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THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — A 19-year-old man is accused of beating his girlfriend’s 1-year-old daughter to death after slapping her on the side of the head in a Bronx apartment in August, authorities said.
Jerome Thomas has been charged with murder and manslaughter after allegedly killing 1-year-old Imani Mitchell on Aug. 29, according to court records.
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Thomas was arrested the following day and charged with assault before the charges were upgraded when the baby girl died on Sept. 5, police said. The case was then ruled a homicide…