 2016. The court said Buchhorn’s attorney did not properly investigate a coroner’s ruling that the boy died from a blow to the head. The Douglas County District Attorney’s office said it plans to appeal Friday’s ruling to the Kansas Supreme Court.