Cologne: father arrested for manslaughter – baby star! | Regional
What a terrible crime, what a terrible diagnosis!
Cologne – A 19-year-old is said to have abused his baby so badly that it died in hospital two days later. On Wednesday evening, the police arrested the father in the Nippes district of Cologne.
The man is accused of inflicting serious brain injuries on his infant daughter (6 weeks), police said. According to initial investigations, the father was alone in the apartment with the infant at the time of the crime. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the child is suspected of having a shaking trauma.
On Tuesday evening he himself had alerted the rescue services and reported an alleged fall. In the hospital, however, his version was questioned because it did not fit the astronomical context…
The little girl died in hospital on Thursday afternoon from severe brain injuries.
Police officers had arrested the father on Wednesday evening after an initial forensic medical examination of the process he described had continued.
The Cologne police have set up a murder commission. The man is to be brought before a magistrate on Thursday on strong suspicion of attempted manslaughter. (mv/edge)