An illegal migrant who was deported previously has been charged in connection with the death of a three-month-old baby in the Houston area.
Melvin Jesus Aquino Enriquez, 26, was arrested and charged with assault, family violence, and injury to a child causing serious bodily injury. He is being held at Montgomery County Jail on a $750,000 bond.
On April 14, a severely injured three-month-old baby was taken to a local hospital.
Three days later, Enriquez was charged, and a week later on April 21, the baby succumbed to its injuries and died. An autopsy of the child’s death is pending.
Authorities said Enriquez lived in a home in Porter with a woman and the baby and determined he was also responsible for the child’s injuries. They also said he had choked the woman.
Enriquez is a “previously removed Mexican national,” who entered the U.S. illegally “on an unknown date and at an…
