Two charged with homicide by child abuse

Two Westminster area residents—a man and a woman—are charged with homicide by child abuse. The Oconee Sheriff’s Office announcement stated that Ronnie Glenn Christen and Molly Morgan Spivey were originally arrested last year on charges of unlawful neglect of a child. They are now charged with homicide by child abuse of what, according to law enforcement, was blunt force head trauma to a child, not identified by name. Arrest warrants allege Christen and Spivey were the sole caregivers and that a “reasonable caretaker would have knowledge of the ongoing physical abuse due to the acute and chronic nature of the physical injuries.”