FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A man accused of fatally striking his girlfriend's infant daughter in Fort Collins is serving parole for a similar attack in 2013.
The Coloradoan reports 24-year-old Juan Canales-Hernandez is accused of hitting 11-month-old RaeLynn Martinez with a chair while he was watching her Thursday. The girl died at a Denver-area hospital Friday.
Canales-Hernandez is being held for child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury and parole revocation. The alleged attack mirrors that of a 2013 case in which he pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury. That attack left a child also unrelated to Canales-Hernandez with a broken arm, a torn pancreas, hundreds of bruises and several bite marks.
Booking documents do not indicate if Canales-Hernandez has hired an attorney.
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Information from: Fort Collins Coloradoan, http://www.coloradoan.com