Hartford man sentenced in death of infant daughter

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Hartford, Conn./WTIC Radio - A Hartford man has been sentenced for the death of his daughter in 2018.

Edwin Babilonia must serve five years of a 20-year sentence, followed by probation.

It was May 24, 2018 that prosecutors say Babilonia and 7-week-old baby Emily's mother Ashley Perez-Rivera took turns trying to console the child who'd been crying incessantly.

That's when Edwin Babilonia recklessly shook Emily, causing a massive brain bleed.

Later that morning, Babilonia and Perez-Rivera finally took the infant to the hospital where she was evaluated by doctors and a child abuse team.

She died four days later.

Perez-Rivera pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and other charges for failing to immediately seek medical care for Emily.

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