Diamond F. Keen Blamed Blanket For Killing Infant She Was Watching

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24-year-old Diamond F. Keen was charged in the death of a 4- to 5-month-old baby she was watching in August, who was later found by medical examiners to have suffered head trauma due to shaking.

According to a St. Louis Police probable cause statement, police were called Aug. 7 to assist paramedics transporting a child to the hospital. At the hospital, detectives met with the child’s mother, who said she recently sustained a shoulder injury and Keen was watching the child for the past two days.

The mother told police that Keen called the mother saying the baby got wrapped up in a cover causing the child to not be able to breathe, and she (Keen) called an ambulance and doctors were treating the child, according to the police statement.

Police interviewed Keen, who told officers the baby woke at 7 a.m. and had no issues, other than what she described as a breathing problem where the baby was “grasping” for air. She said she changed the baby’s diaper and put him back to bed.

A short time later she heard the baby gasping, went to check, and found the child wrapped in a cover. She then called the paramedics.

An autopsy of the child shows numerous head injuries. The baby was also found to have bronchopneumonia, a respiratory illness. Medical examiners listed the cause of death as blunt force trauma and ruled the death a homicide.

St. Louis woman accused of shaking baby, causing death

A St. Louis woman was charged Wednesday in the death of a 4- to 5-month-old baby she was watching in August, who was later found by medical examiners to have suffered head trauma due to shaking.

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