On February 22th 4-month-old Willow "Strawberry" Kubai arrived at Bartow Regional Hospital in cardiac arrest with suspicious physical injuries.
Willow survived for two days before dying as a result of her injuries.
Those injuries included a skull fracture, multiple layers of bleeding in the brain, a hemorrhaged spine, 10 fractured ribs with multiple impact bruises and scratches.
The child's father, 22-year-old Jacob Kubai, was caring for Willow while her mother was at work.
Kubai said he and the child went to Walmart to the Walmart at 6:40 p.m. Security video footage obtained by the Sheriff's Office shows Kubai at a self-checkout register at 6:54 p.m. with no sign of the baby.
According to the sheriff's office, an autopsy found, "Based on the injuries noted, the skull fracture would have been caused by the caregiver at that time. The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma of the head. The manner of death was ruled as a homicide."
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Deputies said the child had multiple severe injuries.
After some time left in a jail cell, Jacob Kubai asked to speak with investigators recounting that "none of this is real. My wife isn't real. My baby isn't real," according to Judd.
Jacob Kubai has no history of mental illness or any prior criminal record, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.
Bartow man charged with beating 4-month-old daughter to death while mother at work
Doctors determined the girl had a skull fracture, multiple layers of bleeding in the brain, 10 fractured ribs with multiple bruises and scratches.
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