Saturday, July 28, 2012

Dad to be charged with homicide in beating death of 2-month-old daughter; was "angered" by her crying (New Brighton, Pennsylvania)

So basically, Daddy got pissed because the baby was crying and beat her death. A common scenario with fathers who kill babies. They either lack the instincts or the socialization to deal with crying infants, so they attack them. Poor impulse control fits in there somewhere too.

Dad is identified here as ROBERT HEIBERT.

http://www.wtae.com/news/local/beaver/Father-charged-in-death-of-infant-daughter/-/10927942/15731178/-/k35ptuz/-/index.html
UPDATED 7:04 PM EDT Jul 26, 2012

Father charged in death of infant daughter

NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. -
A Beaver County father is expected to be charged with homicide in the death of his 2-month-old daughter.

Investigators said Robert Heibert, 28, of New Brighton, beat his daughter to death, and that he may have assaulted her several more times in the days before she died.

According to police, Heibert shook his daughter in their New Brighton apartment Tuesday evening while the child’s mother was at bingo.

Heibert said he shook the girl because her lips were blue and she wasn’t breathing, according to court papers.

Heibert confessed to shaking the girl three times, according to the criminal complaint.

Police said Heibert told investigators he spent 15-30 minutes looking up how to perform CPR on the Internet before finally calling 911.

Investigators said Heibert admitted his daughter’s crying angered him and that he shook her four times in the past week because she wouldn’t stop.

Heibert is being held in the Beaver County Jail on several charges, including aggravated assault.

Investigators said they plan to add homicide to the list of charges filed against him.