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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 09:56 AM Apr 2021

Man says he killed his 2-month-old baby because she'd been crying

A 31-year-old Delaware man whose 2-month-old daughter died while he and the child’s mother were visiting another man in Monroe County, Pa., has admitted to killing the baby, authorities say. Lamont Bacchus, of New Castle, is now charged with homicide in the death of Reann M. Bacchus on April 19 in an apartment in Barrett Township, the county district attorney’s office said.

Bacchus was sleeping on the couch with the baby in the apartment of Route 447 while Green and Kristiansen slept in the bedroom, authorities said. When Kristiansen woke up early the afternoon of April 19, the baby was dead and Bacchus was gone in search of heroin, authorities said. Green tried to revive the child but failed, authorities said. The two didn’t dial 911 immediately, instead ... Kristiansen cleared the apartment of most of the drugs and they called police, authorities said.

Bacchus on April 9 told police the baby was crying early in the morning and out of frustration he slammed her head into a table and she stopped, police said. An autopsy determined the child suffered a “gaping skull fracture” on the left side of her head and died from traumatic brain injury in a homicide, the district attorney’s office said.

https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2021/04/man-changes-story-says-he-killed-his-2-month-old-baby-because-shed-been-crying-da.html

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Man says he killed his 2-month-old baby because she'd been crying (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 OP
That poor child. niyad Apr 2021 #1
That's it. I'm done with the Internet for today. greenjar_01 Apr 2021 #2
It seems like there was a lot that led up to "because she'd been crying." WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #3
Baby deaths due to murder because of crying are more common than you might think. Shrike47 Apr 2021 #4
I wonder if children that die because they were left in a car in the heat marie999 Apr 2021 #6
Father is sleeping on living room couch with baby Dale in Laurel MD Apr 2021 #5
Poor baby Bettie Apr 2021 #7

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
4. Baby deaths due to murder because of crying are more common than you might think.
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 11:41 AM
Apr 2021

I was an attorney for my state’s child welfare program. Some of the cases were really depressing.

 

marie999

(3,334 posts)
6. I wonder if children that die because they were left in a car in the heat
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 11:54 AM
Apr 2021

did so because they wanted to murder the child.

Dale in Laurel MD

(698 posts)
5. Father is sleeping on living room couch with baby
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 11:54 AM
Apr 2021

before going out for heroin, while baby's mother and "other man" are in the bedroom? Lots to unpack here, even more in the original article....

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