The father of a 5-month-old baby girl who died this summer during an alleged spiritual ritual, has been charged with murder in her death.
Jorge Baque, 36, was arrested Tuesday afternoon in the family’s home on Greenpoint Avenue in Queens.
Baque, who is of Ecuadorian descent, has maintained a stony silence and refused to make any statements, according to police.
Little Alaia Baque was found unconscious in her Sunnyside home around 8 a.m. the morning of July 30. She was taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center where she was pronounced deceased.
The infant had head trauma, later determined to be multiple skull fractures, officials said. It is suspected that she sustained these injuries during a ritual, police sources said.
The child’s mother was not present at the time of the incident.