Maryland Couple Charged in 2-Month-Old's Death, Facing 55 Years and Possible Homicide Counts
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 14
Maryland Couple Charged in 2-Month-Old's Death, Facing 55 Years and Possible Homicide Counts
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 14
Summary
Oscar Pineda and Katerin Monzon-Alvarado, both 21, were charged after their 2-month-old daughter died in a Baltimore hospital from severe head trauma, with police saying more charges could follow the autopsy.
Doctors found multiple skull fractures, frontal lobe hemorrhaging and a subdural hemorrhage, and prosecutors said the injuries were too extensive to have come from a single fall off a bed.
Charging documents say the father told police a supernatural force or Satan slammed a door on the baby, while the mother gave shifting accounts before bringing the child to the hospital after she became unresponsive.
Investigators said both parents admitted noticing bruising on Sept. 6 and vomiting the next day but waited until Wednesday to seek treatment; prosecutors called the Guatemalan nationals an extreme flight risk, and both were held without bail.