A 20-year-old Nassau County man has been indicted on homicide costs for allegedly shaking his toddler daughter so violently as she cried final month that she hemorrhaged and died, prosecutors say.
In line with the indictment, Rabanales Pretzantzin was house alone along with his 2-month-old daughter, Liseyda Rabanales-Barrios, and 14-month-old son round 11 a.m. on March 7. The littlest one was crying.
Prosecutors allege Rabanales Pretzantzin slapped the 2-month-old within the face, punched her within the abdomen repeatedly and picked her up and shook her violently. He then allegedly dropped her onto the mattress, whereas he was standing, and pressed his physique weight into the kid, pinning her down.
The kid grew to become unresponsive, and the daddy took her to a neighbor’s condo, prosecutors mentioned. The neighbor referred to as 911.
Liseyda was taken to a hospital, the place she was pronounced useless. Prosecutors say she suffered contusions to the top, a number of rib fractures, extreme hemorrhaging in her neck space and two dislocated vertebrae.
Rabales Pretzantzin was arrested 5 days later.
Nassau County District Lawyer Anne Donnelly condemned the allegations.
“This defendant, tired of his 2-month-old daughter’s crying, allegedly beat and shook her so violently that he caused severe hemorrhaging and dislocated the vertebrae in the child’s neck, killing her,” Donnelly mentioned. “Recognizing that his daughter was unresponsive after the attack, the defendant asked a neighbor to call emergency services and allegedly told police the child had rolled from his arms and accidentally fell to the floor. Little Liseyda’s injuries, however, told a different tragic and cruel story, and Marlon Rabanales Pretzantzin will now be prosecuted and held accountable for his revolting violence.”
“Parenting can become overwhelming at times,” she added. “I urge anyone who feels themselves losing control when dealing with their child to stop, put the child down safely in a crib, and leave the room until they calm down. Using rough treatment or violence towards an infant is never an option.”
Rabales Pretzantzin was remanded after his grand jury arraignment on second-degree homicide costs Thursday. He’s due again in court docket subsequent month and faces as much as 25 years to life in jail if convicted.
Rabales Pretzantzin is represented by Authorized Assist, which generally does not touch upon lively instances.
