A young couple have been charged with torturing their one-year-old baby to death. The defenceless tot was found unresponsive by police who were called to a Motel 6 in Visalia, California, on Tuesday.
The baby was taken to a hospital where they were found to have a severe head injury and multiple broken bones. The child sadly later died, Visalia Times Delta reports.
Mum Jasmine Blase, 18, was arrested and initially charged with “child abuse and great bodily harm”. The child's dad Ezequiel Ramirez, 23, was found by Visalia Police who arrested him in Fresno and faces the same charge.
After the baby died at Valley Children’s Hospital, prosecutors charged the pair with murder and assault on a child causing death, and torture.
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