21-Year-Old Dad, 16-Year-Old Mom Charged in Child Abuse Death of 3-Month-Old Girl

The parents of a 3-month-old Mississippi baby have been arrested and charged in relation to the girl’s death earlier this month.

Gabriel Girner, 21, was arrested on Monday on a capital murder warrant. The baby’s 16-year-old mother has been charged in juvenile court with condoning child abuse, Corinth Police Detective Heather Russell told WMC.

Charges against the mother may be upgraded, the detective said.

Police responded to a home on the morning of June 14 for a call about an unresponsive baby, Russell said. The girl was taken to the hospital in Corinth and then to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where she died.

Doctors said the girl suffered blunt force trauma to the head and also had bruises on her buttocks, chest, and neck, Russell said. Investigators are awaiting results of an autopsy.

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[Featured image: Gabriel Girner/Panola County Sheriff’s Office]