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Wife Of Ewing Ex-Police Officer Charged In Newborn's Killing Loses Teaching License Wife Of Ewing Ex-Police Officer Charged In Newborn's Killing Loses Teaching License
Wife Of Ewing Ex-Police Officer Charged In Newborn's Killing Loses Teaching License A former Trenton Kindergarten teacher charged in her newborn's killing -- along with her former-police officer husband -- had her teaching license revoked by the state. Catherine Bannister, 30, of Ewing, had her elementary school teacher's certificate suspended indefinitely on May 14, according to the state Board of Education. Her husband, Daniel Bannister, 32, was indicted on a murder charge while she was indicted on a charge of reckless manslaughter, after the couple's 3-month-old daughter Hailey died in December 2018, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. Both w…

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by Jon Craig
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Prosecutor: Suspended Ewing Police Officer, Wife Indicted In Beating Death Of Infant Daughter Prosecutor: Suspended Ewing Police Officer, Wife Indicted In Beating Death Of Infant Daughter
Prosecutor: Suspended Ewing Police Officer, Wife Indicted In Beating Death Of Infant Daughter A suspended Ewing Township police officer and his wife charged this year with fatally beating their 3-month-old daughter have both been indicted, authorities said. Daniel Bannister was indicted on a murder charge and Catherine Bannister on a reckless manslaughter charge, Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday. The Ewing parents, 31 and 29, respectively, were also charged with child endangerment. Daniel was initially charged with child endangerment but it was later upgraded. Ewing Township EMS responded to the Bannisters' home on a 9-1-1 call for an unresponsive baby having dif…

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by Cecilia Levine