10-month-old Daniyah Jackson died from multisystem organ failure precipitated by injuries to her abdomen and from a sexual assault. Her death has been ruled a homicide.
While the baby girl lay on her back waiting for a diaper change, Clinton Smith told police, he placed his hand on her stomach and pushed down with most of his body weight.
Mr. Smith, 30, said he was "playing" with 10-month-old Daniyah Jackson for a few moments early that evening when he squeezed her hard, causing her to vomit.
Police said he then placed her in a playpen, where her mother found her, bruised and unresponsive, upon returning from work at around 9:30 p.m.
Although Mr. Smith said he squeezed Daniyah, who suffered punctured intestines and other internal injuries, the girl also had bruises on her face, arms and legs as well as a possible bite mark on her chest, according to an affidavit of probable cause, released yesterday, charging him with murder.
Given the baby's injuries, police said Mr. Smith did more than just squeeze her, and also struck her in some way.
"I find it hard to believe the statement he gave us is the complete truth," Pittsburgh police Lt. Daniel Herrmann said. "What he told us is a partial truth. It was a self-serving statement."
He did not make any statement indicating there was a sexual assault, according to the affidavit. Police said he blamed the other injuries on his 2-year-old son, who was
home at the time, and added the baby "fell."
Doctors did not find any semen, but prostate fluid in her body.
Clinton D. Smith was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Clinton had plead guilty to first degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child and was given a plea deal in which two counts of deviate sexual intercourse were taken off of the table as was the death penalty.
Suspect in baby's death says it was accidental
While the baby girl lay on her back waiting for a diaper change, Clinton Smith told police, he placed his hand on her stomach and pushed
Doctors did not find any semen, but prostate fluid in her body.
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