Grand jury indicts North Dakota man with murder of 1-year-old

FARGO — A grand jury has indicted a North Dakota man for the murder of a 1-year-old child in February of this year.

The indictment, filed Thursday, Aug. 3, in U.S. District Court alleges Collin Ray Delorme killed the child, referred to in court documents as K.B., on Feb. 18 in “Indian country.” A more specific location of the alleged crimes was not available in court documents.

Delorme was charged with felony murder, child neglect and two counts of child abuse.

A felony murder charge is applied when one person kills another in course of, in furtherance of or in flight from certain crimes.

Kenzie Rose Baker was charged with accessory after the fact, child neglect and two counts of child abuse.

According to court documents, Delorme and Baker inflicted serious bodily injury on the 1-year-old between Jan. 12, 2022, and Feb. 18, 2023, and on a 2-year-old from March 2, 2020, to Feb. 18, 2023.

Delorme allegedly killed K.B. while abusing the child as part of what court documents called “a pattern and practice of assault against a child.”

If convicted on the felony murder charge, Delorme faces life in prison. Baker could spend up to 15 years behind bars on the accessory after the fact charge. They face up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine for each child abuse charge and the child neglect charges.

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