COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IOWA – An Iowa man remains jailed after his infant daughter suffered severe head trauma, and authorities now say the baby girl has died in an Iowa City hospital.
On January 19, 2015, the Columbus Junction Police Department received information of injuries to a four month old child. The child was transported to the University of Iowa Hospital where she was treated for severe head trauma. On Saturday, January 24, 2015, at approximately 10:38 AM, four-month-old Marleen Jimenez of Columbus Junction, Iowa, died at the University of Iowa Hospital.
Today, an autopsy on Marleen was performed at the Decedent Care Unit at the University of Iowa Hospital. Investigators are waiting for results of the autopsy and the investigation is ongoing.
The Iowa of Division of Criminal Investigation was asked to assist in the investigation. On January 20th, 2015, a search warrant was executed at the residence of 20-year-old Oscar Jimenez, the father of the child. During the evening hours of January 20th, Oscar Jimenez was arrested for one count of Multiple Acts of Child Endangerment, under Iowa Code 726.6A. This is a class B felony and carries a maximum sentence of fifty years in prison. He remains jailed at this time.
This is a joint criminal investigation conducted by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Columbus Junction Police Department, Louisa County Sheriff’s Office, Department of Human Services, Louisa County Attorney’s Office and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office.
I wonder where the mother is in this situation??? This is just another horrific tragedy.
Beat him until he dies.
This guy needs a good ass whooping, and he’ll probably get it in prison, and a lot more..