[LawAndCrime] While the D.A. wouldn't say if the defendant was here illegally."I can tell you he has an ICE detainer on top of the $10 million bail," de Barrena-Sarobe said.
A 30-year-old man in Pennsylvania is accused of killing a 21-month-old boy in his care, allegedly getting frustrated with his girlfriend’s child crying and punching the boy in the stomach with such force that he died.
Enrique Lopez Gomez was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with one count of third-degree murder and one count of involuntary manslaughter, among other related offenses, authorities announced.
According to a report from Philadelphia NBC affiliate WCAU, Gomez had been dating the victim’s mother for about six months and was considered an “unofficial” stepfather to the toddler.
In the criminal complaint, authorities said that the boy’s mother had gone to work and left her son in the care of Gomez. Gomez reportedly was trying to change the boy’s diaper but got angry when the child wouldn’t stop crying and punched him in the stomach then put him down for a nap.
When the mother came home, she merely thought the boy was sick and took him to her sister’s house. Gomez did not tell anyone he had struck the child despite the boy’s health declining for several hours, prosecutors said.