IL - Josue Juarez, 9 months, beaten to death, Chicago, 4 Jan 2020 *Arrests*

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A man and a woman are in custody in connection with the beating death of a 9-month-old boy on the city's Southwest Side, Chicago police said.

Josue Juarez was found unresponsive on Chicago's Southwest Side Saturday. He was beaten to death, according to an autopsy.

Chicago police said the infant was found unresponsive when EMS arrived Saturday night to an apartment building at 60th Street and Sacramento Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

A 9-month-old boy found unresponsive on Chicago's Southwest Side was beaten to death Saturday, according to an autopsy.

The boy was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police said hospital staff told them he had signs of extensive trauma to his body.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office ruled his death a homicide on Sunday.

An autopsy revealed that he died of blunt head trauma and child abuse. Charges were pending Monday, a Chicago police spokesman said.

An investigation into the infant's death is ongoing, police said.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is also looking into the case.

DCFS said they haven't had any prior contact with the family.
2 in custody in connection with beating death of 9-month-old in Chicago Lawn, police say

 

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Joshua Juarez has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 9-month-old Josue Juarez.

Hospital staff told police Josue had signs of extensive trauma to his body, and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said Sunday that he died of blunt head trauma as the result of child abuse.

Police have not provided any further details on Josue’s death, and would not confirm if he and Juarez, who also lives on the 3000 block of West 60th Street, are related.

Juarez was arrested Sunday and was due to appear in court Wednesday afternoon for a bond hearing.
Joshua Juarez Charged With Beating Death Of 9-Month-Old Josue Juarez

 

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Joshua Juarez, 28, was arrested Sunday along with a 30-year-old woman in connection to the death, police said. The woman was released from custody, and Juarez is due for a bail hearing on Wednesday.

On Jan. 4, paramedics and officers were called for an unresponsive child in an apartment about 6:15 p.m. in the 3000 block of West 60th Street, police said.

The child’s parents told them the child was choking on food and turned blue, police said. He was taken to Holy Cross Hospital and pronounced dead.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services had no have prior contact with Juarez’s family but were investigating the death, a department spokesman said.

Area Central detectives are leading the homicide investigation.
Murder charge filed in beating death of baby in Chicago Lawn

 

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A Chicago man charged with fatally beating his 9-month-old son told authorities that he hit the boy and pushed his face into a blanket because he wouldn’t stop crying, prosecutors said.

He was reportedly wrapped in a blanket and pale with blue lips, Murphy said.

The young boy suffered extensive injuries that indicate a history of abuse, including bruises to both ears “as if someone pulled and bent the ears downward," old fractures to his arm and back ribs and an adult bite mark, Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said.

Juarez reportedly told authorities that he “beats and smacks” the boy and his older brother, who is 1½ years old, according to Murphy. The mother of the boys has an active order of protection against him due to violence against the older sibling in Indiana in 2018, according to Murphy and Indiana court records.

In that case, Juarez was accused of trying to choke the sibling, then two months old, by wrapping a blanket around his neck, according to Murphy and court records.

Juarez allegedly told investigators that he “gets angry and frustrated” when Josue cries, Murphy said. When that happened Saturday night, Juarez was on a bed with the infant and started to beat him until his nose bled, Murphy said. He also made a reference to holding the boy upside down at times to try to stop his crying, Murphy said.

The parents initially told investigators that Josue choked while being fed, police said. When authorities questioned the parents further about the boy’s litany of injuries and bruises, Juarez said that he tripped on the stairs the day before while carrying Josue and his sibling in his arms, police said.

Chicago man charged in death of 9-month-old son beat the boy because he was crying, prosecutors said

 

[Marg from Oz]

The mother should be charged with something. All of this abuse of the poor baby. Endangering a child should be a charge.