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Dad Beat His Baby to Death Because She Was 'Fussy,' But He Told Police a Different Story First

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Horrific doesn’t even begin to describe what 30-year-old Joseph George Gazzam did to his 4-month-old daughter.
Gazzam’s daughter started to cry and wouldn’t stop. Instead of consoling the infant and tending to her needs, he punched the child multiple times. As a result, his daughter suffered a heartbreaking list of injuries, which led to her death.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported:
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said the child died from injuries to her head and body and ruled the manner of death as a homicide. The autopsy, conducted Monday morning by Christine James, also showed the child suffered bleeding of the brain, a lacerated heart vessel, a lacerated left kidney, a liver contusion, three fractured ribs, multiple bruises to the back and head, and a hemorrhage behind the eyes.
When first responders arrived at the scene, they were under the impression the baby fell from the bed, though. Gazzam originally told investigators that when he got up, he found his daughter face down on the floor.
The results of the autopsy caught Gazzam’s lie, and he admitted he killed his daughter because she was “fussy.”
He is facing homicide charges.

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