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Natalynn Miller, Ryann Jones
Fresno, CA, USA (KSEE) – We're learning more tonight about the death of a three and a half year old girl in the South Valley. On Sunday, emergency crews were called to a home near Hillsdale and Demaree in Visalia.
Inside they found the beaten body of three and a half year old Natalynn Miller.
According to Visalia Police, the toddler died from blunt force trauma to the head and body. And neighbors say it happened right inside this Hillsdale Terrace Apartment complex.
Police say 25-year-old Ryann Jones of Visalia was watching his girlfriend's daughter on Sunday evening, when emergency personnel responded to the hillside terrace apartment complex, where they found the young girl unresponsive and not breathing.
Police say she was rushed to Kaweah Delta Medical Center around 6 Sunday, where she was later pronounced dead.
An autopsy revealed that Natalynn died from blunt force trauma to the head and body. Investigators say the three and a half year old had been left in the care of Ryann Jones.
Wednesday night, Natalynn's biological father, Troy Miller called KSEE 24 News and told us this: "I can tell you that Natalynn was terrified of her mother's boyfriend, and expressed it to me on many occasions. Despite her promise to me and Natalynn not to allow her new boyfriend to take care of her anymore, her mother left Natalynn in his care when she went to work on Sunday and sadly she is now dead."
http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/41874117.html
According to Tulare County court records, the suspect in the case, 25-year-old Ryann Jones, is not new to law enforcement.
Jones served 45 days in jail for misdemeanor charges of corporal injury to a spouse, stemming from an arrest on April 27, 2008.
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