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A Florida man is going through a number of prices “for inflicting the demise” of his 4-month-old daughter, in line with the Polk County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Sheriff Grady Judd introduced Wednesday that Jacob Kubai, 22, is charged with aggravated manslaughter of a kid, aggravated baby abuse and two counts of knowingly abusing a toddler with out bodily hurt within the demise of his daughter, Willow.
His arrest comes after a joint demise investigation with the Bartow Police Division that started on Feb. 22 after Willow was delivered to the Bartow Regional Medical Heart with “no mind exercise and suspicious bodily accidents,” in line with the sheriff’s workplace.
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Jacob Kubai, 22, is charged with aggravated manslaughter of a kid, aggravated baby abuse and two counts of knowingly abusing a toddler with out bodily hurt within the demise of his 4-month-old daughter. (Polk County Sheriff’s Workplace)
The toddler woman was stabilized and transported by helicopter to Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, the place it was decided that she had a fractured cranium, a number of layers of hemorrhaging to the mind, damaged ribs, bruises and scratches. She died from her accidents two days later.
Judd mentioned demise investigations can “take many months” to finish, however the extreme accidents to Willow “left little question how she was killed.”
“I don’t understand how a father might do that to his baby, however I do know he must be locked-up(sic) for so long as the regulation permits,” the sheriff mentioned in a press release.
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Throughout separate interviews with a Polk County detective, neither Kubai or his spouse might clarify how the newborn obtained her accidents.
When recalling his day with Willow earlier than she arrived on the hospital, Kubai allegedly informed detectives his daughter was wonderful whereas they went to Walmart collectively between 6:40 p.m. and seven:50 p.m. He mentioned he fed her after they received residence after which found she wasn’t respiratory when he checked on her at round 8:10 p.m.
The sheriff’s workplace mentioned safety footage obtained by detectives confirmed Kubai alone at a self-checkout register at 6:54 p.m. and after they confronted him with the inconsistency, he “refused to offer any extra info.”
Jacob Kubai, 22, informed a Polk County detective his toddler daughter was wonderful after they had been at Walmart collectively hours earlier than her hospitalization, however surveillance footage confirmed he was on the retailer alone. (iStock)
It was decided that Willow was injured whereas Kubai was her sole caregiver throughout a three-hour interval earlier than she was taken to the hospital. Kubai’s spouse was at work on the time and informed police that Willow didn’t have bruising when she left the home.
“The child was actually crushed to demise,” Judd mentioned throughout a Wednesday information convention. “The one particular person at residence on the time was Jacob.”
The sheriff’s workplace additionally mentioned Kubai left the toddler alone on no less than two completely different events – Jan. 17 and Feb. 22.
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An post-mortem carried out on Willow by the District 10 Medical Examiner’s Workplace on Feb. 27 revealed “a number of blunt power trauma accidents” to the entrance of Willow’s head, a swollen and hemorrhaged backbone and an acute cranium fracture on the again of her head, in addition to ten rib fractures within the therapeutic stage.
“Based mostly on the accidents famous, the cranium fracture would have been brought on by the caregiver at the moment. The reason for demise was decided to be blunt power trauma of the pinnacle. The way of demise was dominated as a murder,” the post-mortem concluded, in line with the sheriff’s workplace.
