MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (WATE) — The man indicted in connection with the 2023 death of 17-month-old Elena Hembree has been offered a plea agreement.

Bell County Commonwealth Attorney Mike Taylor confirmed to 6 News on Friday that Harvey C. Gollahan had signed the plea agreement and the document had been submitted, but the agreement has not been accepted by a judge at this time. The agreement is set to be discussed in court on November 3.

In the plea agreement dated September 22, prosecutors wrote that the abuse and neglect that Hembree suffered at the hands of her mother happened in Gollahan's home. The agreement stated that Gollahan witnessed the abuse, neglect and serious injury on at least three occasions and did not protect her, seek medical attention for her, or seek a protective agency to

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