A Gary man was charged September 15 in the beating death of his 18-month-old daughter.
Casey Lee Marqui Burnett, 22, has been charged with murder, Level 1 felony aggravated battery and Level 1 felony neglect of a dependent resulting in death, according to court records. Burnett is in the Lake County Jail without bond, records show. A probable cause affidavit says his daughter, Kylee Burnett, died as a result of injuries consistent with shaken-baby syndrome.
After calling 911 and Burnett trying to administer CPR on the baby, the mother and another relative were headed to Methodist Hospital’s Northlake campus in Gary but flagged down a Gary Fire Department medic before they got there, records show. Medics got the baby to the hospital, where she was later transferred to Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago, records said.
When questioned by police, records show Burnett told them after he and a relative “chilled” by smoking a joint, he gave her and the other children in his care melatonin about 11 p.m. to help them sleep. He told authorities he put his daughter down on her stomach and covered her halfway with a blanket while his son played with a relative’s cell phone.
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