BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The parents of a two-month-old girl have been arrested in connection to the death of their child, according to the Baltimore Police Department.
Katerin Monzon-Alvarado, 21, and Oscar Pineda, 21, were charged with first-degree child abuse, second-degree child abuse, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and reckless endangerment, police said on Friday.
Officers learned about the child fatality a little after 1 a.m. on Sept. 9. That’s when they were sent to MedStar Harbor Hospital to investigate the death of two-month-old Aida Alvarado.
Investigators noted that she had some suspicious bruising around the eyes and jawline. Additionally, she had dirt on her hands, according to court records.
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Homicide detectives interviewed Monzon-Alvarado and Pineda about the events leading up to the death of their child.
Monzon-Alvarado told detectives said she was with Aida Alvarado in bed around 8 p.m. while Pineda was tending to their toddler. Aida Alvarado was found unresponsive around 11 p.m. Charging documents describe how Monzon-Alvarado attempted to perform CPR on her child.
Investigators took pictures of Monzon-Alvarado’s home. Court records state that they took two blankets and submitted them to the Baltimore Police Department’s Evidence Unit.
Afterward, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner performed an autopsy on the child’s remains.
During the autopsy, investigators learned “that the infant suffered from significant head and brain trauma,” according to the charging documents.
“Preliminarily, the infant sustained frontal lobe hemorrhaging, a subdural hemorrhage, [and] multiple skull fractures that caused suspicious bruises to the face,” court records state.
The findings of the autopsy prompted homicide detectives to interview Monzon-Alvarado and Pineda again.
“During [the] interview both parents admitted to seeing the injuries (bruises) to the infant’s eyes, forehead, and cheek/jawline, and that the infant began vomiting the day after the injuries were observed, and both neglected to seek medical treatment either after observing the injuries or noticing the child vomiting.”
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Detectives presented their findings to the state’s attorney’s office, which recommended that the child’s parents be criminally charged.
Police reported that additional homicide charges may arise depending on the outcome of the autopsy report.
Monzon-Alvarado and Pineda are currently being held at Central Booking, according to authorities.
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