TIANA MOORE - 19 Months - Olivia (W of Minneapolis) MN

19-Month-Old In Critical Condition, 1 Arrested
December 23, 2010 10:24 AM
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Olivia Police said a baby is in critical condition after suffering significant injuries at the hand of another.
Police were called to a home in Olivia, Minn. around 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday when they got a call about an unresponsive 19-month-old.
The child was brought to Renville County Hospital then later flown to
St. Paul Children’s Hospital where she remains in critical condition Thursday.
Police arrested a person in connection with the incident. They are being held at the Renville County Jail.
Their identity is being withheld until they’re formally charged. A
judge has issued an extension for filing charges and they are expected
to come on or before Dec. 29.
Olivia Police Department and the Renville County Sheriff’s Office continue to investigate.

The Renville County Sheriff's Office made an arrest Wednesday after a
19-month-old child was found unresponsive in an Olivia home.
The Sheriff's Office received a 9-1-1 call at about 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday of an unresponsive child. The child was taken by ambulance to
the Renville County Hospital, where it was determined the child suffered
significant injuries.
The child was later flown to St. Paul Children's Hospital, where it remains in critical condition.
A suspect was taken into custody and is currently being held in the Renville County Jail pending charges.
The case is being investigated with assistance from the Olivia Police Department.

Olivia Toddler Dies; Suspect Held

A 19-month-old Olivia girl died Friday after suffering "significant injuries" last week.
Olivia police identified the girl as Tiana Moore.
Police received a 911 call about the child being unresponsive around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
According to Olivia police, the child suffered "significant injuries"
and was originally taken to Renville County Hospital. Police say the
child was later flown to St. Paul Children's Hospital.
A suspect was taken into custody last Wednesday and is being held at the Renville County Jail.
The identity of the suspect is being withheld pending formal charges, which are expected to be filed this Wednesday.

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Charges are expected soon and a court appearance is scheduled for this
afternoon at 3:30 for a 19-year-old man in connection with the death of
a child from Olivia. Nineteen-month-old Tiana [[tee-ANN-uh]] Moore
died Christmas Eve at a Saint Paul hospital after she was found
unconscious December 22nd with substantial injuries. Prosecutors have
not revealed the circumstances surrounding the toddler's death, but
asked a judge for an extension in charging the suspect because of the
holiday weekend. The suspect is reportedly the boyfriend of the
child's mother.

Olivia Man Attacked At Court Appearance

An Olivia man is charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 19-month-old baby girl.Sergio Turrubiates (tur-ruh-by-eh'-tehz) was in Renville District Court todayFox Mankato's Ryan Gustafson joins us live in the newsroom with the latest on the story in Renville County.Tempers reportedly flared, with two men arrested after they tried to attack Turrubiates when he entered the courtroom.20 year old Sergio Turrubiates, Jr., arrived at the Renville County Courthouse around 3:30 this afternoon for a bail hearing shortly before the attack.Authorities say Tiana Moore, the young daughter or Turrubiates' girlfriend, was beaten last Wednesday and left with what authorities called ``significant injuries.''She died in at St. Paul Children's Hospital on Christmas Eve.A criminal complaint says Tiana suffered several skull fractures at her home in Olivia.A preliminary autopsy report listed traumatic head injury as the cause of death.A family friend in attendance at today's court appearance expressed shock and anger at the charge.Bryon Isaacs says, "We all know Junior, we didn't think he had an evil bone in his body.From what we're hearing, and the evidence and from what the doctors say, obviously we didn't see it, but he's got an evil heart to do what he did."The judge set bail for Turrubiates at one million dollars with conditions, two million without.If convicted, he could face up to 40 years in prison.Live in the newsroom, Ryan Gustafson, the Fox Mankato News at Nine.

Man, 20, Charged With Murder In Olivia Toddler’s Death

OLIVIA, Minn. (WCCO) — A 20-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder for the death of a 1-year-old girl.

Sergio Turrubiates, Jr. was charged Tuesday after police say he allegedly assaulted the toddler, Tiana Moore, last Wednesday. Tiana passed away at Children’s Hospital in St. Paul on Christmas Eve.

Two people were arrested for trying to attack Turrubiates as he entered the courtroom on Tuesday afternoon. Both attackers were tackled by law officers.

According to the criminal complaint, Olivia Police were dispatched to the Renville County Hospital for a report of a child that was unresponsive. Upon arrival, police met with the child’s mother, who said she was at work for most of the day and left Turrubiates and Tiana at her apartment on the 800 block of Evergreen Avenue.

She said the three of them live at the apartment together. When she came home from work, she said Turrubiates came out of the bedroom where she and Tiana sleep, saying the toddler had been throwing up and would not wake up.

She told police she noticed a bruise on her little girl’s forehead, which was not there when she left for work. She also noticed Tiana was wearing different clothes than what she had dressed her in earlier.

Police spoke with Turrubiates at the hospital and he said the little girl fell off a blanket that he was using to pull her around the apartment. He said when she fell, she hit her head and it left a rug burn on her face. He told police she seemed normal and did not cry, according to the complaint.

Turrubiates also told police nothing happened that would’ve caused her to become sick and that Tiana didn’t start throwing up until her mother came home from work.

Police said they noticed two marks on Tiana’s forehead that were bruised and swollen. The physician told police Tiana was unresponsive and had fluid in her lungs. The doctor said they also noticed an injury to Tiana’s tongue.

Investigators interviewed Turrubiates, who told them at one point Tiana had “got on (his) nerves” but he “cooled down.” He also told police he was bouncing Tiana on the bed and she fell off and hit her head on an end table.

He told investigators that when she started crying, he picked her up and began shaking her, but said the shaking was “not my hardest.” He later admitted the shaking may have been harder than he thought.

A physician told investigators that Tiana had a fractured skull on the back of her head, which caused swelling and bleeding in her brain. The doctor said Tiana was comatose and the injury appeared to be caused by blunt force trauma.

The surgeon that operated on Tiana told police a significant amount of force would be required to cause that kind of fracture — more than just hitting her head on an end table.

A preliminary autopsy report lists the cause of death as traumatic head injury with the manner of death ruled a homicide.

Investigators later found areas in the apartment with apparent blood deposits and a bag in the garbage outside the building that had a towel with blood stains and a toddler-sized outfit that was torn in half, also with blood stains.

WCCO-TV’s James Schugel Reports


Sergio Turrubiates Jr. / Tiana Moore

Turrubiates murder trial to proceed

Posted Aug 24, 2011 @ 02:31 PM

The murder trial for Sergio Turrubiates, Jr., 20, of Olivia is moving forward after Dwayne Knutsen, Renville County district court judge, deemed there was probable cause to charge him with second degree murder for the death of 18-month-old Tiana Moore this past December.
The court decision was made official this past Thursday in a court order filed in Renville County District Court that was in response to requests from Turrubiates’ attorney during a May 26 scheduled omnibus hearing.
The trial is now scheduled for March 2012.
As part of the om-nibus hearing, Turrubi-ates’ attorney made a motion to suppress statements made by his client to Scott Hable, who is now the Renville County Sheriff but at the time was a deputy for the sheriff’s department.
The order outlines the specific procedure Hable utilized when conducting the interview with Turrubiates which was conducted while he was not under arrest. The interview, states the order, was conducted voluntarily by the defendant who toward the end of the 70-minute interview with Hable admitted to “shaking” the child.
His initial statements to law enforcement and medical professionals was that he had been playing with the child pulling her across the floor on a rug when she fell off. He later stated during the interview he had thrown her on the bed, and she fell off.
After later admitting to shaking the baby, Turrubiates was placed under arrest and subsequently was charged with murder. The court ruled that admission would be admitted in court during the up-coming trial.
The autopsy conducted on the child by the Ramsey County examiner’s office after she died Dec. 24, 2010 was deemed to have been a homicide as a result of traumatic head injuries.
According to David Torgelson, Renville County attorney, the murder charge includes an aggravating assault factor.

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