The senior coroner for Bedfordshire will deliver her findings next month in the case of a man convicted of assaulting a toddler who went on to murder his own baby daughter.
Kevin Eves, now 39, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 20 years, for killing eight-week-old Harper Denton.
He had caused baby Harper multiple injuries, including a fractured skull on at least three occasions, before smothering her at their home in Nightingale Court, Wixams near Bedford in June 2018.
In 2006 Eves, who then used the surname Forbes, was jailed for nine years for causing grievous bodily harm and assaulting a two-year-old boy in his care, while he was living in Bournemouth.
Eves was released from prison in 2010 and met Harper’s mother Cherinea Denton over the internet.
He kept the details of his conviction from her. At a hearing in Ampthill on Thursday, July 28, 2022, the Senior Coroner for Bedfordshire Emma Whitting said she will deliver her findings and conclusions on 16 August 11.30.
