Man arrested after 4-month-old girl dies of head trauma
NEW YORK - A Brooklyn man faces charges in connection with the death of a 4-month-old girl.
Royalty Kemp was taken to NYC Health & Hospitals/Woodhull on June 23, 2021, with trauma to her head. Crews transferred the little girl to Bellevue Hospital. She died on Thursday, July 1, 2021.
Police say that 23-year-old Ricardo Price was supposed to be taking care of the girl in a Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment when she suffered the injury. His relationship to the girl was unclear.
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The NYPD arrested Price on charges of attempted murder, assault, reckless assault on a child, and acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17 years of age.
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They say that the investigation continues.
It was unclear what caused the injuries. There was no information about a lawyer who could speak on Price's behalf.
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