Crime

Police investigate death of two-month-old Mexicali baby

By Marcos Icahuate, Nassieli Pizano, Vince Ybarra

Published January 31, 2022 6:14 PM

MEXICALI, Mexico (KYMA, KECY/T3) - Police are investigating a father who allegedly beat his baby to death in Mexicali over the weekend.

A call to 911 had officers arrive to a two-month-old baby no longer breathing and police noticed the baby having several bruises.

The 25-year-old father was arrested and the 16-year-old mother was processed by a special prosecutor for Juvenile Hall.

“The intervention of the state attorney general was requested, because we saw that the child was badly beaten, paramedics also arrived at the place where they confirmed the death of the baby, at that moment we arrested the parents, the father was prosecuted for the charges of murder," said Deputy Chief of Mexicali Police Ramon Valdez.

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Marcos Icahuate

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Nassieli Pizano

Nassieli Pizano, nacida en Mexicali Baja California, Lic. en Ciencias de la Comunicación de la UABC, comenzó su carrera periodística en medios televisivos en Mexicali en el año 2003, para luego emigrar a Estados Unidos y continuar ejerciendo su labor como reportera en el Valle Imperial para Telemundo 3 en agosto del 2018.

Vince Ybarra

Vince Ybarra joined KYMA in June 2021 and is a CBS 13 anchor.

Have a story idea? Email Vince at vince.ybarra@kecytv.com.

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