A Chester County man has been accused of striking a toddler and inflicting injuries that caused the child's death, prosecutors announced Thursday.
A Chester County man has been accused of striking a toddler and inflicting injuries that caused the child's death, prosecutors announced Thursday.Enrique Lopez Gomez, 20, was charged with third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and other crimes in the death of a 21-month-old boy.Medics were called to a property on Cope Road in Kennett Square on Monday for reports of an unresponsive child, according to investigators.
Medics soon discovered that the child had no pulse, and white foam coming from his mouth and nose.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESInvestigators say medics noticed bruising on the child's body while in the ambulance. He died shortly after arriving at Nemours/A.I. Dupont Hospital for Children.An autopsy performed by the Delaware County Medical Examiner's Office later concluded that the child from blunt force trauma to the abdomen, investigators said.
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