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The parents of a 5-week-old boy who died at a Richmond hospital on Feb. 4 have been charged with murder, felony child abuse and assault on a child causing death, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office.
RayRay Andrederral Darn, 35, and Marilyn Northington, 28, were also charged with an enhancement tied to the child abuse charge of willful harm causing injury or death, the DA’s Office said.
Darn and Northington, who have two other small children, had been staying at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel at 3150 Garrity Way in Richmond, which is currently being used to house people struggling from homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Richmond Police Department. At about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, an employee at the Marriott called 911 to say a couple had rushed out of the hotel with their infant baby. The parents told the employee their child was not breathing and they were going to the hospital, police said. The baby was pronounced de
At 6:55 p.m., police received a call from the emergency room at the Kaiser Richmond Medical Center where Darn and Northington had taken the infant, who was ultimately pronounced dead. Visible injuries were seen on the baby, including burn marks on his face and his right leg appeared broken and had been burned. A circular mark was present on the baby s leg where the burn injury occurred. Additionally, the baby appeared severely malnourished, the District Attorney s Office said.
A Coroner s Office autopsy found the infant had suffered from a broken right femur, facial scarring, dehydration and malnourishment, bruising on the top of his right thigh, thermal burns on his nose and right cheek, and thermal burns to his lower part of his body. An internal examination found internal injuries consisting of seven fractured ribs, bleeding inside his skull and a skull fracture, the District Attorney s Office said.
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A California couple is facing murder charges in the beating death of their newborn son, who they brought to the hospital allegedly covered in bruises and burn marks, authorities announced.
On Tuesday, the Contra Costa County District Attorney s Office filed murder charges against Ray Ray Darn, 35, and Marilyn Northington, 28, in connection with the death of their 5-week-old son, the DA s Office said in a news release. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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The East Bay couple is also charged with felony child abuse and felony assault on a child causing death.
“It bothered me,” said Craig Howard, owner of Diablo Crossfit.
He received a $1,000 fine last week from the county for allowing his gym members to work out indoors. Howard says all the fines from the county add up to almost $7,000.
“I’m being fined for being open with a lesser amount of people in an environment that is likely much safer than what she was doing,” said Howard.
The gym owner said the pandemic has turned him into a ventilation expert, going so far as installing CO2 monitors around his gym.
“It doesn’t tell us whether there is virus present but what it tell us – how much air is re-breathed and how much fresh air you’re getting,” he said, adding he wishes the DA’s office would consider all the safety measures he’s put in place, instead of piling on to his stack of fines.