"Baby John Doe" - 1 yo - Baton Rouge LA

BATON ROUGE, LA — The Baton Rouge Police Department has launched an
investigation due to the death of a one-year-old child. Three other
children were in the home and officials say two of them also showed
signs of painful neglect, Fox 44 reports.

Police
were called to the home on Erie Street on Sunday, Oct. 23 at around
6:00 a.m. The one-year-old boy was unresponsive and EMS responders were
not able to revive the child. The infant was pronounced dead.

Officials
tell FOX44 News that the mother of the infant admitted that she had
spanked the child earlier. She told investigators that she checked on
the child around 3:00 a.m., and that’s when she first noticed that the
baby was unresponsive. She then waited three hours before calling for
help.

Both EMS and Police officers noticed that the one-year-old child had bruises that seemed to suggest some form of abuse.

Four
adults were in the home as well as three other children. Those children
belonged to a different mother, but also showed signs of neglect. A
representative with the Baton Rouge Police Department tells FOX44 News
one child was suffering from a serious case of diaper rash.

When
investigators began taking a closer look at the conditions of the home,
they noticed several items that seemed out of place. Those items had
been reported stolen, and a large amount of cash was also discovered
throughout the house. All the stolen items were confiscated, and the
three children were taken into protective custody.

Brandon Tate,
30, Randy Parker, 23, and Kierra Golman, 21, were all booked into the
East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and charged with Illegal Possession of
Stolen Things. An autopsy is being performed on the one-year-old child.
Additional charges are pending the result of that autopsy.
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