Published December 10, 2020 •
Updated on December 10, 2020 at 12:34 pm
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A 36-year-old New Jersey man was charged with murder in connection to the death of his baby daughter earlier this week, the Ocean County s prosecutor announced Thursday.
David Smith, of Lakewood, is currently in the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing following his arrest Wednesday, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer. Attorney information was not immediately known.
The charge is in connection to events that unfolded starting Saturday following a report of a three-month-old girl, who was allegedly found to be unresponsive by her father, who is Smith. On Tuesday, the baby girl succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead
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Ocean County dad accused of shaking his newborn daughter to death
LAKEWOOD An Ocean County man has been charged with murder in the death of his own newborn daughter.
Prosecutors say 36-year-old David Smith, of Lakewood, called township police on Saturday saying he had found the three-month-old baby unresponsive.
After first being rushed to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus by EMTs, the baby was transferred to Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital in New Brunswick.
Doctors there found the infant had suffered significant internal injuries, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer.
The newborn was pronounced dead on Tuesday and the Ocean County Medical Examiner determined cause to be shaken baby syndrome with blunt force trauma to the head, Billhimer said.