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1930 - Telephone switchboard operator Louise Gipe, heroine of the 1928 St. Francis Dam disaster, tries & fails to kill herself over an unrequited love [story]
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The L.A. County Coroner’s office has released the cause of death of a 19-day-old baby whom authorities suspect was murdered by her father.

Little Ellorah Warner, of Newhall, died of blunt force trauma, according to the results of a medical examiner’s investigation.

Warner was only 19 days old when her body was found in the cab of a truck.

The truck was parked in the 23600 block of Newhall Avenue around 7 a.m. Jan. 24, and Ellorah was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Lt. Holly Francisco, the homicide detective leading the investigation.

012415_187Detectives said the baby’s father, Matthew Warner, led sheriff’s officials to where the body was found.

The results of the autopsy were pending a toxicology report, but the report didn’t indicate anything that would have caused the child’s death, according to Lt. Fred Corral of the Coroner’s Office.

The specifics of the trauma are not being released because it’s part of an ongoing homicide investigation, officials said.

Warner is being held without bail at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles.

A criminal complaint against Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, of Newhall, charges him with the murder of Ellorah Warner, his 19-day-old baby girl, as well as assault on a child causing death, torture, oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child under 10, aggravated sexual assault.

The case is being prosecuted by Julie Kramer of the county’s Victim Impact Program, which handles cases of elder abuse, child abuse, hate crimes, sex crimes, stalking and family violence.

He’s due back at court in San Fernando for another pretrial hearing April 28.

 

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  1. Good luck you sick man Julie Kramer DA is on this case and she is hard core – you don’t stand a chance BYE BYE

  2. Sarah Cohen Sarah Cohen says:

    What a POS. I hope he rots.

  3. I retract that message – NO GOOD LUCK TO YOU – I wish you all the rotten crap hell offers – your a sick man – and I hope you get what you deserve – JUSTICE FOR Angel in Heaven – Ellorah Rose Warner

  4. Norma Zepeda Norma Zepeda says:

    Sick sick animal!!!!

  5. You know what else is sickening? The redundant and unnecessary reporting on every last detail of this story. Why??

  6. Lori Root Lori Root says:

    I sure hope this sick bastard gets the death penalty.

  7. AGAIN, I would like to know why this isn’t a death penalty case..After all that bastard did to that baby….

  8. Don Teller Don Teller says:

    So much for due process and the constitution. He is probably guilty but there is the presumption of innocence in our country. Where is the consistency of the constitution thumping conservatives?

  9. Robin says:

    What is wrong with people!! How could this happen? I am so disgusted. I hope he rots in hell. He’ll never survive in prison once learned what he did to an infant let alone his child. Sick Bastard

  10. Angela Chu Angela Chu says:

    Wait til this sick POS baby killer gets to the joint. There ain’t enough soap to save him. He will get a taste of the pain he inflicted on that poor baby. May this scumbag rot in hell!!!

  11. Wait, it says she died of blunt force trauma in the first paragraph, and then “The report didn’t indicate anything that would have caused the child’s death”. That’s clear as mud.

    • Jenni Prouty Jenni Prouty says:

      It’s a poorly worded sentence, but the report they are referring to is the toxicology report. So there was nothing in the toxicology report that would have contributed to her death (which was caused by the blunt force trauma).

  12. Fatin Sako Fatin Sako says:

    He deserves the death penalty for sure. I can’t wrap my head around this story. I’ve been thinking about it so much since I heard what happened. I don’t usually curse but he’s a BASTARD!!! Kill the jerk!

  13. Get a life time sentence and suffer forever

  14. Lorena Garay Lorena Garay says:

    Heartbroken :'( she was so precious! They shouldve handed that baby to me i would have offered her a beautiful home filled with love and happiness. Poor baby :'(

  15. Nena Guzmán Nena Guzmán says:

    Desgraciado asqueroso animal!!!!

  16. I think about her everyday … My lil Angel. .. RIP

  17. Trever Klein Trever Klein says:

    There is a special place in hell for sick people like this.

  18. I THINK HE WILL ROT IN HELL….

  19. Brid sheehan says:

    Why is that sick animal still walking ??

  20. Matt Bilyeu Matt Bilyeu says:

    Off with his head!

  21. Matt Bilyeu Matt Bilyeu says:

    Off with his head!

  22. I will personally volunteer to carry the DA’s briefcase, get her coffee, pick up her dry cleaning–whatever it takes to support her focus on putting this animal away.

  23. I will personally volunteer to carry the DA’s briefcase, get her coffee, pick up her dry cleaning–whatever it takes to support her focus on putting this animal away.

  24. Mike Jacobi Mike Jacobi says:

    I gotta say this guy makes a strong case for retroactive abortion

  25. Donn Miller Donn Miller says:

    That’s so sad. Thank god i moved out of that neighborhood 26 years ago

  26. Cathy Lahey Cathy Lahey says:

    Drugs…drugs and more drugs….

  27. Cathy Lahey Cathy Lahey says:

    Drugs…drugs and more drugs….

  28. Rocio Garcia Rocio Garcia says:

    Pinche viejo ojala se pudra en la carcel

  29. Brian Fisher Brian Fisher says:

    Im sure he will enjoy repeated beatings and recieve hardcore sodomy sessions behind bars

  30. dennis says:

    What if it was an accident and the sheriffs dept made that story up ?It wouldnt be the first time ive lost all faith in our justice system!!Blunt force trauma well?you people are like a lynch mob you dont know what happened you dont know if he is guilty he hasent even had a fair trial yet what is wrong with you people you all make me sick

  31. Devastating!! Rot in Hell!!

  32. That dad has it coming in the joint…no mercy

  33. Patty Ann Patty Ann says:

    He won’tlast in jail ow that the cause of death has been released. This poor baby girl.

  34. Patty Ann Patty Ann says:

    I wouldn’t let her use her fathers surname.

  35. Edgar Ruiz Edgar Ruiz says:

    Sandra V Ruizquiez

  36. What’s wrong with people!

  37. What’s wrong with people!

  38. Shirley says:

    Why the hell would anyone want to defend this scum of the earth?

  39. Mary Moser Mary Moser says:

    Kate Wazney Tiffanie Rini. Seriously, another baby?!? What is going on in scv.

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