UPDATE: Arrests made in connection with death of 1-year-old girl
Deputies have identified two men arrested in connection with the baby's death.
UPDATE (1:45 p.m.): Bibb County Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley said Wednesday the child appeared to have suffered from blunt force trauma but said no injuries could be confirmed until an autopsy has been performed.
He confirmed the child was 20 months and two weeks old.
UPDATE (12:00 p.m.): The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says two people are now in custody in connection with the death of a 1-year-old girl.
Just before 11 a.m., the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office shared the identities of the two men arrested. The father of the child, 19-year-old Akiem Jamal Jordan, is facing a murder charge along with three counts of aggravated assault. Additionally, 20-year-old Rahem Devar Farrell faces charges of murder and two counts of aggravated assault. Both Macon residents are being held at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center without bond.
As for the child’s grandmother, deputies say she is in stable condition.
The investigation is ongoing. If you have any information, Contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME.
ORIGINAL STORY:
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 1-year-old girl after an overnight fight between the child’s grandmother and father.
Deputies say they responded to a disturbance call at 12:05 a.m. Wednesday in the 3800 block of Flamingo Drive.
When they got there, they say they found a woman who had been beaten, along with her daughter, who had called 911. The grandmother told deputies the child’s father had left with her grandchild. She was taken to the hospital to be treated for her injures.
A BOLO was placed for the child’s father, a white vehicle and another person who was with him in the vehicle. At 3:03 a.m. deputies say they located the vehicle in the 2000 block of Old Clinton Road.
Deputies say the father, who has not been identified, was holding the unresponsive child.
Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley pronounced the child dead on the scene and said an autopsy will be conducted.
Two people of interest have been identified and were taken to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Headquarters.
