Michael Mayor (Miami County Sheriff’s Office).
A man from Ohio reportedly confessed to violently shaking and slamming a 1-year-old baby’s head on the floor because she wouldn’t stop crying. Tragically, the baby died weeks later as a result of the injuries sustained during the incident.
Michael Mayor, aged 34, was taken into custody on December 11 after an event on December 5 that resulted in the baby girl suffering a skull fracture. Mayor admitted to causing the injuries to the police. Initially, he faced six felony charges, including felonious assault and child endangerment. Court documents obtained by Dayton CBS affiliate WHIO revealed that on December 20, the baby passed away due to the injuries inflicted by Mayor.
The alleged assault occurred at 3:12 p.m. on December 5 while Mayor’s wife, who offers babysitting services in the Dayton area, was caring for the infant. The babysitter, under the impression that the baby was asleep, later discovered that the child was breathing but unresponsive. When she contacted the authorities, she described the toddler as pale, with bruises on her head, and expressed uncertainty about their origin, according to Piqua police reports.
The girl was taken to Dayton Children’s Hospital where she was diagnosed with a fracture on the back of her skull, a subdural hematoma, and additional “complex” injuries that were caused by a “massive impact.”
While the babysitter was taking other children to school on the morning of Dec. 5, she allegedly left the toddler in the care of Mayor. When she returned, he had apparently said he put the little girl down for a nap on the bedroom floor, police reportedly said. But by 3 p.m., and after checking on her multiple times, the babysitter noticed that the toddler had not woken up. At that point, she called 911.
Because he had been alone with the toddler, police started looking at Mayor and determined, along with prosecutors, that he should be charged with assaulting the girl.
According to the police report, Mayor allegedly told police that “he ‘shook’ her, and when she cried louder, he began to ‘slam’ her on the floor of the bedroom. He stated this was not done on the blankets and he did this several times until she stopped crying.”
After his alleged assault, Mayor reportedly stated that he thought the girl had fallen asleep and left her on the floor.
Mayor was taken into custody on Dec. 11 and is being held on $1 million bond. Additional charges against him have not been filed since the documents filed on Dec. 20 that noted the baby’s death. According to court records, Mayor’s next court date is a bond modification hearing on Jan. 2.
