ENALLA BANKS - 2 yo - Camden NJ

A Northgate Apartments man slashed his 2-year-old daughter's throat Sunday, then cut his own throat.

Eric
Banks was left alone with his daghter, Enalla, at about 7 p.m. Sunday.
When the child's mother returned at about 8L45 p.m., Banks had locked
himself in the apartmentwith the child and was screaming, police said.

The
mother brought relatives to the apartment and they spoke with Banks for
several minutes, but his reponses reportedly were incoherent. The
mother called 911 at 8:51 p.m. Family members and a Northgate security
guard attempted to force open the apartment door.

When they got
into the apartment, they found the girl lying on the floor with her
throat cut and a fire in the kitchen. Relatives carried the child out
of the apartment. Police said she was later pronounced dead at Cooper
Medical Center.

Flames engulfed the apartment and when the fire
was extinguished, authorities found that Banks, who was burned, had cut
his own throat. A knife was found near the apartment's door.

The fire did not spread beyond Banks’ apartment and no other injuries resulted.