A township man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his infant daughter, Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk and Cherry Hill Police Chief Richard Del Campo reported.
Randazzo was charged Tuesday, Feb. 21, with murder in connection with the death of his 11-week-old daughter, Ashley Randazzo.
Reports say Cherry Hill police responded to Randazzo’s home about 11 a.m. on Feb. 16, on a report of an unresponsive baby. Police say they took baby Ashley to Virtua Hospital in Marlton, and she was subsequently transferred to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She was taken off life support and died on Feb. 20, according to reports.
Randazzo, who is out of work, was staying home with the child since her birth on Dec. 1.
The child’s mother was at work at the time the injuries were inflicted, according to reports.
The prosecutor’s office says Randazzo told investigators he dropped the baby while on the stairs and then slipped and fell on top of her himself.
“I know — I killed her,” he told investigators.
Experts who examined the baby’s body say Randazzo’s version of events were not corroborated by the physical evidence, according to reports.
The child had suffered several subdural hematomas on her brain and hematomas behind both eyes. She also had multiple broken bones. These kinds of injuries would not have been caused by the kind of fall described by Randazzo, the doctor conducting the autopsy concluded, but were consistent with the kind of injuries seen in babies that had been violently shaken.
It is alleged Randazzo inflicted multiple injuries, including brain injuries, on the infant, causing her death.
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