KYLE, Texas — The Kyle Police Department arrested a man on Tuesday in connection with a Thursday infant death.
The 7-month-old arrived at Ascension Seton Hays Hospital on June 20, where she was then airlifted to Dell Children's Medical Center and treated for life-threatening injuries.
Police said they discovered 32-year-old Mark Anthony Briones of Kyle was looking after the child at the time of her injuries. Briones was "a roommate in the household," police said in a release.
According to an affidavit released Thursday, Briones said the infant fell off a bed, measuring 12 inches in height, when "he stepped out of the room for a minute." The affidavit went on to say that Briones stated "he heard the child cry, saw the child laying on her back on the floor, and then the child was 'limp,' unconscious."
Officials said pictures from the hospital show the child with "bruising over both eyes, bruising in the tips of the ear, a lump on the front left of the child's head, both buttocks were severely bruised, and affiant was advised the child had two brain bleeds."
Police reported to Dell Children's on Monday, June 20, and began an investigation into the injuries. Medical professionals, the affidavit went on to say, believed such injuries didn't fit the claim that she fell off the bed.
The infant died of her injuries on Thursday, June 23. An autopsy from the Travis County Medical Examiners Office advised blunt force trauma to the head caused the child's death.
Police obtained a warrant for Briones' arrest on the felony charge of capital murder of a person under 10 years of age.
Briones remains in Hays County Jail.
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