GERING, Neb. (AP) — Motions filed for a man accused in the death of a 2-year-old western Nebraska girl say the girl’s twin sister has cast blame on a different man.

Dustin Chauncey, 28, has been charged with child abuse resulting in the July 11, 2008, death of Juliette Geurts at her home in Gering. He’s pleaded not guilty.

Motions filed by Chauncey’s lawyer say Juliette’s sister, Jaelyn, shared her bedroom and say Jaelyn told her maternal grandmother, Lynn Baum, that another man had spanked her sister and killed her.

The prosecution has said it will show at trial DNA and other evidence that suggests that Chauncey committed the abuse that resulted in Juliette’s death. The other man has not been charged.

Chauncey’s trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 27.