CLAYTON MIBRODA appears to be another one of those babysitting dads who just couldn't tolerate crying or the stresses of infant care in general. Notice that Mom was only gone for TWO HOURS, and that Daddy apparently couldn't manage to keep it together for even that very short period of time.
http://www.timesonline.com/news/state/w-pa-father-jailed-in-abuse-death-of--day/article_52388157-45ff-5c2e-b7b9-ba413cb32d57.html
W. Pa. father jailed in abuse death of 20-day-old
Posted: Friday, December 30, 2011 10:55 am
Updated: 11:00 am, Sat Dec 31, 2011.
A western Pennsylvania man is accused of killing his 20-day-old daughter, with authorities saying the man told two different stories about how the baby was hurt, which don't jibe with fatal head and chest injuries she suffered while alone with him.
Clayton Mibroda, 25, of Bolivar, was arraigned on a charge of criminal homicide and ordered jailed without bond late Thursday. Online court records don't list an attorney for Mibroda.
Indiana County Coroner Michael Baker said the infant, Natalee Kay Mibroda, died Tuesday in the emergency room at the Indiana Regional Medical Center.
The injuries "were inconsistent with a single incident of accidental trauma" and at least one injury was inflicted a day or more before Tuesday's alleged assault, Baker found.
The child's mother said the baby was fine when she left him with Mibroda at about 10 a.m. Tuesday, but she said Mibroda refused to let her see the girl when she returned home at about noon and then left again that day. Police said Mibroda told two different stories about how the infant was hurt before they arrested him.
Mibroda initially told police the baby spit up when he was trying to feed her and "her chest was caving in like something was blocking her airway." Mibroda said he panicked and flipped over the girl and patted her back before performing CPR, which is when the child's grandmother arrived and called 911.
Police said Mibroda changed his story on Thursday, saying the child was crying and making "a piercing sound" so he picked her up and ran to a bedroom to get her bottle. Mibroda said he either tripped on a bucket or slipped on the wet floor nearby, dropping the baby and accidentally kicking her in the head, police said.
Mibroda told police the child was moving back and forth as though having a seizure and said "the baby's eyes appeared to be pointing in different directions" as the grandmother arrived and called for help.
Natalee was born Dec. 9.