Notice that dad IBRAHIM KIBAYASI became custodial after his wife, the baby's mom, was deported to Tanzania for overstaying her visa. So naturally, we have a father who became "frustrated" with the demands of infant care and what not, who apparently killed the baby.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110418/news/704189866/
Article updated: 4/18/2011 7:08 PM
Mt. Prospect father’s murder trial starts
By Barbara Vitello
The courtroom was nearly empty Monday morning as the bench trial of a Mount Prospect man accused of killing his child began in Rolling Meadows.
Authorities charged Ibrahim Kibayasi, 31, with first-degree murder in the 2009 death of his 5-month-old son, Dylan, which prosecutors say resulted from Kibayasi shaking the child.
“In any shaken baby case there are varying degrees of severity,” said Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Mike Clarke during his opening statement. “In this case there is no question his death was due to violent, traumatic shaking.”
Prosecutors said the infant’s mother is in Tanzania, where she was deported after the baby’s death for overstaying her visa.
Prosecutors intend to call at least three medical professionals who will testify that young Dylan Kibayasi sustained a subdural hematoma that resulted in bleeding inside the head, which cut off blood flow and oxygen to the victim’s brain, Clarke said.
“These injuries were presented in the absence of external trauma,” said Clarke, who told Judge Hyman Riebman that meant the infant’s injuries were not accidental.
Clarke said Kibayasi shook his son because he was frustrated that he could not find a job to support his family.
This case is more than an example of shaken baby syndrome, Clarke said; “It’s a classic case of first-degree murder.”
Defense attorney Robert Callahan disputed prosectors’ claims.
“Mr. Kibayasi had no intention of hurting his child,” said Callahan who described his client as a “loving and caring parent.”
“He didn’t mean to kill his 5-month-old child,” said Callahan.
Furthermore, there is no way to tell when the injuries took place, said Callahan, intimating that they could have occurred hours or as long as days earlier.
Kibayasi remains in Cook County jail on a $2 million bail.