A wanted Louisiana man who is allegedly responsible for the death of a child was recently arrested in Central Kentucky, according to court records.
Benjamin Baquet, 30, was wanted on a warrant for second-degree murder out of St. Landry Parish, La., after being indicted Nov. 24, according to St. Landry Parish District Attorney Chad Pitre. Thursday, he was arrested in Georgetown and booked into the Scott County Detention Center.
In 2017, Baquet was charged with second-degree cruelty to a juvenile after he allegedly shook a 7-week-old baby. A physician told the officials with the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services the infant suffered shaken baby syndrome, bleeding on the brain, a broken right clavicle, bruises, respiratory arrest, diffuse cerebral hemorrhages and nonaccidental trauma, according to a 2017 news release from the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office…