Courtney Kincaid v. State of Indiana

── Courtney Kincaid v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-PC-02545 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 16, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Whitley Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In August 2017, Kincaid started operating an unlicensed daycare in her Columbia City home. See Trial Tr. Vol. IV pp. 138, 170. Nick and Sherry Leeman’s daughter, E.L., who was born in April 2017, started going there in January 2018. On April 12, Nick dropped off E.L., then eleven months old, at Kincaid’s house around 7:00 a.m. At 10:21 a.m., Kincaid took a photo of E.L. and texted it to Sherry. See Trial Ex. Vol. VI p. 47; Trial Tr. Vol. IV p. 65. E.L. was “alert and smiling” in the photo. Trial Tr. Vol. IV p. 65.