Former Lansing man sent to prison - again - for abuse of daughter

MASON - A former Lansing man who served prison time for injuring his daughter more than a decade ago is headed back to prison in connection with her death.

Marcus Oglesby, 34, served more than three years in prison after a jury convicted him of second-degree child abuse in 2003. His daughter, Keyaria, was left incapacitated. She died in 2015 as a result of the abuse, authorities said.

Marcus Oglesby pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in June and was sentenced to 6 to 15 years in prison Wednesday by Ingham County Circuit Judge William Collette.

That sentence was negotiated as part of a plea deal, and Oglesby will get credit for the time he served on the child abuse conviction.

Oglesby was living in Lansing when his infant daughter was injured in August 2002.

During his 2003 trial, he testified that he was playing with her, tossing her in the air and catching her, when she slipped out of his hands and hit a piece of furniture and the floor.

But an expert in pediatric medicine and child abuse testified that the child's injuries were "classic for abuse." He said she suffered injuries to both sides of her face, which he believed were caused by blows to the head.

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Keyaria Oglesby was 13 when she died in November 2015 in Bay County. An autopsy showed she died from circumstances related to the abuse, authorities said.

Oglesby was living in Runnemede, New Jersey when he was charged with murder in July 2016. He was extradited to Michigan and remained in custody until pleading guilty to the manslaughter charge last month.

Oglesby will get more than five years credit for time he's already spent in custody, court records show.

The principle of double jeopardy bars defendants from being charged twice for the same crime. But prosecutors can bring a homicide charge if a death occurs after someone has been convicted on lesser charges, the Ingham County Prosecutors Office said. The elements of homicide and second-degree child abuse are different, officials said.

Contact Ken Palmer at (517) 377-1032 or kpalmer@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @KBPalm_lsj.