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Jeremiah Callaghan was conscionable 11 months aged erstwhile prosecutors opportunity his step-grandmother, hit to death
A grandfather whose overmuch younger woman allegedly bashed and shook his 11-month-old grandson to decease has exploded successful a courthouse hallway.
Shanica Callaghan, 35, faced nan Queens Supreme Court connected Wednesday, supported by her hubby Clinton James Callaghan.
Clinton's grandson Jeramiah died connected September 6, 2017, pinch a fractured skull and injuries to his brain, neck, and spinal cord.
A aesculapian examiner recovered nan babe died from 'violent, repetitive forces of acceleration and deceleration and important blunt unit trauma being applied to [his] caput and body'.
Callaghan, who has 3 young children of her own, was arrested connected April 24, 2018, and charged pinch second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and endangering nan use of a child.
Clinton has stood by his woman while she was retired connected bail ever since, contempt her being accused of sidesplitting his grandson, of whom he had custody.
The lawsuit has coiled its measurement done nan courts, delayed by nan pandemic, ever since and she appeared earlier Judge Ushir Pandit-Durant connected Wednesday morning.
Shanica Callaghan, 35, faced nan Queens Supreme Court connected Wednesday accused of beating and shaking Jeramiah to death
Her hubby Clinton James Callaghan, who is Jeramiah's biologic grandfather, got successful a photographer's look successful nan courthouse hallway
Clinton became enraged erstwhile he and Callaghan near nan courtroom, and yelled astatine a photographer who was filming her successful nan hallway.
'Do not return my picture, I'm a backstage citizen, I'm not connected trial,' he shouted.
He past sewage successful nan photographer's face, continuing to outcry menacingly, and whacked nan camera distant pinch his hand.
Callaghan, successful nan meantime, took disconnected her denim overgarment and put it complete her caput successful an effort to hide her face.
Underneath was a achromatic dress that flowed each nan measurement down to her feet, on pinch thick-rimmed glasses and her hairsbreadth successful light-brown braids.
Her look was a stark opposition to a erstwhile tribunal quality successful December, wherever she was covered successful a heavy achromatic puffer overgarment complete a striped apical and high-heeled boots, and had her hairsbreadth tied into a tight bun.
Clinton became enraged erstwhile he and Callaghan near nan courtroom, and yelled astatine a photographer who was filming her successful nan hallway
Callaghan successful a photograph posted to her societal media little than six weeks after Jeramiah's death
Callaghan was represented by Christopher Renfroe, who successfully opposed motions by Assistant District Attorney George Kanellopoulos, and had nan lawsuit adjourned until adjacent month.
Court documents elaborate how Jeramiah was rushed to infirmary aft returning from a family travel to Brookville Playground successful Rosedale connected August 31, 2017.
Clinton was fixed sole custody of him by nan Texas State Department of Family and Protective Services successful 2016 because nan boy's mother, his daughter, was a supplier addict.
Callaghan carried nan babe while Clinton walked up of her pinch their 3 children, who pushed their bikes on nan sidewalk.
Callaghan wore a white dress that flowed each nan measurement down to her feet, on pinch thick-rimmed glasses and her hairsbreadth successful light-brown braids
Clinton has stood by his woman while she was retired connected bail ever since, contempt her being accused of sidesplitting his grandson, of whom he had custody
Callaghan took disconnected her denim overgarment and put it complete her caput successful an effort to hide her face
She claimed Jeramiah was patient and playing usually that day, and did not suffer immoderate injuries earlier they returned location astir 7.30pm.
Clinton stayed extracurricular their flat connected 144th Avenue adjacent 231st Street successful Springfield Gardens when Callaghan took nan babe wrong to provender him, but earlier agelong she frantically called him inside.
Callaghan told constabulary she changed his diaper and gave him a bottle. As she was burping him, she said nan babe began to vomit and had trouble breathing.
Clinton recovered Jeremiah was vomiting and gasping for air, he told police, and he called an ambulance to unreserved nan babe to infirmary while he went into cardiac arrest.
Callaghan's look was a stark opposition to a erstwhile tribunal quality successful December, wherever she was covered successful a heavy achromatic puffer overgarment complete a striped apical and high-heeled boots, and had her hairsbreadth tied into a tight bun (picture din tribunal pinch her lawyer Christopher Renfroe)
Callaghan walked free from tribunal successful December contempt appearing successful nan courtroom successful handcuffs. She has been connected bail for nan amended portion of six years
He was moved to Cohen Children's Medical Center and put connected life support, wherever he stayed until he died a week later.
While there, doctors recovered encephalon bleeding, extended retinal hemorrhages successful some eyes, a detached near retina, and awesome spinal cord injury, according to tribunal documents.
An autopsy revealed nan skull fracture successful summation to these horrific injuries.
'In a heart-breaking move of events, nan babe boy that coming should beryllium learning really to locomotion and talk is dormant and buried,' Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said astatine nan time.
Callaghan will look tribunal again successful August, and faces up to 25 years' jailhouse if convicted.
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