A brand new father on Lengthy Island is going through homicide costs after police allege he beat his 2-month-old child lady to dying.
On Jan. 1, 2025, a hospital in Far Rockaway celebrated the delivery of Liseyda Rabanales-Barrios, it’s first child of the brand new 12 months.
On March 7, EMTs responded to a 911 name within the Nassau County neighborhood of Inwood, and located the toddler in cardiac arrest. Liseyda died later that day.
An post-mortem revealed the kid had extreme accidents.
“Severe damage to cervical spine, subcranial bleeding, fractured ribs to a 2-month-old,” mentioned Det. Captain Steven Fitzpatrick.
Police mentioned the child’s father, Marlon Rabanales-Pretzantzin, initially instructed detectives the child rolled off his lap. He later admitted he abused the child as a result of he didn’t suppose he was the daddy, in response to detectives.
“He hit the child several times, he threw the child on the ground. The amount of times he did it is still unknown,” Fitzpatrick mentioned.
Rabanales-Pretzantzin, 20, was arrested and charged with second-degree homicide. He’s initially from Guatemala and got here to the U.S. in 2022.
“I’ve learned some things, I will look into them. He did share some things with me and I’m going to follow up on them as I must,” mentioned protection lawyer Mindy Plotkin.
The couple additionally has a 1-year-old son, who the mom faraway from the house voluntarily after the allegations in opposition to Rabanales-Pretzantzin got here out. The daddy was instructed to keep away from that baby.
“This man should never have had a kid, and what he did to this kid is unthinkable,” mentioned Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder.
Rabanales-Pretzantzin was ordered held with out bail. His subsequent court docket date is scheduled for March 17 in Hempstead.
