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A 5-month-old baby boy died at a hospital Saturday from injuries suffered earlier this week in Lancaster, allegedly at the hands of a babysitter who is being held in lieu of $1 million bail.
Los Angeles County Sheriff‘s Deputies and county fire department personnel responded about 5:20 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a baby not breathing in the 43400 block of Gadsden Avenue. When they arrived, the child’s mother told them the baby wasn’t breathing, according to Deputy Trina Schrader of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
“Paramedics arrived and the victim was transported to a local hospital where he was being treated for serious head trauma and bruising to the upper torso,” Schrader said.
The child, whose name has not been released, succumbed to his injuries about 12:50 a.m., she said.
On the day the child was injured, sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau detectives arrested 30-year-old Brittany Ingrassi of Lancaster, a long-time friend of the victim’s father who had been babysitting when the boy was hurt, on suspicion of cruelty to a child likely to produce great bodily injury or death, Schrader said.
Ingrassi was was arraigned on the same charge earlier this week, Schrader said.
It’s unclear if she entered a plea, but additional charges will be filed as a result of the baby’s death, according to the deputy.
Ingrassi is being held at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood and is due in court in Lancaster on April 15, according to sheriff’s inmate records.
An earlier court appearance may be required upon the filing of additional charges.
Sheriff’s homicide detectives asked anyone with information regarding the death to call them at (323) 890-5500. Anonymous tips can be provided through Crime Stoppers by calling (800) 222-TIPS.
—City News Service