Nelson Santiago Says He Must've Tickled His Baby Daughter To Death

[Whisper]

Crown Point, Ind. - The father of a 5-month-old northwest Indiana girl who died Saturday from shaken baby syndrome has been charged with murder, Lake County authorities said Tuesday.

Juliana Klobucar of 395 W. 77th Pl. in Merrillville was pronounced dead at 2:13 a.m. Saturday at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Juliana suffered head trauma at her home and an autopsy performed Sunday determined she died of a subdural hematoma caused by child abuse. Her death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Nelson J. Santiago, 20, the girl's father, was charged Aug. 3 with neglect of a dependent, battery and aggravated battery after Juliana was taken to a hospital suffering seizures on July 28.

The charges were amended Tuesday to include murder and he was ordered held without bond, according to prosecutor's office spokeswoman Diane Poulton. An initial hearing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Santiago called paramedics about 7 p.m. on July 28 and said he was unable to wake the child up, and that she was pale and warm, according to the probably cause affidavit. Juliana was taken to Methodist Hospitals Southlake Campus in Merrillville.

She was later airlifted to the University of Chicago Medical Center after a CT scan showed an injury to her brain. A doctor at the U of C later told police the injuries were consistent with shaken baby syndrome, the affidavit states, and there was not other way she could have suffered such violent head trauma.

The affidavit states Santiago asked a paramedic who responded to the scene, "If I tickled her too hard, would that have caused this?"
The girl's mother, Ann Klobucar, said she left for work in south suburban Ford Heights at 2 p.m. that day, taking her 17-month-old son to day care and leaving Santiago with Juliana.
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Ann Klobucar's sister, however, told investigators that Santiago never seemed overly concerned for Juliana's welfare, and left the hospital early on July 29 to go partying with friends, the affidavit states.

She said she became alarmed when she saw a post on his Facebook page that night saying, "Folks this my might very well b my last nite 2 breath FREE AIR..."http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/nelson-santiago-murder--juliana-klobucar-shaken-baby-syndrome-merrillville-20100810

[Valasca]

Tickled? Did he really think anyone would buy that? Idiot.
But, at least it's ORIGINAL and he's not blaming the tub or bed.

[cubby]

Tickled too much!!!???

If that's the case there would be alot of babies in Heaven!!

My own would be Angels if you could tickle them too much!!!

1 point for creativity tho!

[Whisper]

Yeah he is original if nothing else

[totallytoddler]

I hope Bubba tickles him to death in prison. Fucking Idiot.

[Valasca]

OY! Do you know how many Nelson Santiagos there are in Illinois with a Facebook page?

[totallytoddler]

OY! Do you know how many Nelson Santiagos there are in Illinois with a Facebook page?

Try Indiana...I thought thats where it said he was from.

[Valasca]

Try Indiana...I thought thats where it said he was from.

Ummmm... where in the hell did i get Illinois from? Whatever, lol.
Must have been erased cause I can't find it. None for mom, either.
Maybe DV finds it, she's good at that.

[TheLittleFriend]

I'm a tickle monster. And my children aren't dead.

[totallytoddler]

Ummmm... where in the hell did i get Illinois from? Whatever, lol.
Must have been erased cause I can't find it. None for mom, either.
Maybe DV finds it, she's good at that.

They must be right on the border Amazon....I believe she was taken to a Chicago hospital....so thats where you saw that.

[totallytoddler]

I'm a tickle monster. And my children aren't dead.

I used to tickle my first son til he got the hiccups....LOL....but...he was certainly not 5 months old....maybe a few years at least. I mean you can tickle a baby.....but not like THAT. And his story is BS anyway. He must have meant to say SHAKE! A'hole.

[TheLittleFriend]

I used to tickle my first son til he got the hiccups....LOL....but...he was certainly not 5 months old....maybe a few years at least. I mean you can tickle a baby.....but not like THAT. And his story is BS anyway. He must have meant to say SHAKE! A'hole.

Of course, it is a huge BS. I can't imagine what paramedic think when he told that silly ass excuse.

[Silvahalo]

Give me a chance to "tickle" this fucker, I promise it will put no smiles on his face.

That comment really pissed me off. Incredibly original but just as pathetically stupid....yeah, breath your last bit of "free fresh air" baby killer. I'd really like to read the mother gut punched him upon telling her that one.

Rest in peace baby Juliana Santiago you deserved warm hugs and kisses.

[LestYeBeJudged]

I used to tickle my first son til he got the hiccups....LOL....but...he was certainly not 5 months old....maybe a few years at least. I mean you can tickle a baby.....but not like THAT. And his story is BS anyway. He must have meant to say SHAKE! A'hole.

My son gets the hiccups too! He's 11 and to this day if you make him laugh hard enough, he'll still get them.


As for this piece of shit, he's being blatantly obvious that not only did he purposefully do this, he doesn't even feel bad about it. If he shows any remorse, it's for getting caught. How are you out partying at a time like this if you have any feelings for this baby at all??

[AngelFire]

Tickled to death?? Is this guy for real? I hope bubba tickles him to death while he is bent over. Stupid murdering fuck

[Ninja0980]

I'll tickle him...with a feather laced in acid

[Whisper]

http://i42.tinypic.com/35i593l.jpg
Nelson Julian Santiago

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After about eight hours of deliberations, jurors also deadlocked on battery and aggravated battery charges against Nelson Julian Santiago, who faces from 20 to 50 years at his May 4 sentencing hearing before Judge Diane Ross Boswell.

Prosecutors argued that Santiago intentionally killed 5-month-old Juliana Klobucar by violently shaking her, while the defense countered with its own expert who raised other scenarios to the state’s shaken baby syndrome.

In his closing argument, deputy prosecutor Michael Woods said Juliana beat the odds after being born about seven weeks’ premature, but died a violent death at the hands of her father for whom she was named.

Woods reminded the eight-woman, four-man jury of testimony that Santiago, 21, was disappointed that his then-girlfriend was pregnant with a girl and asked her to give up the child for adoption. Santiago didn’t put his name on the birth certificate and had lived with the child’s mother, Ann Marie Klobucar, their young son and Juliana for about a week before the baby’s suffered a subdural hematoma, brain swelling and retinal hemorrhaging on July 28, 2010.

Klobucar said she received a text from Santiago asking whether the children had insurance. When she called him, she learned that something was wrong with the baby, who was airlifted to the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. Comer authorities and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office ruled the case was child abuse.

Defense expert Jan Leetsma suggested the child had suffered a bleeding episode on the brain from an earlier injury that could have started bleeding anew or that the child could have a blood clotting abnormality inherited from her mother.

In his closing argument, defense attorney Matthew LaTulip criticized the state’s medical witnesses for failing to look at prior medical history, including the fact the child had been strapped in a car seat when her mother totaled her car in a crash two months before the baby was injured.

As little Juliana continued to suffer severe seizures in a Chicago hospital bed, Woods argued that Santiago headed out to celebrate his birthday with friends, according to a post on Facebook introduced as evidence. “On my way 2 bdubs 2 smash N chillax with my peoples. Folks this my might very well b my last nite 2 breath FREE AIR so I’m gonna make the best of it N hopeful all my peoples show up,” the post states.

Jurors also heard Santiago’s statement to police in which he asked if tickling the child too hard could have caused the injuries. LaTulip told jurors Santiago was “a typical parent trying to figure out what happened to his baby.”http://posttrib.suntimes.com/11491235-537/merrillville-man-found-guilty-of-neglect-not-murder-in-babys-death.html

[ineedanap]

Unfucking real. You shake a kid to death and it's NEGLECT? WTF is wrong with our system, our citizens?? Put me on a jury. I'll git er done. FFS.

[CbabyRKO]

The affidavit states Santiago asked a paramedic who responded to the scene, "If I tickled her too hard, would that have caused this?"

-.- I hope he gets the entire 50yrs that way he's too old to procreate when he gets out. Or he dies either way is a okay with this mama. I really wish the first responder had sucker punched this dude for asking him such a dumb ass question. Like seriously you ginormous pile of FUCK how many babies in the history of babydom have died from tickling. I hope someone administers their own brand of tickling while he is in jail via their cock down his throat tickling his tonsils!

[HeatherHabilatory]

... You think it's your last night to be free... and you go to buffalo wild wings? Are you serious? Bitch, I'd be going out for sushi and steak.