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Father, 21, charged with murdering daughter, 2, in Lansing

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LANSING, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) –

The father of a 2-year-old girl is facing murder charges after the baby died  Wednesday in south suburban Lansing.

Jeremiah Thompson, 21, has been charged with first-degree murder in  connection to the death of 2-year-old Jahariah Patterson, a release from the  Village of Lansing said.

About 2 p.m. Wednesday, paramedics responding to a medical emergency in the  17900 block of Wildwood Avenue found Patterson unresponsive, the statement  said.

She was later pronounced dead at the scene at 2:31 p.m, according to the Cook  County Medical Examiner’s office.

An autopsy found she died of multiple blunt force injuries from child abuse,  and ruled her death a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said.

Thompson was arrested after Lansing Police Department and the South Suburban  Major Crimes Task Force conducted a joint investigation. A village spokesman  confirmed Thompson is the baby’s father.

The state Dept. of Children and Family Services said Friday it was  investigating the baby’s father after the death, DCFS spokeswoman Karen Hawkins  said Tuesday. He did not have legal custody of her at the time of her death,  Hawkins said.

DCFS also investigated him twice before, in May 2013 and July 2013, Hawkins  said. Allegations in May were “unfounded,” but the July investigation indicated  abuse, she said.

Source: http://www.myfoxchicago.com

 

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