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SANAYAH COLON -4 months- (2009) Lancaster County PA
by mermaid55 Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:13 pm
Couple Charged In Death Of 4-Month-Old
Police: Infant Died Of Multiple Bone Fractures
POSTED: 9:23 pm EDT July 1, 2011
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- A Lancaster County couple is in jail after being indicted in the death of their 4-month-old baby in 2009.
Jose Colon and Holly Steffy, both 24, are charged with endangering the welfare of a child.
Sanayah Colon had 31 rib fractures, a broken collarbone, a fractured vertebrae and a scarred liver when she died in October 2009.
Bail for Colon and Steffy is set at $1
Read more: http://www.wgal.com/news/28425634/detail.html#ixzz1RWyVblT5
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Re: SANAYAH COLON -4 months- (2009) Lancaster County PA
by mermaid55 Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:15 pm
Child endangerment suspects face charges
Three people were charged in connection to injuries inflicted on two infants, including one who died after suffering from multiple broken bones that caused her so much pain that she cried constantly and stopped eating.
Lancaster city police recently filed the charges in the two unrelated cases, which occurred a month apart in 2009.
A couple was charged with endangering the welfare of children after a 4-month-old baby in their care died after suffering 31 rib fractures, a broken collarbone, two broken arm bones, a fractured vertebrae and a scarred liver.
The infant was so thin at the time of her death that two witnesses testified she reminded them of an "Ethiopian child."
Jose Ricardo Colon, 23, and Holly Snow Steffy, also 23, were charged Thursday, after a grand jury investigation into the October 2009 death of Sanayah Colon.
The couple lived at 324 Winthrop Drive at the time of the baby's death. Steffy was the child's mother, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed in the case.
Colon, who was living in Sinking Spring in Berks County at the time of his arrest, was Steffy's boyfriend at the time of the baby's death and cared for the child while Steffy was at work.
Lengthy criminal affidavits filed in the case describe in excruciating detail the painful injuries suffered by Steffy's tiny daughter.
The two were charged after a grand jury heard testimony about the infant's death earlier this year.
Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman said the case went to a grand jury because, "This is one of those cases which demanded the application of all the resources we could muster."
Grand juries can subpoena witnesses and records, as well as listen to testimony. Jurors even can question witnesses themselves.
In this case, the jury heard testimony from medical experts as well as a couple who lived with Steffy and Colon at the time of the infant's death.
An autopsy showed scarring on the baby's liver, which likely came from someone pushing down on the child's chest so hard that it damaged her liver, said Dr. Wayne Ross, the county's forensic pathologist.
Ross also said the child's 31 rib fractures were caused either by direct blows or by squeezing the child.
Another doctor testified that the rib fractures would have been so traumatic that it would have been painful for the baby to even take a breath.
That physician, Dr. Cathy Hoshauer, a local pediatrician who performs medical examinations of children who have been abused, said she "cannot imagine the degree, the high degree of pain that would have been from one broken rib multiplied by 31," according to the affidavit.
The broken collarbone, the breaks to bones in both arms and the fractured vertebrae also would have been caused by direct blows, or bending her arms or by slamming the child down, Ross said. They also would have caused constant, tremendous pain.
Babies who are in pain stop eating, Hoshauer said.
The infant cried constantly, according to two witnesses who lived in the same house with Colon and Steffy.
Colon and Steffy also kept the baby hidden from the world "like how Michael Jackson did with his kids," said one of the witnesses, who also did not remember the couple taking the baby to the doctor.
The child rarely left the basement where she lived with Steffy and Colon, according to the affidavit.
"I was like, they need to come out of the basement, you know what I mean? Because the basement is no good for a baby," one of the witnesses said.
The child gained only a little over a pound during her four months of life, according to the affidavit.
Steffy acknowledged to a witness that her baby was not gaining weight but said she was "normal," the witness said.
The child's death was not ruled a homicide because investigators could not establish who caused any or all of the baby's injuries, which occurred over a period of time, Stedman said.
Magisterial District Judge Cheryl Hartman arraigned both Steffy and Colon and set the bail for both of them at $1 million.
In the second case, Antonio Flores-Feliciano, 28, of 517 S. Christian St., was charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children for rocking his 2-month-old son so hard that the infant went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated in November 2009.
The baby suffered long-term brain injuries as a result of the incident.
City police were called to the defendant's house in November 2009 for an infant who was suffering a cardiac arrest.
A police officer performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the child, who eventually was transferred to Hershey Medical Center.
The child's mother, Portia Rivera, told police that a similar incident had happened to the child just five days before.
Police interviewed Flores-Feliciano, who admitted he was caring for his son at both times.
On the second occasion, he admitted "he rocked the victim in a hard manner for approximately 35 minutes and a short time later noticed he was limp, not breathing and unresponsive. … and stated he thought that he was dead," according to the affidavit.
Dr. Mark Dias at Hershey told police that the first incident was an acute life-threatening event. Abuse head trauma is one of the most prominent causes of such an event, Dias said.
During the second incident, the victim would have stopped breathing within minutes of being injured, he said.
"Dr. Dias stated with a high degree of medical certainty that the injuries the victim sustained were caused by abusive trauma," the affidavit said.
Hartman also arraigned Flores-Feliciano and set his bail at $1 million.
Read more: http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/414705_Child-endangerment-suspects-face-charges.html#ixzz1RWzMYc4f
Three people were charged in connection to injuries inflicted on two infants, including one who died after suffering from multiple broken bones that caused her so much pain that she cried constantly and stopped eating.
Lancaster city police recently filed the charges in the two unrelated cases, which occurred a month apart in 2009.
A couple was charged with endangering the welfare of children after a 4-month-old baby in their care died after suffering 31 rib fractures, a broken collarbone, two broken arm bones, a fractured vertebrae and a scarred liver.
The infant was so thin at the time of her death that two witnesses testified she reminded them of an "Ethiopian child."
Jose Ricardo Colon, 23, and Holly Snow Steffy, also 23, were charged Thursday, after a grand jury investigation into the October 2009 death of Sanayah Colon.
The couple lived at 324 Winthrop Drive at the time of the baby's death. Steffy was the child's mother, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed in the case.
Colon, who was living in Sinking Spring in Berks County at the time of his arrest, was Steffy's boyfriend at the time of the baby's death and cared for the child while Steffy was at work.
Lengthy criminal affidavits filed in the case describe in excruciating detail the painful injuries suffered by Steffy's tiny daughter.
The two were charged after a grand jury heard testimony about the infant's death earlier this year.
Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman said the case went to a grand jury because, "This is one of those cases which demanded the application of all the resources we could muster."
Grand juries can subpoena witnesses and records, as well as listen to testimony. Jurors even can question witnesses themselves.
In this case, the jury heard testimony from medical experts as well as a couple who lived with Steffy and Colon at the time of the infant's death.
An autopsy showed scarring on the baby's liver, which likely came from someone pushing down on the child's chest so hard that it damaged her liver, said Dr. Wayne Ross, the county's forensic pathologist.
Ross also said the child's 31 rib fractures were caused either by direct blows or by squeezing the child.
Another doctor testified that the rib fractures would have been so traumatic that it would have been painful for the baby to even take a breath.
That physician, Dr. Cathy Hoshauer, a local pediatrician who performs medical examinations of children who have been abused, said she "cannot imagine the degree, the high degree of pain that would have been from one broken rib multiplied by 31," according to the affidavit.
The broken collarbone, the breaks to bones in both arms and the fractured vertebrae also would have been caused by direct blows, or bending her arms or by slamming the child down, Ross said. They also would have caused constant, tremendous pain.
Babies who are in pain stop eating, Hoshauer said.
The infant cried constantly, according to two witnesses who lived in the same house with Colon and Steffy.
Colon and Steffy also kept the baby hidden from the world "like how Michael Jackson did with his kids," said one of the witnesses, who also did not remember the couple taking the baby to the doctor.
The child rarely left the basement where she lived with Steffy and Colon, according to the affidavit.
"I was like, they need to come out of the basement, you know what I mean? Because the basement is no good for a baby," one of the witnesses said.
The child gained only a little over a pound during her four months of life, according to the affidavit.
Steffy acknowledged to a witness that her baby was not gaining weight but said she was "normal," the witness said.
The child's death was not ruled a homicide because investigators could not establish who caused any or all of the baby's injuries, which occurred over a period of time, Stedman said.
Magisterial District Judge Cheryl Hartman arraigned both Steffy and Colon and set the bail for both of them at $1 million.
In the second case, Antonio Flores-Feliciano, 28, of 517 S. Christian St., was charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children for rocking his 2-month-old son so hard that the infant went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated in November 2009.
The baby suffered long-term brain injuries as a result of the incident.
City police were called to the defendant's house in November 2009 for an infant who was suffering a cardiac arrest.
A police officer performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the child, who eventually was transferred to Hershey Medical Center.
The child's mother, Portia Rivera, told police that a similar incident had happened to the child just five days before.
Police interviewed Flores-Feliciano, who admitted he was caring for his son at both times.
On the second occasion, he admitted "he rocked the victim in a hard manner for approximately 35 minutes and a short time later noticed he was limp, not breathing and unresponsive. … and stated he thought that he was dead," according to the affidavit.
Dr. Mark Dias at Hershey told police that the first incident was an acute life-threatening event. Abuse head trauma is one of the most prominent causes of such an event, Dias said.
During the second incident, the victim would have stopped breathing within minutes of being injured, he said.
"Dr. Dias stated with a high degree of medical certainty that the injuries the victim sustained were caused by abusive trauma," the affidavit said.
Hartman also arraigned Flores-Feliciano and set his bail at $1 million.
Read more: http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/414705_Child-endangerment-suspects-face-charges.html#ixzz1RWzMYc4f
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Re: SANAYAH COLON -4 months- (2009) Lancaster County PA
by Watcher_of_all Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:06 pm
http://articles.lancasteronline.com/lavoz/4/535298
A former Lancaster city couple face trial on charges they caused the death of an infant girl in 2009.
Jose Ricardo Colon and Holly Snow Steffy, both 23, appeared at a city magistrate's office Thursday to waive their preliminary hearings.
Shackled and handcuffed, the former couple signed paperwork and were taken back to Lancaster County Prison. They are jailed on $1 million bail apiece.
A trial is expected sometime next year.
Prosecutors have made no plea offers in the case.
Both defendants are charged with felony endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the death of 4-month-old Sanayah Colon.
Sanayah suffered multiple injuries — including numerous broken bones — at the hands of the couple, police allege. She died Oct. 24, 2009.
Charges were lodged after a grand jury hearing this summer.
Investigators didn't file homicide charges, saying it wasn't clear who caused the child's death, a prosecutor said.
But medical experts, in charging documents, were adamant that the baby was injured while under the couple's care.
Sanayah was Steffy's daughter; Colon helped in caring for the child.
Doctors found multiple injuries during an autopsy, including 31 rib fractures, a broken collarbone, two broken arm bones, a fractured vertebrae and a scarred liver.
The injuries were caused by direct blows or squeezing, the charging documents say.
Sanayah stopped eating because she was in so much pain, a doctor told investigators. At the time of death, the girl was so thin that she looked like a starvation victim, the documents say.
A person who lived with the couple told investigators that the baby was never taken to a doctor. The injuries were sustained throughout the baby's 4-month life, investigators said.
Colon and Steffy had a child together after Sanayah's death. Colon has two other children with another woman, according to investigators.
A former Lancaster city couple face trial on charges they caused the death of an infant girl in 2009.
Jose Ricardo Colon and Holly Snow Steffy, both 23, appeared at a city magistrate's office Thursday to waive their preliminary hearings.
Shackled and handcuffed, the former couple signed paperwork and were taken back to Lancaster County Prison. They are jailed on $1 million bail apiece.
A trial is expected sometime next year.
Prosecutors have made no plea offers in the case.
Both defendants are charged with felony endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the death of 4-month-old Sanayah Colon.
Sanayah suffered multiple injuries — including numerous broken bones — at the hands of the couple, police allege. She died Oct. 24, 2009.
Charges were lodged after a grand jury hearing this summer.
Investigators didn't file homicide charges, saying it wasn't clear who caused the child's death, a prosecutor said.
But medical experts, in charging documents, were adamant that the baby was injured while under the couple's care.
Sanayah was Steffy's daughter; Colon helped in caring for the child.
Doctors found multiple injuries during an autopsy, including 31 rib fractures, a broken collarbone, two broken arm bones, a fractured vertebrae and a scarred liver.
The injuries were caused by direct blows or squeezing, the charging documents say.
Sanayah stopped eating because she was in so much pain, a doctor told investigators. At the time of death, the girl was so thin that she looked like a starvation victim, the documents say.
A person who lived with the couple told investigators that the baby was never taken to a doctor. The injuries were sustained throughout the baby's 4-month life, investigators said.
Colon and Steffy had a child together after Sanayah's death. Colon has two other children with another woman, according to investigators.
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Re: SANAYAH COLON -4 months- (2009) Lancaster County PA
by babyjustice Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:03 pm
Snipped from above:
"That physician, Dr. Cathy Hoshauer, a local pediatrician who performs medical examinations of children who have been abused, said she "cannot imagine the degree, the high degree of pain that would have been from one broken rib multiplied by 31," according to the affidavit.
The broken collarbone, the breaks to bones in both arms and the fractured vertebrae also would have been caused by direct blows, or bending her arms or by slamming the child down, Ross said. They also would have caused constant, tremendous pain.
Babies who are in pain stop eating, Hoshauer said.
The infant cried constantly, according to two witnesses who lived in the same house with Colon and Steffy."
This poor baby was tortured to death. I've had ONE broken rib before and it was horribly painful. Can you imagine a baby having 31 broken ribs as well as other major bones that are broken. These monsters need to be prosecuted with first degree murder. Someone should break all of their ribs and throw them in a dark basement dungeon to suffer in pain.
This case is so disgusting. How can anyone do this to a poor helpless baby? I will never understand.
"That physician, Dr. Cathy Hoshauer, a local pediatrician who performs medical examinations of children who have been abused, said she "cannot imagine the degree, the high degree of pain that would have been from one broken rib multiplied by 31," according to the affidavit.
The broken collarbone, the breaks to bones in both arms and the fractured vertebrae also would have been caused by direct blows, or bending her arms or by slamming the child down, Ross said. They also would have caused constant, tremendous pain.
Babies who are in pain stop eating, Hoshauer said.
The infant cried constantly, according to two witnesses who lived in the same house with Colon and Steffy."
This poor baby was tortured to death. I've had ONE broken rib before and it was horribly painful. Can you imagine a baby having 31 broken ribs as well as other major bones that are broken. These monsters need to be prosecuted with first degree murder. Someone should break all of their ribs and throw them in a dark basement dungeon to suffer in pain.
This case is so disgusting. How can anyone do this to a poor helpless baby? I will never understand.
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Re: SANAYAH COLON -4 months- (2009) Lancaster County PA
by mermaid55 Mon Apr 21, 2014 1:38 pm
Pair Gets Prison in Baby's Death
March 21, 2013
Baby Sanayah Colon gained less than two pounds during her four months of life.
At autopsy, doctors found 35 fractures in the girl's 9-pound body that were caused by physical abuse.
The girl lived in "constant pain" and would have cried endlessly, it was said in court Wednesday.
All the while, Holly Steffy and Jose Ricardo Colon, the baby's mother and caregiver, stood by and watched, a local judge said.
For that, Judge James Cullen ordered Steffy and Colon to each spend up to 12 years in state prison.
Cullen told Colon, Sanayah's "father figure," that he's lucky not to be facing a homicide charge.
"You let this child die," Cullen told Colon. …
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-34421503.html
March 21, 2013
Baby Sanayah Colon gained less than two pounds during her four months of life.
At autopsy, doctors found 35 fractures in the girl's 9-pound body that were caused by physical abuse.
The girl lived in "constant pain" and would have cried endlessly, it was said in court Wednesday.
All the while, Holly Steffy and Jose Ricardo Colon, the baby's mother and caregiver, stood by and watched, a local judge said.
For that, Judge James Cullen ordered Steffy and Colon to each spend up to 12 years in state prison.
Cullen told Colon, Sanayah's "father figure," that he's lucky not to be facing a homicide charge.
"You let this child die," Cullen told Colon. …
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-34421503.html
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