BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 17-month old Buffalo toddler who suffered brain hemorrhaging and other injuries, allegedly caused by her mother's boyfriend has died.
The Erie County District Attorney's Office says Robert Dumas, 35, allegedly beat and shook the child repeatedly earlier this week in a home on Hirschbeck Avenue in the city. Dumas was back in court Tuesday morning to face an additional charge of second degree murder.
The child was unresponsive when she was taken to Oishei Children’s Hospital.
Buffalo Police say Dumas beat and shook the baby, "over the course of the last month."
It left the baby girl with hemorrhaging to her brain, several bruises and retinal tearing.
Dumas was arraigned in Buffalo City Court Thursday on a charge of first degree assault.
Judge Diane Wray set bail at $200,000, which Flynn didn't agree with.
"I'll be fair. It's not a low bail, it's high bail but still, in my opinion there should be no bail," he said.