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baby smothered with teddy bear

Father strangles 6-month-old with teddy bear, admits he tried to kill her four previous times before succeeding: Police

Jeffrey Hoskins
Murder

A West Virginia man who strangled his infant daughter to death confessed to trying to kill her four times previously — and showed police how he did it using a teddy bear, WSAV-TV reports. Now, Jeffrey Hoskins, 26, is facing charges of first-degree murder and death by child abuse. Prosecutors allege that in October 2018, Hoskins strangled his …

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