According to Lake County officials, two people are in custody after shaking their one-month-old child and delaying medical treatment, resulting in the infant’s death.
Janaya Hobson, 19, and Gerard Dante Coger, 21, are both charged with murder and neglect resulting in death.
Their arrests follow the death of the couple’s infant from a head injury on December 18.
According to investigators, the infant suffered blunt force trauma injuries as a result of “shaken baby syndrome,” or forceful shaking that occurred earlier in December.
Coger admitted to investigators that she shook the baby and that she and Hobson noticed the baby’s condition deteriorating during the week of December 11.
Hobson eventually admitted that they walked the infant to the hospital rather than calling 911 to avoid being questioned by authorities.
According to investigators, Hobson and Coger were not emotional while the infant was being seen at the hospital, and they both smelled of marijuana.
Coger faces up to 65 years in prison if convicted, while Hobson faces up to 40 years.
Anyone with additional information about the incident should contact Detective James Nielsen at 219-755-3855.
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