Jason Andritsch, killed his 3-week-old daughter Naomi, (SBS)

[Tazzzz]

Jason H. Andritsch, 27

ELKHORN — Two baths. That’s all it took for an East Troy man to cause injuries to the ribs and bleeding of the brain to his 3-week-old daughter, Walworth County District Attorney Philip Koss said Friday.

Jason H. Andritsch, 27, of 2178 Clark St., No. 7, is accused of first-degree reckless homicide and causing great bodily harm to a child in the 2007 death of his daughter, Naomi.

The baby’s mother, Tiffany Mielke, said the two baths were the only times Andritsch was left alone with the baby, Koss said. On Sept. 22, 2007, Mielke went to the grocery store that her parents owned in East Troy and left Naomi with Andritsch for about 30 to 35 minutes, Koss said.

“Tiffany had been kind of excited that day because they had to wait for the umbilical cord to fall before giving the baby a bath,” Koss said during his opening statement Friday, the first day of Andritsch’s trial.

“Tiffany is at the store, calls home to make sure it’s OK. She hears Naomi crying loudly in the back.” Andritsch told her that he decided to give the baby a bath by himself. Mielke rushed back to the house, and everything seemed fine, Koss said.

But on Oct. 7, 2007, events took a tragic turn. Mielke and Andritsch decided to give Naomi a bath. “She did cry during the bath,” Koss said. “She is moving around. She is fine. She’s just not happy.”

When the bath was done, Mielke went outside to dump the bathwater while Andritsch took Naomi to their bedroom. As she came back, Mielke heard Andritsch say “she’s pooping” on his way from the bedroom to the bathroom.

“Tiffany can’t really see Naomi,” Koss said. “She cannot tell you if her eyes are open, what she was doing.” Mielke then rushed to find cleaning supplies, Koss said, and heard Andritsch say, “Wake up, wake up, what’s wrong?” Mielke rushed to the bathroom to find Naomi lifeless, Koss said.

“Tiffany never touched Naomi after the bath, according to both her and defendant,” he added. “The defendant took Naomi into the bedroom and then the bathroom while Tiffany was busy (dumping the bathwater).”

Andritsch and Mielke rushed the baby to Waukesha Memorial Hospital. She was then flown to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, where she died Oct 13, 2007, one month after she was born.

An autopsy revealed new and week-old healing injuries to several of her back ribs, where someone would normally hold a newborn and could injure ribs by squeezing the child.

She also had recent injuries, including impact bruises on her jaw and forehead, bruises on her eyelids and hand and bleeding and swelling of the brain.

According to experts in child abuse who examined Naomi, the injuries are consistent with shaking a newborn whose muscles are not strong enough to fully control head movement.

While experts cannot pinpoint the exact date of the injuries, Koss said, the exams are consistent with the dates when Andritsch was left alone with Naomi. Koss said the parents were warned twice by nurses to be careful and not shake the baby.

“Tiffany says, ‘She was fine. I’ve never hurt her. I’ve never accidentally hurt her. I’ve never seen anybody hurt her,’” Koss added. “And (Mielke) frankly told the doctors, ‘I don’t know what happened.’ ”

Andritsch told East Troy police officers: “I could have been the one” and “I might have been too rough.” He has also admitted that he “could have knocked her head into the door or door frame” while taking her from the bedroom to the bathroom. “He said he was sorry he shook the baby and only shook her to get a response from her when she went limp,” Koss said.

Defense attorney Melissa Frost did not make an opening statement Friday.

Andritsch is due in court again Tuesday when the prosecution is expected to present its evidence.

http://gazettextra.com/news/2009/may...cused-infants/

R.I.P.
Naomi Andritsch

[DarkPrincess]

This story doesn't sound right to me. I can't put my finger on it.

[Sister Iroz]

I don't like the way he looks in the mug shot maybe it's the look of guilt. I'm so sick and heartbroken hearing these stories of shaken baby syndrome of young infants wtf is wrong with these parents.

Naomi RIP little one.

[akika666]

I don't like the way he looks in the mug shot maybe it's the look of guilt. I'm so sick and heartbroken hearing these stories of shaken baby syndrome of young infants wtf is wrong with these parents.

Naomi RIP little one.

I'm sick of it too... the "nurses told them twice?" yeah, and how about common sense that 99% of us have in basically knowing (without being told repeatedly) that shaking a floppy baby with a big head will break them in bad ways? it's not rocket science. i watched preschoolers playing with one of those "realistic" weighted (UGLY btw) baby dolls the other day, and they were taking care to support its head as they moved it around, errr... mostly.

i try not to read TOO much into mug shots. because of the context, the lighting, time of day, the subject's mood/attitude, etc, they NEVER make someone look like a decent person. if you saw a mug shot of Mother Theresa, unnamed, without her veil, her hair all mussed up, at 2am squinting into the flash, we'd all be repulsed by the hideous old witch and wonder how much crack she smoked. seriously.

not to say that some mugs aren't entertaining. holla Karen.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

An East Troy man will be sent to prison for five years even though he was acquitted on charges of first-degree reckless homicide in the death of his infant daughter, a Walworth County judge ruled.
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Despite the June 1 not guilty verdict, Andritsch's latest contact with the law was enough to violate his probation imposed after a 2001 burglary conviction, District Attorney Philip Koss said.

Andritsch's probation was revoked because the burden of proof for a revocation is less than what's needed for a criminal conviction, Koss said.

During the Naomi case, law enforcement officers searched Andritsch's apartment and reported finding pornography and a firearm, neither of which he was supposed to possess under terms of his probation.
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A juror told the Gazette that unanswered questions and lack of proof prevented the jury from arriving at a guilty verdict.

Andritsch also has two sexual assaults in his record. He was convicted of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old and a 7-year-old when he was 15 years old.

Koss said Andritsch would sexualize staff at the detention home when he was a juvenile, and his parents were constantly concerned about their safety when Andritsch was growing up.

They locked their bedroom door at night because they said Andritsch multiple times had put knives under their sheets hoping they would lie down and get stabbed, Koss said.

His parents also told authorities Andritsch was emotionally unstable and constantly cried as a coping mechanism, Koss said.

"It's interesting to note that because he cried for most of the trial," Koss said.

Along with violating the terms of his probation from the burglary conviction, Andritsch also was found to have violated a restraining order against an East Troy woman he knew in 2001.

http://gazettextra.com/news/2009/jul...an-prison-tim/

He gets no check marks on the "Wonderful Life Partner" list.
Don't know why someone would even look at him for the "Make A Baby With This Dude" list.

[scorpiogirl]

Wow, this dude was a sociopathical child who's own parents were afraid of him. Fucking scary.