ALFONSO TAPIA - 8 Weeks (2010) - Orlando FL

Police investigate death of 8-week-old

October 07, 2010|By Bianca Prieto and Amy L. Edwards, Orlando Sentinel
Orlando police detectives are investigating the death of an 8-week-old boy, a department spokeswoman said Thursday.Officers responded to 4900 block of West Colonial Dr. on Tuesday regarding a suspicious incident involving Alfonso Tapia, police Sgt. Barbara Jones said.Alfonso, who was born Aug. 10, was taken to Arnold Palmer Hospital, where he died Wednesday.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-10-07/news/os-orlando-baby-died-20101007_1_death-suspicious-incident-orlando-police-detectives

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Police in Orlando said they are investigating the "suspicious" death of infant.Officers arrived at a home on West Colonial Drive on Wednesday, after a call about an 8-week-old infant, according to the Orlando Police Department.The baby, Alfonso Tapia, died at Arnold Palmer Hospital, police said.Mohammad Gheith, owner of Super K Food Store, recalled that the frantic mother ran into his store and told him she was trying to make it to Health Central in Ocoee but there was too much traffic. Gheith said he went to the mother's car while she called 911.“I touched him, he's cold. I picked him out of the car and I took him into the store in the air-conditioned area and put him on flat surface,” he said.
Gheith said he called 911 who told him to give the child mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.“They asked me to give him mouth-to-mouth to breathe. I gave him couple of shots and I put my ear (but) nothing came out of there,” Gheith said.
Orlando police said the infant was taken to Health Central in Ocoee but was eventually flown to Arnold Palmer Hospital where he was pronounced dead.Carrie Hoeppner of the Department of Children and Families said the baby's family has recently moved to Central Florida from Georgia. He has four siblings, ages 2 to 11, who are all with their mother.“The family does not have any history with the Florida Department of Children and Families,” Hoeppner said.”They (four children) are with their mother. We have not removed the children from the care and custody of the parent. Usually in those cases, we do so because we are satisfied with the arrangement a parent has come up with.”The medical examiner has yet to rule on a cause of death, but police said they consider the incident suspicious.

OPD Investigates Baby's Death

Police Call Death Of Infant 'Suspicious'

October 8, 2010


ORLANDO, Fla. -- Police in Orlando said they are investigating the "suspicious" death of infant.
Officers arrived at a home on West Colonial Drive on Wednesday, after a call about an 8-week-old infant, according to the Orlando Police Department.

The baby, Alfonso Tapia, died at Arnold Palmer Hospital, police said.

Mohammad Gheith, owner of Super K Food Store, recalled that the frantic mother ran into his store and told him she was trying to make it to Health Central in Ocoee but there was too much traffic. Gheith said he went to the mother's car while she called 911.

“I touched him, he's cold. I picked him out of the car and I took him into the store in the air-conditioned area and put him on flat surface,” he said.

Gheith said he called 911 who told him to give the child mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
“They asked me to give him mouth-to-mouth to breathe. I gave him couple of shots and I put my ear (but) nothing came out of there,” Gheith said.

Orlando police said the infant was taken to Health Central in Ocoee but was eventually flown to Arnold Palmer Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Carrie Hoeppner of the Department of Children and Families said the baby's family has recently moved to Central Florida from Georgia. He has four siblings, ages 2 to 11, who are all with their mother.

“The family does not have any history with the Florida Department of Children and Families,” Hoeppner said.”They (four children) are with their mother. We have not removed the children from the care and custody of the parent. Usually in those cases, we do so because we are satisfied with the arrangement a parent has come up with.”

Father charged with murder in infant's death
Alfonso Tapia Lopez, 30, is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of his 8-week-old son.
November 01, 2010|By Bianca Prieto, Orlando SentinelThe father of an 8-week-old baby boy who died last month has been charged with the infant's death.

Alfonso Tapia Lopez, 30, was arrested this weekend in Louisiana and is being held without bond at the Orleans Parish jail.

On Oct. 5, officers responded to the 4900 block of West Colonial Dr. regarding a suspicious incident involving the infant, Alfonso Angelo Tapia, police Sgt. Barbara Jones said.

Alfonso, who was born Aug. 10, was taken to Arnold Palmer Hospital, where he died the next day.

Jones said Tapia Lopez was stopped on a bus in Louisiana. He is in the U.S. illegally and may have been trying to flee the country, Jones said.

He is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is also charged with second-degree murder in his son's death.

The Department of Children and Families is also investigating.

Alfonso's death was the 13th homicide in Orlando this year. So far, all of the city's homicides have been solved.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-11-01/news/os-orlando-homicide-infant-20101101_1_second-degree-murder-death-suspicious-incident

Posters note: Moved from Unresolved.
May 6, 2011

•Alfonso Angelo Tapia, 2 months, was killed in October
2010. The infant suffered a brain injury while at home alone with his
father and 2-year-old brother. Alfonso Tapia Lopez is charged with his son's death. The trial date has not been set.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-05-06/news/os-child-murders-orlando-orange-box-20110506_1_trial-date-jury-selection-child-murder-cases

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Trial: 04/16/12

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