Arrest in Hampshire County child death

Cory Orndorff

GREEN SPRING, W.Va. — State Police in Hampshire County charged a man in connection with the death of an 18-month-old girl.

Troopers said 22-year-old Cory Orndorff, of Green Spring, was charged with child abuse resulting in death and two counts of child abuse resulting in injury. He’s lodged in the Potomac Highlands Regional Jail on $150,000 bail.

Police, called to a home last Friday to investigate a suspicious death, found the young girl had visible injuries. Orndorff was arrested following an autopsy by the state Medical Examiner’s Office.

 





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