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Following the death of their infant daughter, Oklahoma parents Willis Joey Lambert Jr. and Latrice Sharron Russell have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with shaking and fatally injuring the child, according to the News OK website. The siblings of the shaken baby reported to investigators that Lambert was frustrated with his own difficultly [...]
A 23-year-old father has been charged with aggravated child abuse and first-degree murder for allegedly shaking his 2 1/2-month-old daughter in Winter Springs, Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Ventrel Gammons was with baby Samiyah over two years ago while the baby’s mother was away, and the child reportedly stopped breathing. Upon medical examination, it [...]
After the death of his two-month-old son, the father of the baby boy has been charged with child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury and fatality in connection with the son’s severe head injuries, according to the Dastardly Dads website. The site reports that police received a call from the boy’s home on August 10th [...]
We recently added a blog post to our law firm (Keane Law Firm) website about a fatal shaken baby syndrome case in Ohio. According to reports, Richard Davidson faces charges of murder and felonious assault for the death of a child he was babysitting at the time of the incident, 4-month-old Izabella Virginia. To read [...]
In a recent shaken baby syndrome case in Pasadena, John Wirick plead guilty to the manslaughter of his daughter, Lilyanna, only one month old. According to reports, Wirick explained through tears how he was trying to calm his daughter down from a crying spell. For more information on this fatal shaken baby syndrome incident and [...]
Just shy of two months old, Camarah Fisher was transported to a local hospital when EMS responders discovered that she was having trouble breathing in her home on August 22 of this year. After being taken to a second hospital that specializes in treating children, the infant reportedly died of abusive head trauma. To read [...]
A 39-year-old man from Hollywood, FL, recently confessed to shaking his girlfriend’s 11-month-old baby to death in June 2009, according to the Orlando Sentinel. According to police, Cecil Weekes has been charged with murder in connection with the incident of shaken baby syndrome that occurred three days before young Angeliah Duncan’s death. Weekes and the [...]
Parents of a 4-month-old baby who died of shaken baby syndrome in 2007 are facing the courts in connection with the fatal incident of child abuse, according to the Clarion Ledger. Judge Tomie Green believes that both parents, who live in Jackson, Mississippi, are guilty of child neglect and abuse that occurred on multiple [...]
An 8-month-old child from Monterey, CA, died Monday, July 27, from injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome, according to the KION news website. The initial report of injury occurred Friday, July 24, when police received a call from the Casa Verde Inn stating that a baby was unconscious after falling. According to the site, the [...]
A Salt Lake City father took a plea deal Friday, July 10, after facing accusations of shaking his baby to the point of fatal injuries, according to the ABC 4 News website. Everado Mendoza, 22, will serve up to 15 years in prison for shaking his then two-month-old girl in November 2007, resulting in her [...]
