Daily Stormer
March 19, 2016
Where’s the father?
After spending two weeks in an intensive care unit, a 16-year-old has died after she was beaten by her 34-year-old boyfriend, police said.
Hailey Hall was taken to Mercy Health West Hospital on Feb. 29, and a felonious assault was reported. She was later transferred to University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
Investigators later discovered the assault had taken place at the Inner Circle nightclub at 4343 Kellogg Ave. in East End around 2 a.m.
The St. Bernard-Elmwood Place High School 10th grader died Monday from her injuries, police said.
“Honestly, It’s devastating,” Hailey’s principal, Alison Gates told The Enquirer. “No 16-year-old deserves to have her life end the way that her life ended.
“Her life was just beginning. She had so much to look forward. She was at school. She was working hard, so it’s just tragic.”
Superintendent Mimi Webb said Hailey started at Elmwood Place Elementary and followed two siblings through the high school. She also had a sister who attended with her.
“She would just light up when she saw her sister in the hallway and her sister would light up, too,” Gates said.
Webb said the family held a vigil for Hailey on Saturday at the elementary school. Due to her condition, her friends could not visit Hailey at the hospital.
In a school with grades 7-12 and only 540 students, educators “know all the students by name, by interest and by family,” Webb said. The high school has mental health professionals on staff, and will bring in counselors from LifePoint Solution beginning tomorrow.
“She was so pretty. She was a real beauty,” said Webb. “She’s only 16. She should be worrying about going to prom, not anything else. We shouldn’t be having a funeral.”
Gates said that the St. Bernard and Elmwood communities have stepped up for the students and the family.
“This is a close-knit community that has roots embedded for generations,” she said. “This is a community where people know one another and they still support one another.”
Webb said students at the school have come forward and asked questions, but answers are hard to come by. She explained that administrators only know what police have told them.
William Lamar Arnold, 34, was arrested and charged with felonious assault on March 1 in connection with the incident. After more investigation, he may face additional charges due to the death.
Arnold is being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center on a $1 million bond for the felonious assault and an additional $1 million bond related to heroin possession and trafficking charges.