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http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060130/NEWS01/601300357
The father of a child made blind and deaf by a violent shaking last month could face a murder charge because of the boy's death Sunday, authorities said.
The 7-month-old infant, Emanuel Tentle, was found dead when his foster mother went to check on him about 7 a.m., said Marion County Sheriff's Capt. Brian Mahone.
When she tried to awaken him in his bed, Mahone said, the child did not respond.
Gerardo P. Jaramillo, 26, was charged with aggravated battery and released on bond after investigation of the incident in December, when he brought Emanuel to the Grassy Creek Community Health Clinic on East 38th Street.
The death, Mahone said, was not unexpected after the baby's release from Riley Hospital for Children after a diagnosis of shaken-baby syndrome Dec. 6.
"We believe the child was deaf and blind due to the severity of his injuries," Mahone said. "Riley medical staff did not believe the child would live very long, or would have severe brain damage."
Jaramillo told police then that while he was caring for Emanuel, he noticed the boy gasping for air on a couch and began patting him on the back.
After Emanuel's face turned purple, Jaramillo said, he started hitting the boy's back and "shaking him slightly" after grabbing him by the head, police said.
Jaramillo claimed he sought medical attention after he could not get the child to breathe. Upon arrival at the nearby clinic, Emanuel was bleeding from the mouth and had no heartbeat.
Doctors at Riley Hospital later determined the boy was a victim of shaken-baby syndrome. On release from the hospital, he was placed in a foster home in the 8800 block of Balboa Court.
Child protection officials with the state Department of Child Services were not immediately available for comment.
Agency spokeswoman Susan Tielking previously said that confidentiality requirements prevented her from commenting about the case. But she said cases involving a seriously injured child are typically referred to agency staff for investigation.
Police had been called to the La Fontaine Court residence that Jaramillo shared with Emanuel's mother, Rosalva Tentle, on Nov. 28 when Jaramillo stabbed himself with a pair of scissors and threatened suicide after Tentle said she was leaving him.
After being informed of Emanuel's death, Tentle declined to talk about the incident. "I only want to know where my son is," she said. "I've been trying to be with him, and I don't know where he is."
Mahone said prosecutors and investigators will meet today to discuss results of an autopsy on the child and a possible murder charge against Jaramillo.
The father of a child made blind and deaf by a violent shaking last month could face a murder charge because of the boy's death Sunday, authorities said.
The 7-month-old infant, Emanuel Tentle, was found dead when his foster mother went to check on him about 7 a.m., said Marion County Sheriff's Capt. Brian Mahone.
When she tried to awaken him in his bed, Mahone said, the child did not respond.
Gerardo P. Jaramillo, 26, was charged with aggravated battery and released on bond after investigation of the incident in December, when he brought Emanuel to the Grassy Creek Community Health Clinic on East 38th Street.
The death, Mahone said, was not unexpected after the baby's release from Riley Hospital for Children after a diagnosis of shaken-baby syndrome Dec. 6.
"We believe the child was deaf and blind due to the severity of his injuries," Mahone said. "Riley medical staff did not believe the child would live very long, or would have severe brain damage."
Jaramillo told police then that while he was caring for Emanuel, he noticed the boy gasping for air on a couch and began patting him on the back.
After Emanuel's face turned purple, Jaramillo said, he started hitting the boy's back and "shaking him slightly" after grabbing him by the head, police said.
Jaramillo claimed he sought medical attention after he could not get the child to breathe. Upon arrival at the nearby clinic, Emanuel was bleeding from the mouth and had no heartbeat.
Doctors at Riley Hospital later determined the boy was a victim of shaken-baby syndrome. On release from the hospital, he was placed in a foster home in the 8800 block of Balboa Court.
Child protection officials with the state Department of Child Services were not immediately available for comment.
Agency spokeswoman Susan Tielking previously said that confidentiality requirements prevented her from commenting about the case. But she said cases involving a seriously injured child are typically referred to agency staff for investigation.
Police had been called to the La Fontaine Court residence that Jaramillo shared with Emanuel's mother, Rosalva Tentle, on Nov. 28 when Jaramillo stabbed himself with a pair of scissors and threatened suicide after Tentle said she was leaving him.
After being informed of Emanuel's death, Tentle declined to talk about the incident. "I only want to know where my son is," she said. "I've been trying to be with him, and I don't know where he is."
Mahone said prosecutors and investigators will meet today to discuss results of an autopsy on the child and a possible murder charge against Jaramillo.
Being a foster parent myself, a story like this disturbs me. The baby was taken out of an unsafe home, and put into a safe haven, where 2 people would act as his guardian to keep him safe and away from harm, but, instead that baby never had a chance. This is so sad!!! My heart goes out to poor little Emmanuel!! God is with him now.!!