Enrique Santos.
Posted on 04/23/2008 9:36:04 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
DAVENPORT, Fla. -- A Central Florida man is accused of shaking and killing a 6-month-old baby because the boy disturbed his video game playing.
Enrique Santos, 24, of Davenport, was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Elishmael Rodriguez.
According to an arrest affidavit, Wanda Rodriguez, who lives at 2911 Holly Hill Cutoff Road in Davenport with her two sons and Santos, left home at about 5 p.m. to go to work, leaving her children in the care of Santos.
Santos put the 6-month-old boy to sleep in a playpen in the bedroom at about 10 p.m., the affidavit said. At about 1 a.m. the baby woke up crying while Santos was playing a video game, according to the affidavit.
Santos gave the baby Tylenol, but he wouldn't stop crying, he told Polk County sheriff's deputies. Santos said he picked the baby up and shook him, yelling, "Why won't you stop crying?" the affidavit said. Santod then violently threw the baby into the playpen, according to the affidavit.
The baby became limp and started gasping, so Santos took him next door to the boy's grandmother's house, where they called for an ambulance to take him to the Heart of Florida Hospital, deputies said.
Santos originally told detectives that the baby must have fallen out of bed while he was sleeping and injured himself, but later admitted that he shook and threw the baby, deputies said.
The baby was transported to Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, where he was pronounced deceased at 10:35 a.m. Tuesday.
An autopsy revealed that Rodriguez died as a result of numerous injuries to his head, neck and torso consistent with blunt-force trauma and violent, sudden shaking.
"We were notified by the hospital in Orlando about this baby's significant injuries, and with full cooperation of everyone involved we were able to put the man responsible for Elishmael's tragic death behind bars. This was a violent and senseless murder of an innocent baby, and hopefully justice will be served and Enrique Santos will spend the rest of his life behind bars," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.
"The Department of Children and Families is also investigating the circumstances of the death, confirming that there was no prior DCF history with the deceased child and working to ensure the safety and needs of the surviving sibling are being met," said Carrie Hoeppner of DCF.
Santos was being held in the Polk County Jail under no bond.
Enrique Santos.
Geez, there’s another story today about a 19 y/0 mother who killed her child because it holding back from partying.
What a bunch sick perverted evil people.
We’re seeing far too many of these stories. And of course, Florida again. *sigh* Worthless POS...
poor baby.
and here i am thinking about possibly not having children in case of a national crisis so I wouldnt have to see children suffer.
“Why won’t you stop crying?”
Because he’s 6 months old, dumba$$. That’s what they do. Poor kid; didn’t have a chance. Some people just absolutely boggle the mind. Unwed couple too, no surprise there.
Yep, Florida again.
The bizarre stories and brutal murders and violent stories coming out of this state is alarming to say the least.
“Do it now. Please.”
Do you want to deny a lawyer his daily bread?
Why do you pollute FR with these horrific threads?
A guitar hero, no doubt.
> Do you want to deny a lawyer his daily bread?
Surely not. /s
Hey, I'm more than willing to pay the lawyer to shove the red-hot poker through this SOB's head, no problem.
But to defend this POS? What's to defend? He already confessed to murder of an innocent 6-mo old baby. Case closed.
In a sane society, he'd already be dead. Probably painfully. And that would be about right.
Sorry if I sound cranky. A dear friend just delivered a baby boy last week, a gorgeous miracle of life. The juxtaposition of that wondrous event, and this thread, has me nearly in tears.
Excuse me??? This is a worthless murderous scum POS.
What's that got to do with music?
I'm hoping I'm missing some interesting double-entendre or irony in your remark, because otherwise, as a guitarist, I'm pretty offended by your comment. Should I be? What the heck are you talking about?
Yeah, I have much the same reaction.
I think it's to remind us how far we as a nation have sunk, and how far we have to rise to get out of this mess.
In other words, "There is much to be done!"
That is, if I can stop being horrified long enough to DO something...
Shoot him now. He is a piece of crap that doesn’t deserve to live.
I think it’s the name of a popular video game.
Huh. Could be. I'm not a gamer, wouldn't know...
Last video game I played regularly was Breakout in a bar in 1978 in Philly. No kidding.
It makes me so sad to hear about good people, who would be good parents, deciding not to have children. It is a kind of reverse eugenics and one of the reasons our civilization is dying. Your future children could be the very ones who makes the difference.
If birth control were available and abortion were safe and legal, every child born would be a wanted child. Wasn’t that the promise? This was just a postnatal abortion, what’s the big deal?
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