Baby-Sitter May Face Murder Charge
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From Times Staff Reports
The Sheriff’s Department said it would seek a murder charge against a baby-sitter accused of shaking a 16-month-old boy who died Thursday.
The toddler, who has not been identified, was placed on life support at Huntington Memorial Hospital on Tuesday. Sheriff’s deputies arrested the baby-sitter, Viviana Jennings, 26, on suspicion of child endangerment.
Jennings is being held on $630,000 bail, and is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 19.
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