A judge has decided there will be no bond for the Pine Bluff father charged with killing his own 6-month-old daughter. Police say 31-year-old Edward Robinson killed the baby while the child's mother, 23-year-old Keisha Williams, watched. We've also confirmed that Robinson was charged with domestic battery against Williams a few days before the baby's death.
"I need some answers. I was close to my grandbaby." Edward's mother can't believe her son is charged with killing his own baby, 6-month-old Reeanna Robinson.
Jefferson County Circuit Judge Rob Wyatt presided over the probable cause hearing where he told the baby's parents, Edward Robinson and Keisha Williams what they were charged with. "You've been arrested and charged with capitol murder. If convicted, you face life in prison without parole or death by lethal injection."
Prosecutors tell FOX16 that on Wednesday Reeanna started crying, like most babys do. They say Edward Robinson started getting frustrated and began choking her. "He strangled her to get her to stop crying. When she didn't stop, he attempted to do that again," said Prosecutor Kyle Hunter. "The body was stiff and blood was coming from her nose and she was unresponsive."
Outside the courtroom, Keisha's mom, Lisa Williams, is emotional. "She didn't ask to be killed because he was angry about something. He didn't have to kill her; he could have given her to me.”
Lisa Williams thinks she knows why her daughter didn't stop the child's father. “She was afraid of him. He was abusing her.
"I didn't think he was [capable of this], but he was very abusive. never though he would kill his own baby. [I'm] surprised he didn't kill his other two babies," said Lisa Williams.
Keisha has three other children and is three months pregnant.
Prosecutors have not decided whether or not they will seek the death penalty in this case.
An autopsy was performed and determined that the cause of death as strangulation. Bond was denied for Robinson, but a judge set a $100,000 bond for Keisha Williams.
