Police: Baby Killed After Grabbing Dad's Hair Was Sexually Abused
POSTED: Saturday, November 11, 2006
UPDATED: 5:57 am EST November 13,
2006
  "It appears that the child received the injuries as a result of her father hitting her against the wall," Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Carlos Padilla said. |
A 17-month-old girl in Orange County, Fla., was killed Saturday when her father allegedly threw her into a shower wall after she grabbed his hair during a bath, according to police.Investigators said John Allen Murphy was bathing his daughter at a home located on 19th Street in Orange County when the child grabbed his hair.Murphy became angry and threw his daughter against a shower wall, a police report said.A news release said Murphy then left the child in the shower and went to smoke a cigarette. When he returned, the child was unresponsive.The baby was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center were she was pronounced dead."It appears that the child received the injuries as a result of her father hitting her against the wall," Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Carlos Padilla said.An autopsy revealed blunt force trauma to the liver killed the young girl.Late Saturday, the girl's mother, Carrie, was told by detectives that there was evidence that the child was sexually abused, Local 6 News reported.The girl's mother was working at the time of the incident, Local 6 reported.Murphy was transported to the Orange County Jail and faces murder charges.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Copyright 2006 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten
or redistributed.
Authorities release a chilling 911 call from a 19-year-old woman who hid in the back bedroom of a Central Florida home while four men attempted to break into the house.
An ex-wife of the man who found the remains of Caylee Anthony says that she thought her ex-husband was responsible for or involved in the girl's death.
Officials question the credibility of a female deputy who called 911 in September to report a masked man had attacked her.
John Travolta and his family made their first public appearance in their adopted Florida hometown since his son's death, helping raise thousands of dollars for charity at a screening of the actor's new comedy Friday night.
Dashcam video shows a Florida woman offering an officer sex instead of getting a ticket.
South Carolina police say an obese man died after not moving from his recliner for the past eight months. Police say the man's body was physically stuck to the chair and firefighters had to cut him out. He died a few hours later at the hospital.
A Nebraska man says romance turned to revenge when he was victimized by his girlfriend and then exposed on Facebook. 
A woman tired of hearing her son say he lost another sock has come up with an idea to prevent it from happening again.
It really works! An Iowa man makes a Halloween costume that switches from robot to truck in seconds.
Thirty Victoria's Secret supermodels take over New York's Times Square this week.
Take a quick look at the flicks headed to your multiplex. Check out the trailer, too.
Get your daily dose of the cute and unusual right here.
A new motion filed by the Casey Anthony defense team focuses on the former meter reader who found Caylee's remains.
Email Alerts
RSS News Feeds
Mobile
Live Streams
Slideshows
Video
Search
