12-year-old charged with murdering infant cousin

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12-year-old charged with murdering infant cousin

Story Published: Jul 7, 2009 at 4:25 PM EST

Story Updated: Jul 7, 2009 at 4:25 PM EST

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - Cobb County police say they have arrested a
12-year-old boy on a murder charge in the death of his 5-week-old
cousin.

Cobb County Police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said Tuesday that
officers found the infant unresponsive in a car parked outside a store in Marietta Saturday evening. They say the infant's mother had left her inside the car with the 12-year-old, and that she returned and found the baby was not breathing and called police.

Paramedics rushed the baby to a hospital. She was pronounced dead Sunday. Pierce says an autopsy shows the infant died of blunt force trauma to the head.

He says police have charged the 12-year-old boy with felony murder and cruelty to children. He is being held at the Cobb County Juvenile Detention Center.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 


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