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Michelle Smith alleges that death of Anakin McKie was not an accident

Michelle Smith says baby death was not an accident
Man booked for murder of 4-month-old baby says it was an accident
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Michelle Smith, the grandmother of Anakin McKie, a 4-month-old baby who died in a February homicide, says Daniel McKie is at fault for the baby's death.

Daniel McKie was arrested Thursday and booked on a first-degree murder charge. During a jailhouse interview with 23ABC Thursday night, Daniel McKie said the baby's death was an accident after he tripped on the baby's breathing equipment while holding the baby.

RELATED: 4-month-old baby killed in February Tehachapi homicide

Smith says Daniel had posted a message on Facebook asking people how to kill a baby while in the hospital shortly after the baby was born three and a half months premature.

You can find the entire interview with Smith above.

 

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