Live-In Boyfriend Charged With Killing Girlfriend's Baby

The death of 11-month-old Malaki Lindley was no accident. Kokomo police said he died as a result of blunt force trauma while in the care of his mother’s boyfriend, Derrick A. Fox. Police arrested the 28-year-old Wednesday afternoon after obtaining a warrant for a Class A felony neglect of a dependent resulting in death. Malaki, who lived at 606 S. Washington St., died at 7:40 p.m. Sunday at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Fox was the live-in boyfriend of the infant’s mother, Katie Lindley, and was caring for the child. Police ruled the death a homicide after an autopsy conducted Monday by the Marion County Coroner showed the baby died of blunt force trauma. Dr. Joyce Carter, a forensic pathologist, ruled the death homicide after noting numerous bruises on the infant’s face, ears, torso and top of the head, the affidavit stated. The infant also had a broken right clavicle in a stage of healing the ranged the date of injury to be a few days to a week ago.
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Posted by Editor at November 28, 2008 03:18 AM