Kansas father charged with murder in infant daughter’s death after child struck with object, police say
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW/Gray News) - A Kansas man was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 6-month-old daughter.
WIBW reports Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay filed criminal charges against Tray’vonne Da’Mont Jones-McNeal, 21, after the death of the child on Wednesday.
Medics responded to a home in Topeka and found 6-month-old Brielle Jones not breathing. Police said the child was taken to the hospital after suffering blunt-force trauma, but she later died.
Police records note Brielle had been hit by a blunt force object.
Kagay said Jones-McNeal was identified as the child’s father and arrested at the scene.
Jones-McNeal is facing multiple charges including murder, child abuse and battery.
Records indicate Jones-McNeal is being held in the Shawnee County Jail on a $1 million bond.
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