A south Augusta man who remained in the Richmond County jail early Friday, is facing a charge involving the death of a two-month-old child.
Shawn Jahamal Perdue, 27, of the 3500 block of Gardenbrook Drive, is charged with felony murder in connection with the death of an infant girl, said Richmond County sheriff's Investigator James Kelly.
Autopsy results appear to conclude that the child died from "Shaken Baby Syndrome," Investigator Kelly said.
The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon at Mr. Perdue's residence where he lives with the child's mother, police said.
Investigator Kelly said Mr. Perdue admitted to picking up and shaking the child - "because she wouldn't stop crying."
Mr. Perdue is not the baby's biological father, Investigator Kelly said.
The little girl was transported to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon and pronounced dead about 1 p.m., Wednesday, police said.
An autopsy at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Augusta Crime Laboratory confirmed the baby died from "subdural hemotoma," or a traumatic brain injury caused by an excessive amount of blood inside various parts of the brain, Investigator Kelly said.
Mr. Perdue was originally questioned Wednesday and released. Due to the significance of the autopsy results, authorities chose to bring him back for further questioning, Investigator Kelly said.
Mr. Perdue was booked into the Richmond County jail Thursday at 5:33 p.m. where he remains without bond, a jail official said early Friday.
It's unclear whether the child's mother may likewise face charges.
Investigator Kelly refused to release any details about her as of Friday morning.
Comments
The child's mother should face charges, "mother" in her instance is used very lightly...This low-life piece of scum should never see the light of day...Put him in prison for the rest of his life...OOOH this makes me angry....Actually put him in the middle of town square chained to a stake and let the people have a go at him before his goes to prison....May God have mercy on his soul because the people in the prison he finds himself in will not....
I agree that the mother should face charges, but only if she was there at the time of the incident. The story doesn't say that she was there or that she in any way tried to protect or cover for him.
How and why would the Chronicle call this Monster a "Man"? Christian134, I agree 100%......Lets bury him half-alive and stone the grave after the towns people do their justice!!
this guy took a childs life ,how sad is that ,this makes me very angry,because i have a 2 year old daugther which god have bless me to have an she's very smart and intelligent.what is this world coming to ,my prayers go out to the family of the child,i can only imagine what the real father maybe going through.sad day .may godbless each and every one of you .i like all the comments today.( harvey boy).
If the mother was home, why didn't she run to get her baby when she heard her crying and crying and crying, Lord Help us. If my child was crying and crying I would think something was wrong you have to check on these babies, soothe them, talk to him, pat them, hold them to your chest'/heart until they settle down Sad.
Why do these so called mothers leave their children with men who are not their fathers ?...in the animal kingdom.............. (which is what it seems like we have here)......... the male kills off any offspring thats not theirs.
Another South Augusta prize. Shoot him!!
10-4 Pazuzu. I'll alert the militia.
Wow, I can't believe how bad you all can bash the mom without knowing if she was home or not; awake or asleep; in the backyard; or taking a shower. These things can happen quickly, so blaming the mother doesn't seem logical with the little that we know about this case. Since the baby was taken to Eisenhower, the mom could have been in the military, which means she could have been at work. Military duty comes above everything else so if that is the case she may have had no choice other than leaving the baby with Perdue. The only fact that we know is that Perdue has been charged. I think we should stick to discussing him and leave the mother out of it, except to say that we are sorry for her loss. Reserve any mommy bashing for when/if she is charged.
KingJames I agree. We don't know where the mother was when this happened. We know nothing about her. Here we have people wanting to lock her up. Then we have the monster sitting in jail right now who stabbed her 2 kids to death, and people came out of the woodwork defending her. We know that one is guilty, but this one we don't. I read everyday about adults killing kids. Those adults are going to be 'busting the doors of hell wide open'.
Shaunda you are so stupid.....And the mother is to blame also. she allowed this scum into the babies life....Women gotta have a man.... Well now she does not have the man or the baby...yes she is as responsible as the killer......
Shaunda24: Mom has a man in the house and the baby that is not his is only 2 months old! Give us a break she is trifling and he is a baby killer!
another black man that has killed someone,what a surprise.
hey, IBEW --Did you read the article about the 70ish white woman that killed not 1 but perhaps 3 husbands? Give it a break, the guy is a killer that is enough.
The mother possibly left the child in the care of this man without giving it a thought. One of the tragedies of life is that women are so desperate for a mate that they give no thought to their children, only their own selfish pleasure and needs. Sorry. IBEW, another MAN killed someone, it could just as easily have been a female.
Shaunda, the problem he had was with the babies mother and / or family not the baby. The baby suffered for his problems with someone else. He stated he shook the baby because the baby wouldn't stop crying but hey, thats whats new born babies do, They eat,, sleep, and cry. The same things he did as a baby. Regardless of the circumstances. If he help injure or kill the baby in anyway shape or form he needs to be held accountable for those actions. Not just him but all parties involved. Remember, the law works off of proof and not personal feelings of who you think did it.
I think he was arrested b/c he was black.......This is some sort of recial profiling...... Or atleast I am suprised that the above 2 comments have not been said yet by the race card public.
more trashy people....like I always say "you can take them out of the jungle"
ghtty--talk about racist! Did I miss something? Where does it say that the momma had anything to do with it? All she did was trust a man who could have been a family friend for years. We don't know. I'll pray for peace for her.
Ghtty, let me ask you this...Where in this story does the reporter give any indication that these were trashy people, or that they no longer live in the hood, but now have moved up to a high society neighborhood? It doesn't, and you don't know anything about how they lived their lives. All you really know is that the baby is dead. You know nothing else about them, yet you feel so smug with yourself and so comfortable with your surroundings that you can call someone else who may be just as hardworking and possibly more upstanding than you trash! You don't know all that there is to know about any of these people. Even the fact that the baby was 2 months old and not Perdue's child doesn't really mean a lot. There are more fine, upstanding people than you may realize that were raised by men who weren't their biological fathers. Many of them never knowing or not finding out until adulthood because the men raised them as their own from infancy. I, in no way, am defending Perdue. He is an alleged baby killer. I am merely rebutting the ignorance that you have spewn all over the Internet.
It doesn't matter who was watching the child. The mother is ultimately responsible for the baby's welfare, and if she chooses this guy to babysit, that was her decision.
dani i highly doubt MOST women would shake a baby to death. there are cases of this behavior for sure, but the fact is this guy wasnt the biological father he had absolutely no connection to the child, trust me after being up 72 hours with a crying baby there has to be a bond there for all parties to get thru. what i dont get is why the mother had another man involved in the situation to begin with. whats with the insecurities? breeding more kids into that type of situation further bleeds our taxmoney into the welfare category. which welfare or wic is probably where the mother was. so TIRED OF BS you pulled the card out and it fits...wear it.
Rose, we agree on the mother in this case, but disagree about the woman who killed her children in the bathroom at the gas station. That woman snapped and killed her children. I don't think people were trying to come to her aid, but that they were trying to honor the memory of the kids and support the family through the tragedy. That is a sad case where I believe mental illness took over her mind, and that help was not there for her and ultimately for her kids. I believe if she would have gotten the help she needed, the spillover would have been two living kids instead of two dead ones. In that case, the courts will probably order mental evaluations, if they haven't already. That's a sad case that is not quite as cut and dry as this one appears to be. I know we disagree about it because I think she needs help (not that she needs to go free), and you probably think that jail is too good for her.
Kingjames, you are an absolute nut case. One of my many definitions of trashy people are people who would shake an infant to death. I don't care if they live in my neighborhood or yours, how comfortable they are, black, white or otherwise. The man is an animal and should live within our societal rules or be eliminated. Hence, my comment about the jungle. (which was removed by the AC.) You are correct that there are many men raising children, but that fact has no relation to this animal that has killed his charge.
Damsl76, you are making assumptions about this woman's possible insecurities and her finances. The information that was presented in this story says nothing about the mother's background, so assuming that she was a welfare mommy or on WIC is unnecessary and can't be proven by the information at hand. What I did notice was that the baby was taken to Eisenhower Army Medical Center on Fort Gordon. Everyone knows that you have to be in the military, a military family member, or a retiree to get on post and use that hospital. If she, the baby's father, or even both of them were in the military, then they were probably not in the welfare category. And I think everyone is assuming the mother and Perdue had an intimate relationship just because they lived together. That may or may not be the case. We just don't know based on the amount of information in the story. So, I think it best that we don't make assumptions.
further KingJames I take exception to your comment about me being hardworking.
Ghtty, your comment started out by saying "trashy people" meaning Perdue, the mother, and the deceased baby. Your reference to the jungle falls in line with the false belief that Blacks are just a step above primates in appearance and intellect. No, I wasn't reading too much into what you said. If you were just talking about Perdue, then you should have said the guy was a trashy person. You said people, which means Perdue and all those who look like him. I am not a nut case, but think you should have made clear what you meant in your first post. Or, did you?
king james considering i live here on fort gordon post i DO know a little something of the lifestyle most women keep when theyre husbands are away, and at some point most of us have used wic, breeding families of 3 or more children can apply for welfare since the military doesnt recieve adequate pay, unless in our case you have a decent rank. as for eisenhower, unless its an emergency(a dying/dead infant applies) then yes in a life threatening circumstance places you at the nearest hospitol. so do not assume that im pulling these things out of my bum...the woman had a two month old child and another man living with her. he deserves to rot in jail as yet another baby killer and the mother will suffer the rest of her life as it all stands now.
Sorry KingJames, I think the guy was a trashy person, and I never mentioned anything about Blacks and/or primates. Do you beleive that Blacks are just a step above primates ?
The comment about hardworking people was not a jab at you. Let me copy and paste it for you so you can read it again..."You know nothing else about them, yet you feel so smug with yourself and so comfortable with your surroundings that you can call someone else who may be just as hardworking and possibly more upstanding than you trash!" I gave you the benefit of the doubt by saying you work hard and that Perdue might actually have worked hard as well. Damsl76 is probably gonna throw a fit because I made an assumption about you.
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