From Ryan Lillis: A 20-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the beating death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter, authorities said. Thomas Jerome Martin, left, was arrested on suspicion of murder and assault resulting in the death of a child, according to Sacramento County jail records. On Feb. 5, Valeeya Brazile was found unresponsive in her bedroom in the Fair Oaks apartment Martin and the girl's mother shared, according to sheriff's Sgt. Tim Curran. Martin, the mother and the girl's grandmother, drove Brazile to the hospital, but she was pronounced dead less than a half hour after arriving, Curran said. Sacramento coroner's officials determined the girl's death was suspicious and contacted sheriff's investigators the next day, Curran said. An autopsy later found the girl died of blunt force trauma to the abdomen, he said. Detectives determined Martin "was the one who caused the blunt force trauma," Curran said. Martin was arrested in the apartment in the 4900 block of Stamas Lane, where he and his girlfriend live, authorities said. ...
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From Ryan Lillis: A 20-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the beating death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter, authorities said. Thomas Jerome Martin, left, was arrested on suspicion of murder and assault resulting in the death of a child, according to Sacramento County jail records. On Feb. 5, Valeeya Brazile was found unresponsive in her bedroom in the Fair Oaks apartment Martin and the girl's mother shared, according to sheriff's Sgt. Tim Curran. Martin, the mother and the girl's grandmother, drove Brazile to the hospital, but she was pronounced dead less than a half hour after arriving, Curran said. Sacramento coroner's officials determined the girl's death was suspicious and contacted sheriff's investigators the next day, Curran said. An autopsy later found the girl died of blunt force trauma to the abdomen, he said. Detectives determined Martin "was the one who caused the blunt force trauma," Curran said. Martin was arrested in the apartment in the 4900 block of Stamas Lane, where he and his girlfriend live, authorities said. ...