Sentenced: 13-Week-Old Cleveland Infant Dies After Getting Baby Wipe Stuck In Throat; Father Arrested

[Sugar Cookie]

According to Cleveland Police, they have arrested the father of a 13-week-old infant who died on June 25.

Police said approximately 9 am, officers responded to MetroHealth Medical Center for a call for a deceased baby.

Preliminary investigation indicates that members of Cleveland EMS responded to and transported the infant from a residence in the 2000 block of West 81st Street.

Investigators learned that the child had a baby wipe stuck in his throat.

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[Jessica78]

Wish there were more details

 

[Satanica]

From previous stories, my guess is they've discovered the wipe was too far down the throat to have been done accidentally by the infant.

 

[cubby]

13 weeks old or about 3.5 months old is not old enough to stuff anything down his own throat. They can't even hold their bottles. Ever how it happened it was not an accident done by the baby.

 

[Kitsune Faye]

Monster spermatozoa contribution couldn’t get the cute baby to stop crying, so he shoved the wipe down the bubs throat to shut him/her up. I won’t be surprised if the autopsy and tox screening shows older injuries and possible sedation. That’s just me.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

An 18-year-old father was arrested after police confirmed that an infant boy died after apparently choking on a baby wipe on Cleveland's west side.

According to officials, the suspect is 18-year-old Traveon Hughes.

EMS crews were called to a residence on the 2000 block of West 81st Street around 9 a.m. Saturday.

Crews found a wipe stuck in the 13-week-old child's throat. The boy was rushed to MetroHealth Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.

Per protocol, homicide detectives from the Cleveland Division of Police responded to the hospital, and after speaking with doctors and others connected with the incident the child's 18-year-old father was arrested.

Cleveland police: Infant boy dies after getting baby wipe stuck in throat; father arrested

The father is expected to appear in court on Friday morning

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[Sugar Cookie]

A Cleveland man was found guilty of killing his 13-week-old son after investigators say he shoved a baby wipe down the infant’s throat in 2022.

On Wednesday, a jury found Traveon Hughes, 20, guilty of murder, involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child endangering.

According to court records, Hughes told investigators he was watching his son, who was born 12 weeks prematurely, when he placed a baby wipe on the child’s chest as a bib. Hughes told investigators he left the room and when he came back, he noticed the child choking and called 911.

Through an investigation, Cleveland police and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed that the child was too young to place the baby wipe down his own throat.

“The State of Ohio believes that baby Traveon Hughes (Jr.)’s death was an intentional homicide,” Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley said. “A jury composed of citizens from our county agreed.”

Cleveland man found guilty of killing 13-week-old son who died with baby wipe in throat

A Cleveland man was found guilty of killing his 13-month-old son after investigators say he shoved a baby wipe down the infant's throat in 2022.

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[Sugar Cookie]

20-year-old Traveon Hughes has been sentenced to serve 15 years to life in prison on charges connected to the death of his 13-week-old son in which the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office says happened after he shoved a baby wipe down the child’s throat.

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge William T. McGinty announced the punishment during sentencing late Friday morning. It came after a jury found Hughes guilty of the following charges earlier this week:

Hughes did not speak when given the opportunity at his sentencing.

“He’s not going to make a statement today," his defense said on his behalf. "He is going to exercise his Constitutional right, and lawful right, to an appeal. But he still maintains his innocence that he did not recklessly or purposely shove a baby wipe into his baby’s mouth. He says he didn’t do it and he stands by that. We value the jury’s verdict, but we just disagree with it.”

Traveon Hughes sentenced in 13-week-old son's death in which prosecutors say he shoved baby wipe down child's throat

Hughes was found guilty on charges of murder, involuntary manslaughter and child endangering for the boy's death, which happened nearly two years ago in June 2022.

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[Busy Bee]

Does the mother believe the police put the wipe in the babies mouth? A 3month old baby would have a hard time getting a baby wipe into his throat!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

At the 1:41 mark the mother is blaming the system for her child's death. I am sure she will stay loyal until his appeal is denied. You can't keep a ratchet pussy empty.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A panel of appellate judges on Thursday unanimously upheld the conviction of a Cleveland father who killed his infant son by stuffing a baby wipe down his throat.

Traveon Hughes, 21, was convicted last year by a Cuyahoga County jury of murder in the death of his 13-week-old son, Traveon Hughes Jr.

Common Pleas Judge William McGinty sentenced Hughes in May 2024 to life in prison with the chance of parole after 15 years. The next month, Hughes claimed there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction and appealed it to the 8th Ohio District Court of Appeals.

Hughes had testified at trial that the infant shoved the wipe into his own mouth on June 25, 2022. Prosecutors and medical experts had argued that the child, who had been born about three months premature, lacked the physical ability to do so.

Appellate Judge Lisa Forbes, in her decision, cited testimony and evidence that supported the conviction. It included video recordings of the baby that showed little motor function in his arms.

“A reasonable jury could have concluded from these videos that the baby did not have the strength and dexterity to force a wipe down his own throat,” she wrote.

The infant’s mother, Acieiona McEwen, maintained Hughes’ innocence at his sentencing. At trial, she had testified that he was “a wonderful father,” according to court records.

Both Hughes and McEwen testified that the baby had a tendency to grab anything near him. DNA testing revealed the infant’s DNA on the wipe, but not Hughes’, according to court records.

McEwen said she was at work and on a FaceTime call with Hughes when he placed a wipe under the baby’s chin as a makeshift bib and then went into another room. She then heard Hughes scream that the infant was choking and saw him pick the child up and run into another room.

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TRAVEON HUGHES

MURDER
Min/Full Yrs: 15.00

Max Yrs: LIFE


Sentence Information

Aggregate Sentence 15.00 - Life

Expected Release Date/Parole Eligibility Date 03/28/2038

 

[BuffettGirl]

Y'all, like legit, I almost just choked to death on a cashew a few minutes ago. It went down wrong and I tried to swallow some coffee to help it out, except the coffee backed up in my throat/mouth, so nothing was moving, either way. Shit got swirly and black, and Bossman is gone for the weekend. I was petrified. I can't imagine how terrifying that would be for a three month old, I'm 54 and I'm still shaky and scared. Poor little man...