Kanawha County Trial Delayed

{West Virginia}...The trial of 21 year old Larry Hayes, Jr., a man accused in the death of an 18 month old baby girl, was scheduled to begin Monday in Kanawha County Circuit Court, but it was postponed a week to allow the defendant's expert witness review some of the prosecution's evidence. Hayes, who is charged with child abuse resulting in death, is now scheduled to go on trial next week. The child, Rebecca McDaniel, the daughter of Hayes' live-in girlfriend, died last October after she was taken to CAMC Women and Children's Hospital. The child allegedly suffered the injuries while in the care of Hayes while her mother was at work. Police say Hayes called the mother, Meredith Bush, and told her something was wrong with the child. Police say Hayes originally claimed nothing happened to the child while he was watching her but later changed his story, saying he fell down a flight of stairs while carrying the child.