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33-Year-Old Father Charged In Death Of 2-Month-Old Zorii Pitts

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Baltimore Police have charged a 33-year-old father in the death of his 2-month-old baby girl.

Officers were called to the unit block of South Monastery Avenue around 8:50 a.m. on May 15 for a report of an unresponsive baby.

They found 2-month-old Zorii Pitts unresponsive. Medics arrived and pronounced the infant dead.

Homicide detectives took over the investigation.

The baby's body was taken to the medical examiner's office where an autopsy showed the baby died due to blunt force trauma to her head. Her death was ruled a homicide.

Police arrested 33-year-old Darius Williams on May 17 in the death of Zorii.

Williams was charged with first-degree murder and first- and second-degree child abuse.

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