SBS: New York City: Saul cortez sentenced 18 years

June 6 2011A New York City man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in the death of his infant son from shaken baby syndrome.
Twenty-five-year-old Saul Cortez of Queens was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter last month. Prosecutors said he repeatedly shook and punched the crying 8-month-old last year.
Prosecutors said that Cortez's wife returned home to find the baby unresponsive, limp and not breathing.
The little boy, named Mario, suffered a brain injury, lacerated liver and rib fractures. He was diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome at a hospital and died less than two weeks later.
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown called the case a grim reminder that babies should never be shaken.
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SBS: New York City: Luis Fernandez charged with murder

DANIEL EDWARD ROSEN

 May 26, 2011

A Manhattan man was charged with murder after allegedly shaking his 6-month-old nephew.

The lifeless body of little Alex-José Fernandez was found Tuesday by cops who had responded to a 911 call at his family's home on Second Avenue near East 26th Street.
The child was being watched by his uncle Luis Melendez, 33, cops said.
A spokeswoman for the Medical Examiner's Office said autopsy results were inconclusive, but a police source said the injuries were consistent with shaken-baby syndrome.
Melendez, who lives in the apartment with the baby's mother, was arrested yesterday and charged with murder, reckless assault of a child and endangering the welfare of a child.
Melendez had two prior arrests -- one for reckless endangerment in 2003 and another for sex abuse in 1999.

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