A Florida man is facing multiple charges in the “death” of his 4-month-old daughter, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff Grady Judd on Wednesday charged Jacob Kubay, 22, with aggravated manslaughter of a child, aggravated child abuse and two counts of intentional child abuse without bodily harm in the death of his daughter, Willow. It was announced that he had been charged with a crime.
The sheriff’s office said the joint death investigation with the Bartow Police Department began on February 22 after Willow was taken to Bartow Regional Medical Center with “no brain activity and suspected physical injuries.” His arrest was later made.
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Jacob Kubai, 22, is charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, aggravated child abuse and two counts of intentional child abuse without bodily harm in the death of his 4-month-old daughter. There is. (Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
The girl was in stable condition and taken by helicopter to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, where she was found to have a skull fracture, multiple layers of bleeding to the brain, broken ribs, and bruises and scratches. She died from her wounds two days later.
Mr Judd said the death investigation could take “many months” to complete, but Willow’s severe injuries left “no doubt as to how she was killed”.
“I don’t know how a father could do this to his child, but I do know that he should be locked up to the fullest extent of the law,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
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In separate interviews with Polk County detectives, neither Kubai nor his wife could explain how the baby sustained its injuries.
Before arriving at the hospital, Kubay recalled the day he spent with Willow, telling detectives that his daughter was doing well while they went to Walmart together from 6:40 p.m. to 7:50 p.m. It is said that She said she fed Willow when she got home and then she found Willow.She was not breathing when she checked on her around 8:10 p.m.
According to the sheriff’s office, security footage obtained by detectives shows Kubayi standing alone at a self-checkout register at 6:54 p.m. When police questioned him about the discrepancy, Kubayi The person “refused to provide additional information.”
Jacob Kubay, 22, told Polk County detectives that his young daughter was fine when he was with her at Walmart hours before she was hospitalized, but that surveillance footage showed her alone in the store. He said that it was shown. (St. Petersburg)
Willow was found injured while Kubai was her sole caregiver for three hours before she was taken to hospital. Kubai’s wife was at work at the time and Willow didn’t have any bruises when she left the house, she told police.
“The baby was literally bludgeoned to death,” Judd said at a news conference Wednesday. “Jacob was the only one home at the time.”
The sheriff’s office also said Kubayi left the infant alone on at least two occasions, on January 17 and February 22.
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An autopsy performed on Willow by the 10th District Medical Examiner’s Office on February 27 revealed “multiple blunt force trauma” to the front of her head, swelling and bleeding to her spine, and an acute skull fracture in the back of her head. including 10 broken ribs in the healing stage.
“Based on the injuries described, it appears that the skull fracture was caused by the caregiver at the time. The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head. The manner of death was ruled a homicide,” the autopsy said. I concluded. According to the sheriff’s office.
