Police officials said the 30-year-old dad, later identified as Joseph, was taken into custody and later charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child more than two years after the death of his daughter Iris.
The father reportedly stuffed a wet wipe deep down the baby girl’s throat only to then try blaming the infant’s toddler sister. Investigators later revealed that the father was the only person present in the house who could have shoved the napkin so far down the youngster’s throat, minutes after he was allegedly overheard by a relative yelling at the baby.
What initially appeared to be a tragic accident took a disturbing turn when investigators uncovered evidence that allegedly pointed directly to Iris’s father. More than two years after the baby girl’s death, Joseph was arrested and charged after prosecutors said the evidence contradicted his attempt to blame the child’s toddler sister. Continue reading to find out what happened →
