The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 2-year-old child that occurred around 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning.  Yeli Madalyn Jimenez was taken to the emergency room of Good Shepherd Hospital in Marshall by her mother, Felipa Dominguez.  The mother stated to emergency room staff that the child, who would have turned 3 years old on February 21, had fallen from a bed at her home on Liberty Church Rd in Marshall and when she went to check on her, found her unconscious on the floor.   Medical staff at GSM pronounced the child deceased after attempting to revive her.  An autopsy was performed and the results indicated that the child had died from massive blunt trauma.  

Investigators interviewed family members, as well as the mother, to determine that the boyfriend of the mother, Jose Luis Casiano-Aburto, a hispanic male, approximately 27 years old, had allegedly struck the child in the abdomen and had previously assaulted the mother.  As investigators began to search for the suspect to conduct an interview, it was discovered he had fled to Mexico on Monday afternoon and had gained entry. 

Within 24 hours of the child’s death a probable cause affidavit was prepared and an arrest warrant for Capital Murder has been issued by the Harrison County District Attorney’s Office.  The suspect is an illegal alien from Mexico and the US Marshalls, US Border Patrol Agents, Homeland Security and Mexican authorities have offered assistance to find the suspect and return him to the United States.

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