"Infant Jane Doe" - 18 Months/ Accused: Juan Carlos Aguilar - Santa Ana CA

A Santa Ana man was indicted Thursday in connection with the beating
death of an 18-month-old girl and abusing a 3-month-old girl who
suffered fractured ribs, authorities said.



Juan Carlos Aguilar,
25, allegedly squeezed the ribs of the 18-month-old on July 9 while he
was caring for her. She was the daughter of his girlfriend, who had left
their apartment to go to a market, the Orange County district
attorney's office said.

The girlfriend returned to find the
toddler limp and having trouble breathing, but Aguilar convinced her not
to call police, according to authorities.

They finally took the
girl to a hospital later that day. She was pronounced dead about 15
minutes after she arrived, authorities said. She had bruises and cuts to
her face and body and internal injuries to her liver, lungs and brain.

Aguilar
was arrested and charged with murder July 12. During the investigation,
authorities learned that he had allegedly abused a 3-month-old
relative, fracturing her ribs, the district attorney's office said. That
girl survived.

Aguilar was indicted by an Orange County grand
jury on felony counts including murder and child abuse. He was being
held in lieu of $1-million bail and is expected to be arraigned Monday
at the courthouse in Santa Ana.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/oc-man-indicted-beating-death-child.html