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Post Mortem Confirms Head Injury
posted (March 5, 2018)
And, as of just a few minutes ago, we know the result of the post mortem - Baby Alyssa died of: "Massive brain hemorrhage, due to head trauma."

Today, before that result came out the investigator from Eastern division CIB was very guarded in his remarks:...

Wilfredo Ferrufino, CIB- Inspector
"On Sunday police arrested and charged Everald Martinez a 21-year-old unemployed of Maskall Village. He was charged with two counts of attempted rape of a child and two counts of attempted assault of a child under the age of 16 years old."

Reporter
"Did police ever received an official report from the doctors stating that this child had been raped?"

Wilfredo Ferrufino, CIB- Inspector
"The investigation is ongoing that aspect of the investigation is ongoing. The autopsy is going to be done today on the baby and we will see what other charges if any will be put on me. Martinez. Any additional charges."

Reporter
"So you can't say on record that the baby was raped?"

Wilfredo Ferrufino, CIB- Inspector
"No like I said I will wait for the post-mortem to confirm that."

Unofficial reports say the head trauma could be from a hard fall or from a beating.

We're also told that based on a close medical examination of the child's genitalia - the scarring in that area appears to be from some time ago and not from recent activity. This may have a bearing on criminal charges going forward.

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