JAYDEN TUFELE - 3 Months - Chicago IL

An autopsy conducted today found that a 3-month-old girl died of multiple injuries due to child abuse.
The Cook County medical examiner's office ruled the death of Jayden Tufele,
of the 5100 block of West Ainslie Avenue, a homicide.
Jayden's parents told police they took the baby to Children's Memorial Hospital on Monday after finding her in distress, authorities said.
She died the next day. The child had suffered multiple injuries, including head trauma and broken ribs, officials said.
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services opened an
investigation after receiving abuse allegations against Jayden's
parents, according to Kendall Marlowe, a department spokesman. The
agency never had any previous involvement with Jayden's family, he added.
Early today, Grand Central Area detectives went to the
family's home and left with several items. The police investigation is
continuing and no charges had been filed as of about 3 p.m.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-cops-await-autopsy-for-dead-infant-with-injuries-20111012,0,3526694.story

Chicago - A Northwest Side couple were questioned Wednesday in
connection with the death of their 3-month-old daughter, who died
Tuesday of injuries suffered from child abuse.

Jayden
Tufele of 5105 W. Ainslie St. was pronounced dead at Children’s Memorial
Hospital at 5:12 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Cook County Medical
Examiner’s office.
Police said Jayden suffered a fractured
collarbone, four acute rib fractures (and two older rib fractures that
had been healing), bleeding on the brain in two areas and retinal
hemorrhages in both eyes.
An autopsy Wednesday found she died of
multiple injuries from child abuse and her death was ruled a homicide,
according to the medical examiner’s office.
Allegations of abuse
against Jayden’s mother and father are being investigated by the
Illinois Dept. of Children and Family Services, according to DCFS
spokesman Kendall Marlowe. He said there were no other children in the
home and the agency has had no prior contact with the family.
Police
are also questioning the parents, a 23-year-old man and 19-year-old
woman who lived with Jayden at the Ainslie address. They were taken into
custody at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, but no charges had been filed as of
Wednesday afternoon.
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/jayden-tufele-dcfs-investigation-infant-death-suspicious-injuries-broken-bones-201101012

The father of a 3-month-old girl who died Tuesday
of injuries suffered from child abuse has been charged with murder,
police said.


Jovanni Tufele, 23, of the 5100 block of West
Ainslie Street is scheduled in appear in bond court Friday, while the
infant’s mother was released without being charged, police News Affairs
officer Laura Kubiak said.

Jayden Tufele of the 5100 block of West Ainslie
Street was pronounced dead at Children’s Memorial Hospital at 5:12 p.m.
Tuesday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Police said Jayden suffered a fractured collarbone,
four acute rib fractures (and two older rib fractures that had been
healing), bleeding on the brain in two areas and retinal hemorrhages in both eyes.

An autopsy Wednesday found she died of multiple
injuries from child abuse and her death was ruled a homicide, according
to the medical examiner’s office.

Jovanni Tufele is Jayden’s biological father,
police said. Allegations of abuse against both parents are being
investigated by the Illinois Dept. of Children and Family Services,
spokesman Kendall Marlowe said Wednesday.

He said there were no other children in the home and the agency has had no prior contact with the family.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/8195676-418/father-charged-with-fatal-beating-of-3-month-old.html