VICTORIA JIMENEZ - 1 yo(2010) - Fairview NJ

Fairview NJ ---- A Fairview man severely beat his girlfriend’s 1-year-old daughter, hitting her,
slamming her head against a hard surface and then trying to drown her in a
bathtub, authorities said Tuesday.
Yopher Andres Jimenez, 23, was arrested after police received a 911 call on
Sunday night about a baby who had stopped breathing, Bergen County prosecutors
said.
“How’s the baby?” Jimenez asked Tuesday in Superior Court in Hackensack,
where he was arraigned on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and
child endangerment.
Johanna Montoya, the baby’s godmother who attended the hearing, said the girl
is on life-support with a fractured skull at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical
Center in Paterson.
The baby also had several rib fractures at various stages of healing, Bergen
County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in a Tuesday press release. She was
listed in serious condition Tuesday afternoon, he said.Jimenez, who did not have an attorney, told Judge Harry G. Carroll that he
would like to get in touch with his family in Florida and hire a public defender
to represent him.
Carroll ordered him held on $750,000 bail at the Bergen County Jail, where he
has remained since his he was charged on Monday.
Montoya said Yopher Jimenez and his girlfriend – Jakeline Jimenez – had dated
since last year and moved in February from Florida to Hasbrouck Heights.
“She wanted to be close to her family in New Jersey after she had the baby,”
Montoya said of Jakeline Jimenez, who is her cousin.
Yopher Jimenez and Jakeline Jimenez were not married and have the same last
name by coincidence, she said.
The couple moved to a Harding Place apartment in Fairview the day before the
incident, Montoya said.
She said the 26-year-old Jakeline Jimenez, who was her cousin, worked at a
call center.
“She was very hard-working and trusted him with babysitting the child,”
Montoya said.
Yopher Jimenez worked a temp agency, Montoya said.
“He was quiet and didn’t pay much attention to the baby, but I didn’t think
he was abusive to her,” she said.
The baby is Jakeline Jimenez’s only child, Montoya said.

A Fairview man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to an upgraded charge of murder
stemming from the beating death of his girlfriend’s year-old infant, who was
taken off life support last week.
Yopher Andres Jimenez, 23, appeared for just over seven minutes before
Superior Court Judge Harry G. Carroll. Jimenez’s public defender, Ian Silvera,
entered the not guilty plea on his client’s behalf.
Jimenez was arrested on April 6, two days after a 911 call summoned police to
his apartment on Harding Place in Fairview. Authorities responded to find the
girl, Victoria Jimenez, unresponsive and not breathing.
Authorities said Yopher Jimenez struck the infant, slammed her head on a hard
surface and then tried to drown her in a bathtub. Victoria, who celebrated her
first birthday in March, was taken to Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen
and placed on a ventilator. She later was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical
Center in Paterson, where she remained until relatives decided to take her off
life support on Thursday.
An autopsy performed Saturday revealed that Victoria suffered a fractured
skull and several rib fractures.
Jimenez’s girlfriend, Jakeline Jimenez, who is not related to the defendant,
told The Record last week that the girl was her child from a previous
relationship. She said the couple moved to Hasbrouck Heights from Florida in
February to be closer to relatives. The couple moved to Fairview the day before
the incident, she said.
Jimenez initially was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and
child endangerment, and was being held at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack
on $75,000 bail. A charge of murder was added on Monday, and his bail was raised
to $1 million.
Assistant Prosecutor Catherine M. Fantuzzi said the case will be presented to
a grand jury, though she said it was not clear Tuesday how soon that would
happen.
Fantuzzi said an “immigration detainer” had been placed on Jimenez, a native
of Colombia, meaning that he would be turned over to the custody of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement if he is released on bail. Fantuzzi said she
did not have details of Jimenez’s immigration status.

The mother of a 1-year-old Fairview girl was charged Monday with
child endangerment, two weeks after she left the child in the care of an
abusive boyfriend who ultimately beat and drowned the infant at their
Fairview home two weeks ago, authorities said Monday.
Jakeline Jimenez was aware of past abuse of the child at the
hands of her boyfriend, Yopher Jimenez, but allowed the boyfriend to
care for the baby anyway, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said.
Authorities have said Yopher Jimenez was alone with the baby,
Victoria, when he slapped her, slammed her head against a hard surface
and drowned her in a bathtub on April 4.
He was charged with attempted murder while the girl remained in
serious condition at the hospital. The charges were upgraded to murder
after Victoria was taken off life support.
Authorities said Victoria suffered a fractured skull and also
found that she had several broken ribs at various stages of healing.
A day after the baby died, Jakeline Jimenez had told The Record
that she never suspected Yopher Jimenez would harm the child, and that
it came as a shock when detectives told her that her boyfriend assaulted the baby.
Jakeline Jimenez was arrested Monday and charged with child
endangerment. She was being held Monday afternoon at the Bergen County
Jail on $5,000 bail, pending a Tuesday court appearance.

A New Jersey woman is pregnant by the same man who is accused of murdering her
daughter.

Jakeline Jimenez's attorney said at a court hearing yesterday
that she is four-months pregnant with Yopher Jimenez' child.

Police say
on April 4, he slapped her 1-year-old daughter Victoria, bashed her skull
against a hard surface, then drowned her in a bathtub.



Police say
Jakeline knew Yopher was abusing her daughter, but she left her with him anyway,
so police charged her with child endangerment.

TomTerrific0420 wrote:A New Jersey woman is pregnant by the same man who is accused of murdering her
daughter.

Jakeline Jimenez's attorney said at a court hearing yesterday
that she is four-months pregnant with Yopher Jimenez' child.

Police say
on April 4, he slapped her 1-year-old daughter Victoria, bashed her skull
against a hard surface, then drowned her in a bathtub.



Police say
Jakeline knew Yopher was abusing her daughter, but she left her with him anyway,
so police charged her with child endangerment.

Respectfully snipped from Tom "...The baby also had several rib fractures at various stages of healing..."
I hope she rots in prison as long as he does. She knew this man was severely beating her infant. This baby would have screamed when she was picked up. Hopefully, after her current pregnancy, the baby will be given to a loving family.

Nothing new on this case.

Retired, you are so right, she knew and allowed it.

Another POS mother. Another POS boyfriend.

Fairview baby killer trial delayed for forensic expert
Posted date: July 23, 2013

The beginning of a Fairview man’s trial in the death of his girlfriend’s baby daughter has been delayed while a forensics expert hired by his lawyer can review medical evidence.

Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi granted a lawyer for Yoher Jiminez more time today for the physician to obtain and review MRIs and CT scans conducted at Palisades and St. Joseph’s medical centers on 1-year-old baby Victoria.

Jimenez and his girlfriend had just moved from a relative’s house in Hasbrouck Heights to Harding Place in Fairview when she went shopping, leaving Victoria with him.

(The couple began dating in Florida soon after the child was born of a different father, authorities said.)

Prosecutors said Jimenez hit the child with his hands, held her head under water in a bathtub and also beat her head against the side of the tub.

Police found Victoria unresponsive. She was first taken to Palisades and then transferred to St. Joe’s, where it was discovered that she had a skull fracture and several rib fractures.

Victoria died a few days later.

Jimenez, a Colombian national, denied killing her.

“The baby was in the crib and [I] heard the baby coughing and gave her water,” Yoher Andres Jimenez told CLIFFVIEW PILOT through a relative at the time. “Then [I] came back to check on her and she was pale and her lips were purple.”

Family members took to Facebook and other social networks, insisting that Jimenez was innocent.

A cousin told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that Jimenez was “an honorable young man, hardworking person, responsible and with full integrity. He’s being accuse[d] and charged unfairly.”

The mother, Jakeline Jimenez, was charged with child endangerment after investigators determined that she knew enough not to leave her alone with her boyfriend because of “past abuse at [his] hands,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time.

The INS also sought to detain her. After a month in the county jail, she was released.

Yoher Jimenez, meanwhile, remained held on $1 million bail in the county jail, charged with murder, aggravated assault, attempted murder, and child endangerment in connection with the April 4, 2010 incident.

http://cliffviewpilot.com/fairview-baby-killer-trial-delayed-for-forensic-expert/

Posted date:  February 25, 2014 


EXCLUSIVE: A Fairview man accused of killing his girlfriend’s baby daughter by beating her and holding her head underwater in a bathtub continued to complain openly in court about the progress of his case, despite attempts by his lawyer — and a judge in Hackensack — to silence him.


“There is no blunt force trauma! No blunt force trauma!” 27-year-old Yoher Jimenez shouted as Bergen County Sheriff’s officers led him away to the county jail following a contentious proceeding in a Hackensack courtroom yesterday.

In a case marked by repeated delays, Jimenez contends, among other things, that medical reports ordered by First Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor John Higgins prove that he couldn’t have caused the April 2010 death of 1-year-old Baby Victoria.

Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter)
Before being assigned public defender Ian Silvera last summer, Jimenez submitted a series of filings that he prepared himself.

“None of my motions have been heard,” he insisted yesterday to Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi during what was supposed to be a routine status conference. “I want all my motions heard before the trial.”

“They will be,” DeAvila-Silebi replied, as Silvera tried to quiet his client.

“I would like to encourage Mr. Jimenez to refrain from mentioning any facts of the case on the record,” Silvera said.  “He should let me represent him and filter his remarks before he puts them on the record.”

DeAvila-Silebi reinforced the attorney’s advice,  telling Jimenez: “Everything you are saying, Mr. Silvera has already taken care of.”
Jimenez didn’t agree.

Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor John Higgins
(STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter)


“I have been filing motions since 2010,” he said. “I would like due process to be followed.”

The case has been delayed several times, including last July, when Jimenez dropped his previous attorney.

As a result, it’s now nearly four years since his arrest on charges of murder, aggravated assault, attempted murder and child endangerment. He remains held on $1 million bail in the Bergen County Jail.

Jimenez and his girlfriend had just moved from a relative’s house in Hasbrouck Heights to Harding Place in Fairview when she went shopping, leaving Victoria — the daughter of a different father — with him.

Police called to the home later found Victoria unresponsive. She was first taken to Palisades and then transferred to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson, where it was discovered that she had a skull fracture and several rib fractures.

She died a few days later.

Jimenez, a Colombian national, denied killing her.

She “was in the crib and [I] heard the baby coughing and gave her water,” he told CLIFFVIEW PILOT through a relative at the time. “Then [I] came back to check on her and she was pale and her lips were purple.”

Family members took to Facebook and other social networks, insisting that Jimenez was innocent.

Victoria’s mother, Jakeline Jimenez, was charged with child endangerment after investigators determined that she knew enough not to leave Victoria alone with her boyfriend because of “past abuse at [his] hands,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time.

The INS also sought to detain her. After a month in the county jail, she was released.

Silvera asked the judge yesterday for one more status conference to allow a nationally-recognized medical expert of his own choosing enough time to complete a review of the prosecutor’s medical reports.

DeAvila-Silebi gave him until June 2 — when, she said, she’ll be prepared to set a trial date.


STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter


http://cliffviewpilot.com/fairview-man-charged-with-killing-1-year-old-girl-complains-about-progress-of-case/