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MURDER: NJ Man Beat GF's 4-Year-Old Daughter Dead, Prosecutor Says MURDER: NJ Man Beat GF's 4-Year-Old Daughter Dead, Prosecutor Says
Murder: NJ Man Beat GF's 4-Year-Old Daughter Dead, Prosecutor Says Charges have been upgraded for an Essex County man arrested in connection with the death of his girlfriend's 4-year-old daughter, authorities announced Saturday. Jamil Welch, of Orange, was initially charged with endangering the welfare of a child in the death of Laniyah Bloodworth, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stevens II, and Orange Police Director Todd Warren said in a joint release. The charge was upgraded to murder after the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office received the autopsy results, showing the child died from blunt force trauma. Welch was babysitting the girl…

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