Father shakes child to Death

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Jeff Spohn of Land O Lakes was charged last week with first degree murder of his 18 month old daughter that he said had died from a head injury back in mid 2007 at his Wesley Chapel home. When investigation finally tested the young girl’s body, the trauma was not as described by Spohn. Spohn, who is 33, was indicted last week in Pasco by a grand jury. Shaken-baby syndrome, Pasco sheriff’s office spokesman Kevin Doll has said about the death. Upon further review of the body, Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office determined over the summer that Ryanne’s death was a homicide. It was determined that Ryanne died of cerebral trauma, the result of a battering as stated by Hillsborough County Associate Medical Examiner Leszek Chrostowski. Physician Randall Alexander also found that the force of Ryanne’s injuries were not as what Jeff has stated in his report.

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Father shakes child to Death