A Florida man is going through a number of fees “for causing the death” 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 baby 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 dropped at the Bartow Regional Medical Middle with “no brain activity and suspicious physical injuries,” 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 baby with out bodily hurt within the demise of his 4-month-old daughter. (Polk County Sheriff’s Workplace)
The toddler lady 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 stated demise investigations can “take many months” to finish, however the extreme accidents to Willow “left no doubt how she was killed.”
“I don’t know how a father could do this to his child, but I do know he should be locked-up(sic) for as long as the law allows,” the sheriff stated in an announcement.
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Throughout separate interviews with a Polk County detective, neither Kubai or his spouse may clarify how the child obtained her accidents.
When recalling his day with Willow earlier than she arrived on the hospital, Kubai allegedly advised detectives his daughter was positive whereas they went to Walmart collectively between 6:40 p.m. and seven:50 p.m. He stated he fed her after they obtained house after which found she wasn’t respiration when he checked on her at round 8:10 p.m.
The sheriff’s workplace stated 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 provide any additional information.”
Jacob Kubai, 22, advised a Polk County detective his toddler daughter was positive after they have 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 advised police that Willow didn’t have bruising when she left the home.
“The newborn was actually beaten to death,” Judd stated throughout a Wednesday information convention. “The only person at home at the time was Jacob.”
The sheriff’s workplace additionally stated Kubai left the toddler alone on at the very least two totally 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 “multiple blunt force trauma injuries” 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 on the injuries noted, the skull fracture would have been caused by the caregiver at that time. The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma of the head. The manner of death was ruled as a homicide,” the post-mortem concluded, in line with the sheriff’s workplace.
