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Perhaps this young man wasn’t ready to become a father. You think?

Robby J. Guppy, 17, of 604 E. Broadway, was charged with felony and misdemeanor assault counts and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, police said.

The charges stem from incidents Friday and Saturday. Police said the toddler would not stop crying, so Guppy punched and slapped her in the face and body. Guppy also “intentionally burned” the girl with a lighted cigarette, causing second-degree burns to her left hand and left ear lobe, police said.

A 31-year-old woman in Fulton, Mississippi has been charged with “depraved heart murder” in the death of her newborn son. Apparently “depraved heart murder” in Mississippi is when an act of “reckless disregard for the safety of others” results in death. Certainly a more poetic charge than “reckless homicide”.

“Every lead we had led us back to that house on Rich Drive where the child was found,” said Dickinson. “We still have a lot to investigate in this case, but we feel we have the right person in custody.”

The body of the infant boy was discovered Monday night by [Kristi Dawn] Sansone’s live-in boyfriend, according to Dickinson. It was found in a five-gallon bucket inside a 55-gallon drum sitting in the driveway near the entrance to the home. A woman who was at the home when the body was discovered notified authorities.

It’s unclear when the child was born or when it died. An autopsy report is expected to provide those details, but Dickinson believes the child was born sometime in March at the home.