A Hopkins County grand jury returned a no true bill for Dr. Stacey Fazenbaker.

A no true bill is the grand jury's decision not to indict. It is not a trial verdict. Insufficient evidence, in the Messenger's account of the release, and insufficient probable cause, in WFIE's story, are not the same words. About eight hours, several hours, and around nine hours are not the same length of time. The child is not named here.

WPKY reported Oct. 28, 2026, that a Hopkins County grand jury met Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, and returned a "no true bill" in the death of a 10-month-old infant in Madisonville. The station reported Commonwealth's Attorney Hannah Kington-Jarvis said that meant the jurors found there was not enough probable cause to issue an indictment or move forward with criminal charges. The Messenger, in a story by editor M. G. McKinley dated Oct. 28, reported the grand jury returned a no true bill and that the results of the Tuesday hearing were released Wednesday morning by the Commonwealth's Attorney's office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit. The Messenger reported a release found insufficient evidence to indict Dr. Stacey Fazenbaker in what that story called the accidental death of her granddaughter. WFIE, in a story by Jill Lyman published at 10:04 a.m. CDT on Oct. 28 and updated at 10:06 a.m., reported there will be no criminal indictment and that a grand jury met Tuesday and found insufficient probable cause for an indictment. A Gray News version of that report, by Jill Lyman and Emily Van de Riet, published at 3:01 p.m. CDT and updated at 4:40 p.m., called her a Kentucky doctor and said she will not be indicted. WFIE's own story did not print her name. WPKY printed Stacey Fazenbaker. The Messenger printed Dr. Stacey Fazenbaker. People reported Stacey Fazenbaker, a doctor, would not be charged after a grand jury failed to return an indictment, and that the no true bill was Tuesday, Oct. 27. Not enough probable cause, insufficient evidence, and insufficient probable cause are not the same phrase. The child is not named here.

The hours in the car are not one number. WFIE reported she was left in a car for several hours at Owensboro Health Multi-Care, and that police said the grandmother was supposed to take her to daycare before work but forgot. The Gray News version reported about eight hours, that police said the grandmother picked her up on the morning of Aug. 13, forgot the child was in the car, and arrived at Owensboro Health Multi-Care, where she works as a doctor, around 8 a.m. It reported the child's father called the mother after trying to pick the child up from daycare, the mother called the grandmother at work, and the grandmother ran outside and saw the child still in the vehicle around 4 p.m. WPKY reported officers were called to Multicare on South Main Street around 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 13, 2026, for an infant unresponsive in a vehicle, and that officers and Medical Center Ambulance personnel tried lifesaving measures and the child had died. WPKY reported investigators said Fazenbaker picked the infant up between 6:45 and 7:00 that morning, that the child's mother had asked her to take the infant to daycare while the mother worked at Baptist Health Deaconess Hospital, and that Fazenbaker drove to Multicare, went inside, and the infant was left in the vehicle. WPKY reported the father went to daycare around 4:00 p.m., learned the child had not been dropped off, and that after the mother called her mother, Fazenbaker realized the child was still in the vehicle. It reported Fazenbaker and coworkers removed the infant. The Messenger reported the same 6:45 to 7 a.m. pickup, a dispatch at approximately 4:30 p.m., and the father at daycare at approximately 4 p.m. It spelled the clinic Owensboro Health Multicare. WFIE and Gray News spelled it Owensboro Health Multi-Care. WPKY spelled it Multicare. People spelled it Owensboro Health MultiCare. Around 8 a.m. at work and a pickup between 6:45 and 7 a.m. are not the same start. Around 4 p.m. and a 4:30 p.m. dispatch are not the same minute. The parents are not named here.

The Courier Journal, in an Aug. 21, 2026, story by Lillian Metzmeier published at 2:27 p.m., reported the Madisonville Police Department was still investigating and that a department release said the infant girl was left in the car for around nine hours. Around nine hours, about eight hours, and several hours are not the same span. The Courier Journal reported Dr. Stacey Fazenbaker agreed to a blood test. WPKY, the Messenger, and WFIE did not print a blood test. The Courier Journal reported a department spokesperson said in an Aug. 21 email, "We are not waiting on a grand jury to convene or delaying 'justice' on purpose. If evidence comes to light during the investigation that deems it necessary to arrest Dr. Fazenbaker, we will." That email is Aug. 21. The no true bill is Oct. 27. An August statement that police would arrest if the evidence warranted it, and an October decision not to indict, are not the same outcome.

WPKY reported Kington-Jarvis asked the community to keep the infant's parents and family in their thoughts and prayers as they grieve what she called an "unimaginable loss." WFIE printed that same word, unimaginable. The Messenger printed the sentence with "imaginable loss." Unimaginable and imaginable are not the same word. WPKY and the Messenger reported the parents were consulted during the investigation and the grand jury presentation. The Messenger quoted the release: "Pursuant to (state court rules), the Commonwealth is limited to the information that can be provided to the public as grand jury proceedings are secret proceedings by law," and, "The Commonwealth waited to present this case to the Grand Jury until all relevant evidence was available for the Grand Jury to consider." WPKY reported she said the Madisonville Police Department conducted a thorough and objective investigation and that prosecutors waited until all relevant evidence had been gathered. A no true bill is not a trial verdict. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.