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Austin Stevens, a 29-year-old soccer coach, was charged with aggravated sexual assault, rape of a minor and deviant involuntary intercourse, in the death of his 10-month-old daughter, Zara Scruggs, who was in his care.
Second advances the British newspaper Daily mail, Police were called in a situation involving a child who was unconscious. Upon arrival, the 10-month-old girl was inert.
Police tried to resuscitate the girl and she was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead two hours later. After a search warrant, the police obtained the contents. Stevens’ cell phone that revealed the 29-year-old father did multiple Google searches for nearly an hour before calling 112. “How to tell if a baby is dead” was one of the man’s searches.
Stevens is said to have exchanged messages on social media with two women, without mentioning their daughter’s condition. The searches also resulted in the discovery of a diaper, which Zara was wearing during the alleged rape, soaked in blood.
The autopsy determined that the girl, who had just learned to walk, suffered rectal trauma and blunt trauma to the head.
Stevens is being held on a $ 1 million bond, approximately € 850,000, pending a preliminary hearing scheduled for October 13.
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