"Baby Doe" - 2 months (2010) - Tuscaloosa AL

Tuscaloosa Homicide Investigators now believe that a two month old infant baby was not just mistakenly injured last month.

Police say  the child's mother took her baby to DCH hospital in Tuscaloosa on February 15th.  The child was transferred to Chidren's Hosital in Birmingham where it died February 26th.

Captain Lloyd Baker revealed that results of the autopsy are back and acknowledge the child died of 'Blunt Trauma Force'. The child's death has been categorized as a homicide.

No arrests have been made.  Police say they are still questioning the child's parents and relatives to determine who may be held responsible.

TUSCALOOSA | Autopsy results show that a 2-month-old girl who was killed in February died from blunt force trauma.



The head injuries that the baby sustained were intentionally inflicted and her death has been ruled a

homicide, said Capt. Loyd Baker of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit.

Baker did not release the infant's name. No arrests have been made.

“We're trying to determine who caused the injuries,” he said.

Baker did not release information about the baby's death until Thursday, when a letter arrived from the Department of Forensic Sciences ruling the death a homicide.

“We've been treating this as a potential criminal matter since the onset of the case,” he said.

Family members took the baby to DCH Regional Medical Center on Feb. 15.

“She arrived at the hospital unresponsive and lethargic,” he said.

The infant was transferred to Children's Hospital in Birmingham, where she died on Feb. 26. Workers with the Alabama Department of Human Resources contacted Tuscaloosa police to inform them of the suspicious injuries, he said. The girl lived with her family in Tuscaloosa.

He said that the injuries did not indicate a pattern of abuse. It was unclear what was used to cause the injuries, he said.

County investigated 14 homicides in 2010

..."On Feb. 26, a 2-month-old Tuscaloosa girl died from head injuries that a medical examiner determined were suspicious. A grand jury will look at evidence from the investigation and decide whether anyone should be charged in her death."....

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20110104/NEWS/110109869?p=1&tc=pg

*Red emphasis mine-IMFO

This is sickening!
A baby dies due to blunt force trauma and nobody is held responsible???
What's the effing problem?

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