RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - An autopsy in Lyman County shows a newborn suffered four skull fractures and died of blunt force trauma to the head. Her father is in custody.
Lyman County sheriff’s deputies were sent to a home in Vivian Thursday after the father called 911 and said his 7-week-old daughter wasn’t breathing. The child was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later.
The Daily Republic of Mitchell cites a court affidavit that says the father initially told investigators his daughter fell off a bed and twice hit her head on his chin and lip. The document says the father admitted to state investigators a couple days later that he struck the baby and that she hit her head on a dresser when he threw her toward her bassinet.
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Information from: The Daily Republic, https://www.mitchellrepublic.com
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