Document: Police Arrest Man For 3-Month-Old Infant’s Murder

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After nearly a month of searching, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested a man allegedly responsible for the injuries that lead to a 3-month-old girl’s death.

According to a press release, Cornell Delvonte Holton was arrested and charged with first-degree murder – felony murder and first-degree child cruelty for his alleged role in the death of Skylar Newman on the 4300 block of G Street, SE. Newman died at the hospital on March 19, three days after police found her unconscious in a residence. Her cause of death was ruled multiple blunt force injuries.

Holton, 25, is scheduled to be presented in court on May 6.

D.C. Witness previously reported that Holton was announced as a suspect in Newman’s case on April 15.

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