A man was arrested on suspicion of killing his 2-month-old daughter after she was found unconscious in a California apartment, authorities said Sunday.
Man arrested on suspicion of killing 2-month-old daughter
Marcel James Taylor, 26, was charged with murder and child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury or death, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to a medical rescue call of a baby not breathing in the 18000 block of Grace Lane in the early morning hours of Sept. 26.
When deputies arrived on the scene in Canyon Country, a neighborhood in the eastern part of Santa Clarita, they found the child unresponsive, the agency said.
Her father, Marcel James Taylor, 26, was performing CPR on her.
She was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital and then transferred to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She was pronounced dead Sept. 29, according to the sheriff’s department.
Deputies launched a “thorough investigation” that ended with Taylor’s arrest.
The sheriff’s department announced Sunday that he was arrested at the Santa Clarita station and arraigned on charges of murder and child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury or death.
He remains in custody in lieu of $2 million bail.
His arraignment is scheduled for Monday at the San Fernando Courthouse.
