Baby found dead suffered grievous injuries
Information in a recently-released criminal complaint shows the baby found dead Thursday in Albuquerque suffered from obvious and grievous injuries before she died.The complaint says police responded to a 911 call about a dead infant who had “been taking a bottle and choked” and “had passed away.
”Police found the month-old baby girl dead in her home with bruising to her face, neck, eyes and chest, including two black eyes. She also appeared to have a bite mark on her cheek.Police immediately suspected the baby had been sexually assaulted because the infant’s abdomen was distended and there was a significant amount of blood in her private area.
A partial emergency autopsy done on the child also showed she had numerous brain bleeds, a lacerated liver and rib fractures in different stages of healing.
The baby’s mother, Pauline Sanchez, told police she had left the home at 1925 Lake SW Wednesday do some shopping, and later stopped by the Hard Rock casino.When she came home Thursday morning, she found her boyfriend, Juan Galindo, holding the dead baby and telling her she had choked on a bottle.
Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies questioned Galindo, 37, who told them he had used $40 worth of methamphetamine earlier Wednesday.He said he awoke around 10 p.m. Wednesday to find the baby crying and choking and began patting her back with increasing force.Galindo told the detectives he inserted his finger into the baby's private parts because he saw her stomach was hard and he “thought she might be constipated.”After he saw the baby was dead, Galindo said he tried to revive her, then sat outside with her body under the porch for three hours.
Police arrested Galindo, 37, and charged him with aggravated criminal sexual penetration and child abuse resulting in death.It is still not clear whether Galindo is the baby’s father.Family members we spoke to Friday say the baby's mother is "distraught."
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