Dakota Valkyrie
November 10th, 2008, 09:26 AM
Lake County Sheriff's detectives are investigating the death of a 5-month-old baby, saying recently released autopsy results showed the child suffered two fractures to his skull.
The child's caregiver said that the child, Gabriel Golden, was put to bed late Sunday night. The caregiver said that on Monday morning, the child was found unresponsive, lying in his crib.
After performing the autopsy, sheriff's officials concluded that the manner of death was homicide and the cause of death is believed to be blunt force trauma to the head.
No charges have been filed as of mid-day Tuesday and the investigation is continuing.http://www.dailycommercial.com/110408babydeath
As of this writing, no arrest has been made, but this article did appear:
The caregivers of a 5-month-old boy, who died early this week of fractures to his skull, has been investigated 14 times since July 2004 by the Department of Children and Families for allegations of child abuse and neglect.
A DCF spokeswoman, Carrie Hoeppner, said that of those 14 investigations Tammi, 30, and Ashley Baker, 31, most cases where were closed with little or no indication of abuse.
Department investigators also had concerns with the caregivers being given the child by the parents in September -- concerns that were partly based on Ashley's extensive criminal record, according to a DCF report.
His record lists more than 20 arrests.
Hoeppner added the child's biological parents didn't need DCF's permission to hand over the child and had obtained a power of attorney -- so it was legal and the arrangement was made between the two families without DCF involvement.
"I understand the concerns, the majority of readers have not been investigated for child abuse that many times," Hoeppner said. "It was not an arrangement we would have granted or supported."
Two other children, a 12-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, who lived in the home were taken away by DCF after Monday's death of Gabriel.
And, as a result of the death, DCF is revisiting the 14 cases against the Bakers, as well as examining other child abuse cases investigated by the unit.
Gabriel's biological parents were struggling as a family when they handed the child to the Bakers in September. However, the biological parents still kept the child at times.
As a result, the DCF received a complaint the same month in reference to the parent's supervision of Gabriel, but the arrangement between the families was legal.http://www.dailycommercial.com/1108baby
WTF were these parents thinking? "Oh, you don't look like a baby beater, take my kid"
The parents only wanted to be part-time parents and didn't care who else cared for the baby?
The child's caregiver said that the child, Gabriel Golden, was put to bed late Sunday night. The caregiver said that on Monday morning, the child was found unresponsive, lying in his crib.
After performing the autopsy, sheriff's officials concluded that the manner of death was homicide and the cause of death is believed to be blunt force trauma to the head.
No charges have been filed as of mid-day Tuesday and the investigation is continuing.http://www.dailycommercial.com/110408babydeath
As of this writing, no arrest has been made, but this article did appear:
The caregivers of a 5-month-old boy, who died early this week of fractures to his skull, has been investigated 14 times since July 2004 by the Department of Children and Families for allegations of child abuse and neglect.
A DCF spokeswoman, Carrie Hoeppner, said that of those 14 investigations Tammi, 30, and Ashley Baker, 31, most cases where were closed with little or no indication of abuse.
Department investigators also had concerns with the caregivers being given the child by the parents in September -- concerns that were partly based on Ashley's extensive criminal record, according to a DCF report.
His record lists more than 20 arrests.
Hoeppner added the child's biological parents didn't need DCF's permission to hand over the child and had obtained a power of attorney -- so it was legal and the arrangement was made between the two families without DCF involvement.
"I understand the concerns, the majority of readers have not been investigated for child abuse that many times," Hoeppner said. "It was not an arrangement we would have granted or supported."
Two other children, a 12-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, who lived in the home were taken away by DCF after Monday's death of Gabriel.
And, as a result of the death, DCF is revisiting the 14 cases against the Bakers, as well as examining other child abuse cases investigated by the unit.
Gabriel's biological parents were struggling as a family when they handed the child to the Bakers in September. However, the biological parents still kept the child at times.
As a result, the DCF received a complaint the same month in reference to the parent's supervision of Gabriel, but the arrangement between the families was legal.http://www.dailycommercial.com/1108baby
WTF were these parents thinking? "Oh, you don't look like a baby beater, take my kid"
The parents only wanted to be part-time parents and didn't care who else cared for the baby?