Toronto police say a man is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of a two-year-old girl in March.
Police said officers responded to a hospital in the city’s west end following a sudden death on March 19.
A toddler was brought to the hospital in medical distress where she was later pronounced dead, investigators said.
Following a post-mortem, done on March 22, which revealed the girl died from blunt force trauma the city’s homicide unit took over the investigation.
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2-year-old girl’s cause of death determined to be blunt force trauma, Toronto police say
On May 11, homicide detectives arrested 28-year-old Rodrigo Flores Romero. He was charged with second-degree murder.
Police told Global News the accused and the toddler were known to each other but would not reveal their relationship.
The little girl’s identity was not released.
0511 12:15 Homcd #16/2021, Death Of 2-yr-old Girl, Updt, Man Chrgd W…d Degree Murder https://t.co/qP0FprDVX2
— Toronto Police (@TorontoPolice) May 11, 2021