(Atlantic, IA) – The trial for a Cass County (IA) man charged with felony 1st Degree Murder and Child Endangerment Causing Death, will no longer take place on April 28th, as scheduled. That’s because – according to online court records – 26-year-old Corbin Loudermilk, of Atlantic, entered a written plea of guilty Feb. 27th, to the charge of Child Endangerment Resulting in Death – a Class B Felony. The plea agreement calls for the Class-A felony charge of Murder in the 1st Degree, to be dismissed. The maximum possible punishment for a conviction under Child Endangerment Resulting in Death is an indeterminate term of imprisonment not to exceed fifty years. The State and Corbin Loudermilk agree that the court will impose a mandatory minimum of three-tenths of the total sentence, for a mandatory minimum sentence of 15-years.

According to a criminal complaint, Loudermilk was the parent of a child identified only by the initials “K.E.L.,” and that by an intentional act or series of intentional acts in early 2025, he used unreasonable force that resulted in the death of the child. Online court records currently don’t show when Loudermilk will be sentenced.