Another Baby "Punished" to Death for Crying
From the Timesledger.com:
11/05/2007
Father killed 13-month-old daughter: DA
By:Howard Koplowitz
A South Ozone Park man allegedly killed his 13-month-old daughter Saturday because she would not stop crying, Queens DA Richard Brown said.
Peter O'Keefe, 35, of 150-20 117th St. in South Ozone Park, was held without bail after he was arraigned on charges of murder and endangering the welfare of a child, Brown said in a statement.
O'Keefe, a bookkeeper with a Manhattan printing company, faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the charges, according to the DA.
"The defendant was supposed to protect his child, not harm her," Brown said. "This very disturbing case will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
O'Keefe allegedly became agitated when his 13-month-old daughter would not stop crying Saturday afternoon while he was baby-sitting her, the DA said. He then allegedly beat and shook the girl and threw her to the floor before fleeing the home without getting the baby help, Brown said.
The girl's mother found her unconscious when she came home after an afternoon of shopping with a friend, according to the DA.
The baby was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 7:25 p.m., Brown said. The girl suffered a fractured skull, head trauma, human bite marks to her right arm and bruises, he said.
O'Keefe fled to Philadelphia and was arrested Sunday at his mother's home after returning to New York.
11/05/2007
Father killed 13-month-old daughter: DA
By:Howard Koplowitz
A South Ozone Park man allegedly killed his 13-month-old daughter Saturday because she would not stop crying, Queens DA Richard Brown said.
Peter O'Keefe, 35, of 150-20 117th St. in South Ozone Park, was held without bail after he was arraigned on charges of murder and endangering the welfare of a child, Brown said in a statement.
O'Keefe, a bookkeeper with a Manhattan printing company, faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the charges, according to the DA.
"The defendant was supposed to protect his child, not harm her," Brown said. "This very disturbing case will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
O'Keefe allegedly became agitated when his 13-month-old daughter would not stop crying Saturday afternoon while he was baby-sitting her, the DA said. He then allegedly beat and shook the girl and threw her to the floor before fleeing the home without getting the baby help, Brown said.
The girl's mother found her unconscious when she came home after an afternoon of shopping with a friend, according to the DA.
The baby was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 7:25 p.m., Brown said. The girl suffered a fractured skull, head trauma, human bite marks to her right arm and bruises, he said.
O'Keefe fled to Philadelphia and was arrested Sunday at his mother's home after returning to New York.
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