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Man Charged With Murder After Infant Dies
September 11, 2014
A young child who was hospitalized September 1 after her babysitter said he found her unresponsive has died, and her babysitter has been charged with her death.
Dariyana Durant, 14-months old, died in a local hospital at 4:35 p.m. Tuesday after being removed from life support.
Alfred Simpson, 19, of 500 E. Fairfield Drive, was charged with first-degree felony murder Wednesday afternoon. He was still in the Escambia County Jail on a $75,000 bond after being arrested September 2 and charged with one count of aggravated child abuse. Simpson now is being held without bond.
Simpson was identified in police reports as being the boyfriend of the child’s mother.
Police initially were dispatched around 11 p.m. September 1 to Pensacola Village on the emergency call. Upon arrival, officers learned the baby was unresponsive. Simpson and the child’s 18-year-old mother were on the scene.
The child was taken to a local hospital where it was determined she had blunt force trauma injury on the rear of her head.
Simpson told police the child’s mother had a headache and had left the child in his care while she took a nap. He said while the mother was sleeping he cooked dinner for him and the child. He also said he left the apartment for several minutes and when he returned, he went to pick the child up from the living room floor. He said the child was having problems breathing and her body was limp.
Simpson told police he used an inhaler on the child in an attempt to get her to breathe and that when the mother awakened, he told her an ambulance needed to be called.
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3 Responses to “Man Charged With Murder After Infant Dies”
Forty years ago, I was sitting in a CJ class and our Instructor; a juvenile court judge said. “The most dangerous person to a child is the live-in lover. Over the years and after 40 years in LE I found this to be very true.
Why didn’t HE call the ambulance???
Great Job LEO’s! You guys are the best! Keep up the good work!