{"id":6139,"date":"2019-08-26T10:06:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T14:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/?p=6139"},"modified":"2019-08-26T16:56:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T20:56:21","slug":"man-accused-of-raping-beating-burning-suffocating-killing-girlfriends-2-year-old-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/man-accused-of-raping-beating-burning-suffocating-killing-girlfriends-2-year-old-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of raping, beating, burning, suffocating, killing girlfriend\u2019s 2-year-old daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Maison Andres Torres, Image credit: Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A New Jersey man was arrested after police say that he raped,\npunched and beat, burned, suffocated and killed his girlfriend\u2019s two-year-old\ndaughter. NBC News<\/a> in Philadelphia reported that following his\narrest, Maison Andres Torres, 25, was charged with first-degree murder and\nsecond-degree endangering the welfare of a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday around 4:20 p.m., police responded to the 1500 block of Chestnut Avenue in Trenton, New Jersey, for a report of an unresponsive 28-month-old girl who fell down the stairs. The girl, identified as Lia Victoria Merino-Rodriguez, was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The New York Post<\/a> reported that when a neighbor discovered the\nchild inside her home and not breathing, that she was transported to a local\nhospital where she passed away from her abuse. \nProsecutors forming the case against Torres said that he \u201ccaused Lia\u2019s\ndeath by burning her with scalding water, striking her with his fists and\nsuffocating her with his hands.\u201d  Burns\nand bruises were evident across the baby girl\u2019s little body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following her autopsy, the Middlesex County Medical\nExaminer\u2019s Office determined the child\u2019s cause of death to be \u201chomicidal\nviolence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although initially charged with first-degree murder and\nsecond-degree endangering the welfare of a child, additional charges filed\nagainst Torres now include first and second-degree sexual assault.  Authorities also shared the police as saying\nthat the child\u2019s body showed evidence of injuries older than just those that\nultimately killed her, according to The Trentonian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trenton Police Sgt. Anthony Manzo relayed to dispatch that it appeared that rigor mortis had already started to set in, suggesting the child had been dead for some time, according to a dispatch report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The murderous boyfriend is currently incarcerated in the\nMercer County Correctional Center.  He\u2019ll\nbe in court on August 27 for a detention hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~ Written by\nRichard Webster, Ace News Today \/ Connect with Richard on <\/em>Facebook<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and <\/em>Twitter<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Officers who arrived at the scene thought the child's injuries were caused by more than a fall and detained all the home's residents, including 25-year-old Maison Andres Torres – the boyfriend of the victim's mother. https:\/\/t.co\/8nTvkiWgzC<\/a><\/p>— Action News on 6abc (@6abc) August 23, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>