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Man Held for Trial in Baby's Death
posted 10/08/09
3:14 pm
Brandon Murray, 27, of Middletown, has been held for trial on charges stemming from the death of his five-week-old son.
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Brandon Murray, 27, waived his preliminary hearing on Thursday. He is charged with criminal homicide and related crimes in the September 27 death of five-week-old David Murray.
Authorities say the child's mother found the child unresponsive and took him to Penn State Hershey Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy later determined the child died of suffocation. Police say Murray told them he fell asleep on top of the baby, but investigators said the infant also had a fractured skull, two broken leg bones, a broken finger and wrist, and a broken rib bone.
Police said Murray admitted to assaulting the child just days before his death. According to court documents, Murray told detectives he dropped David and shook him to get him to stop crying and, in the process, hit the baby's head twice on a kitchen counter.
Murray remains in Dauphin County Prison in leiu of $750,000 bail.
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Latest Comments on "Man Held for Trial in Baby's Death"
posted by: MXC7898 on 12:22 am on 10/09/09
I agree 100%. people who harm children, like this idiot, are the worst kind of scum and deserve to feel the same pain they inflicted.
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