WEST READING, Pa. — Two parents are charged with killing their newborn baby in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
It happened inside a hospital room.<\/p>\n
Kevin Canaan, 28, and Yeniffer Tavarez-Cepeda, 25, physically abused the one-day-old infant while at Tower Health Reading Hospital, police said.<\/p>\n
Officers were called to the hospital on May 2 after employees found the seemingly healthy newborn boy unexpectedly in medical distress inside a private recovery room.<\/p>\n
The child was flown to Penn State Hershey Medical Center for advanced neonatal care, where he later died.<\/p>\n
Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center advised investigators that the infant’s injuries were consistent with physical abuse and were not a result of the birthing process.<\/p>\n
An investigation found the child was under the supervision of his parents in the maternity room when the injuries were inflicted, and that they did not alert hospital staff.<\/p>\n
An autopsy revealed that the victim had suffered a multitude of internal injuries, and his death was ruled a homicide.<\/p>\n
Police took Canaan and Tavarez-Cepeda into custody on Tuesday to face charges of Criminal Homicide, Aggravated Assault, and Endangering the Welfare of Children.
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