Articles labeled: infant homicide

A teenager in Evanston, Illinois is being accused of causing the death of an 11-month-old infant.

James R. Jackson, 17, of the 2000 block of Dodge Avenue in Evanston, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the death of Clarashea Hebron, who was found injured in Jackson’s home before dying at a hospital, Evanston police Cmdr. Tom Guenther said Wednedsay.

Clarashea, of the 0 block of East 59th Street in Chicago, died at Children’s Memorial Hospital at 7:21 p.m. Monday, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said.

An autopsy Tuesday revealed the baby died of multiple injuries resulting from child abuse, the medical examiner’s office said. Her death was ruled a homicide.

A “man” was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of his infant son by striking him so hard he crashed into a fish stand and died.

William J. Duncan II, 25, asserted in court, “I am not a monster. … I think I’m good enough to take care of kids.”

Duncan, who pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in March, admitted he was lying on the floor on May 23, 2006, with his son, William J. III on his chest when he pushed the child with “some force.”

“That angered and affronted me to hear (Duncan) describe himself as a good father,” Assistant Prosecutor Vincent Malfitano said after the court hearing. “This particular death is unexplainable. … It was completely pointless and senseless.”