"Infant Jane Doe" - 15 Months/ Accused: Miguel Garcia - Glendale AZ

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Police have arrested a Glendale man in connection with the death of his girlfriend's little daughter.

Sgt. Brent Coombs and Officer Tracey Breeden of the Glendale Police
Department said Miguel Garcia told investigators he found the
15-month-old girl not breathing after she had been put down for a nap
Sunday morning.


Garcia, 22, was babysitting the toddler and his girlfriend's three
other children, ages 6, 5 and 2, while she was at work. He later told an
officer he was trying to get the kids to go to sleep so he could take a
nap.

According to police, Garcia scooped up the little girl and ran to a
neighbor's home. That's when 911 was called. Neighbors were doing CPR
when officers arrived. The toddler was taken to Maryvale Hospital,
where she was pronounced dead. Doctors said there were no obvious signs
of trauma.

While the cause of death is still pending, Coombs and Breeden said
homicide detectives developed probable cause to arrest Garcia in
connection with the little girl's death. He was taken into custody late
Thursday morning and booked on one count of second-degree murder.

Coombs and Breeden said the toddler's mother is not a suspect in the case.

Police are not releasing any information about the victim or her
siblings, but according to court paperwork, there were previous police
reports associated with Garcia, pictured above from a previous unrelated
arrest, and his girlfriend. Those reports spawned Child Protective
Services investigations in 2010.

CPS placed the victim's three siblings with separate foster families
the night the little girl died. Court documents show that one of the
siblings talked to her foster mother about what happened to the toddler.

According to the probable-cause statement, the girl said Garcia was
angry with the toddler for crying. She said Garcia wrapped the victim in
a blanket and put her in the closet. The little girl was blue and
unresponsive and she was taken out of the closet. The child says that's
when Garcia took the victim the the neighbor's home.

Court papers say interviews with the other two siblings revealed the same information.

The officer who talked to the girls said when confronted with the details, Garcia admitted that their story was true.

"He said he didn't think he wrapped [the little girl] too tightly," the probable-cause statement reads.

The officer said Garcia told him he had put the child in the closet one other time.

The investigation is ongoing.

At the time of his arrest, Garcia was already on probation for discharging a firearm at a home.

A judge set Garcia's bond at $450,000. A status conference has been
scheduled for Dec. 22, and a preliminary hearing for Dec. 27.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Moms-boyfriend-arrested-in-Glendale-toddlers-death-135726903.html

22 year old boyfriend watching his girlfriends FOUR kids 5, 4, 2, and 1 years old. What is wrong with these mothers? Obviously this guy was too immature to handle that much responsibility. I know that moms have to work to make a living to support their babies but why in the h@ll do they keep having them? Ridiculous.