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Woodhaven man indicted
on manslaughter charges
BY BILL PARRY
BPARRY@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
A Woodhaven man has been
indicted on manslaughter
and other charges in the 2019
death of his seven-week-old son, according
to Queens District Attorney
Melinda Katz.
Luis Sanchez, 30, was arraigned
Wednesday before Queens Supreme
Court Justice Ushir Pandit-Durant
on a two-count indictment charging
him with manslaughter in the first
degree and endangering the welfare
of a child.
According to the charges, police
responded to a 911 call at the family’s
home on 88th Street on Aug.
16, 2019, where first responders
discovered the unresponsive body
of a seven-week-old baby boy named
Mason. The infant’s lips were blue
and he was not breathing.
Medical technicians rushed the
baby to Jamaica Hospital, but he
died three days later. An autopsy
performed on the victim showed he
had sustained extensive retinal and
subdural hemorrhages in addition
to having several rib fractures that
were at various stages of healing,
according to the charges.
During questioning, Sanchez
allegedly told officers from the
102nd Precinct that his infant
became injured after accidentally
slipping from his arms while trying
to prevent his son from falling off
a couch.
However, according to the charges,
doctors determined that the infant’s
injuries were consistent with abusive
head trauma, including violent
shaking. The medical examiner
further confirmed these findings in
the autopsy that indicated that the
baby’s cause of death was abusive
head trauma.
“A baby was left in his father’s
care, where he should have been
safe from harm,” Katz said. “Instead,
the baby died of injuries consistent
with abusive head trauma caused
by violent repetitive shaking, and
the defendant is in custody facing
serious criminal charges.”
Sanchez was ordered to return
to court on Aug. 2, If convicted, he
faces up to 15 years in prison.
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