Man arrested for death of 2-month-old baby girl who died from traumatic brain injury
An Idaho man has been arrested and charged in the horrific death of his 2-month-old baby girl.
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An Idaho man has been arrested and charged in the horrific death of his 2-month-old baby girl.
Roger Aaron Denig, 21, stands accused of one count of murder in the first degree after Ammarie Denig died last Friday, according to an affidavit of probable cause obtained by East Idaho News.
At Steele Memorial Medical Center in Salmon, doctors resuscitated the child and recovered her heartbeat. Then, she was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. A CT scan showed “multiple brain injuries,” the affidavit says. Once again, the child was airlifted to more apt quarters – this time to Primary Children’s Hospital. A doctor there specializing in child abuse and neglect determined that the girl’s brain was no longer functioning.
“Additional signs show tearing of the brain, which is consistent with a sudden, external, physical assault,” the affidavit says. “There is retinal hemorrhage in both eyes, which is present with traumatic head injuries, (and) the CT scan showed several broken ribs in various stages of healing that could be between 10 to 14 days old, (and) signs of old bruises on the child’s chest.”
Roger Denig was arrested Saturday in Lemhi County, East Idaho News reports. He was arraigned Monday and given $500,000 bail by Magistrate Judge Andrew Woolf. The defendant is currently detained in the Lemhi County Jail. His next court appearance is slated for July 7.
