Parents charged in toddler’s deadly fall released on bail, apartment owners face civil lawsuit
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The parents charged in the deadly fall of their 3-year-old son in Kansas City are out on bail.
Court records confirm Moses Lee Bass, 30, was released Tuesday, Aug. 6, on a $10,000 bond. His request for a change in bond conditions was denied on Aug. 7. His partner, Destiny Leeann Randle, 28, was released on the same amount Saturday, Aug. 3. Her change in bond hearing was granted a continuance on Aug. 7 due to the state’s plans to present her case to a grand jury.
The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office charged both with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child after their 3-year-old son fell from an eight-story apartment window on July 29.
The boy’s father told investigators he had been walking his dog at the time of the fall while the boy’s mother told police she was in a bedroom in the apartment. Bass itted in court documents that he knew the boy could open the window because he’d thrown toys out of the window before.
The next court date for both is scheduled for Aug. 26.
Meanwhile, court documents for a civil lawsuit involving the owner of Independence Towers and Fannie Mae, a mortgage financing firm, show the owner claiming disputes going back and forth between the two dating back to August 2023.
Fannie Mae gave the owner 30 days to make repairs to the complex along with demands for the owner to deposit more than $672,600 within 30 days for additional lender repairs.
The owner’s representation in the court documents claims there was not enough time to satisfy the demands and the legal battle continues.
A new development, as of July 22, in the civil lawsuit is a tenant, Anna Heetmann, seeking to intervene. Court documents show several issues that were never resolved according to Heetman’s representation.
It states: "Proposed Intervenor is a party to a Lease Agreement with Defendant, for the occupancy and use of an apartment, having all the accompanying tenant’s rights provided in the Lease and by Missouri law.
Defendant breached that Lease Agreement consistently, repeatedly, and without any care or concern for the proposed Intervenor, or the other 50+ tenants in the building.
The defendant’s breaches include the following:
- Failing to provide adequate heat for the tenants during this past winter;
- Failing to provide adequate hot water for the tenants during this past spring;
- Failing to provide adequate cool air conditioning during the last several years;
- Failing to provide a clean, safe physical environment for the tenants, including but not limited to mold, rodent, and pest infestation; water infiltration; and degradation of the walls, ceilings, and floors;
- Failing to address tenant complaints and concerns timely and effectively;
- Failing to provide a home for the tenants that complies with Defendant’s duty of habitability
The Independence Towers representation states she has not pointed out any specific common question of fact or law which would allow her to be involved so they are asking for the judge to deny it all.
It states: “Defendant 728 N Jennings Rd Partners, LLC prays that the Court deny the Proposed Intervenor’s Motion to Intervene, and for such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.”
The next hearing for the civil case is set for September 16 at 3 p.m. at the Jackson County Courthouse.
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