JANAYA WALLACE - 20 Months (2009)/ Charged: Father and GF; Jerome Jermain Wallace and Natarsha Farmer - Baltimore MD

City police say they are investigating the death of an 20-month-old girl on Saturday as a homicide.

Officers were called to the 2800 block of Kentucky Ave, in the Bel
Air-Edison community in Northeast Baltimore, at about 2:30 p.m. for a
report of an infant who was not breathing, said Donny Moses, a police
spokesman. When medics arrived, the father was attempting to perform
CPR on the child, identified as Janaya Wallace.

Janaya was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at about 3 p.m.

Detectives noticed slight scrapes on both sides of her neck, and bruising on her
forehead and cheek, Moses said. An autopsy determined she died from being beaten.

According to a preliminary investigation, the girl's parents said they
put her to sleep on a sofa at about 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 18, and reported
that they "heard the baby snoring" throughout the night and morning.

At 2:15 p.m., they went to wake the baby and noticed her lips were blue
and she was not breathing, and they called 911. Moses said the
investigation is continuing.

Fifteen juveniles have been killed in 2009, compared with 28 last year.
Janaya is the first victim this year who is under age 14.

BALTIMORE -- Police have charged two people in the death of a 20-month-old girl.
Jerome Jermain Wallace, the father, is facing first-and-second degree child abuse
and first-and-second degree assault.Natarsha
Farmer, Wallace's girlfriend, has been charged with first-and-second
degree murder, first-and-second degree child abuse and assault.
Baltimore police said they have been investigating the case as a homicide.
Police spokesman Donny Moses said officers were called to a home on Kentucky
Avenue Dec. 19, for a report of an infant not breathing.When
medics arrived, the father was attempting to perform CPR on the child,
identified as Janaya Wallace. She was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins
Hospital a short time later.Moses said detectives noticed
scrapes on her neck and bruising on her forehead and cheek. An autopsy
determined she was beaten to death.According to a preliminary
investigation, the girl's parents said they "heard the baby snoring"
throughout the night and morning and when they tried to wake her in the
afternoon, they noticed her lips were blue and she was not breathing.

In Maryland, Jerome Jermain Wallace and Natarsha Farmer are charged with murder and child abuse in connection with the death of 22-month-old Janaya Wallace.
1/4/2010

In Maryland, Jerome Jermain Wallace and Natarsha Farmer are charged with murder and child abuse in connection with the death of 22-month-old Janaya Wallace. Emergency responders arrived to their home to find Janaya unresponsive. She was transported emergently to Johns Hopkins Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arriving. News stories report Janaya had injuries consistent with non-accidental trauma. Mr. Wallace and Ms. Farmer are both charged with first and second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse resulting in death, in addition to assault charges. The defendants are held in the Baltimore City Detention Center. Their hearing is scheduled for today.

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