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Arrests made in Story County child’s death

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September 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Nevada, Iowa) – Officials with the Nevada Public Safety Department, Tuesday, said two people were arrested in California, in connection with the death on Sunday of a 7-month-old child, in Nevada. As a result of an investigation, 35-year-old Juan Angel Montalvo, Jr., and 23-year-old Sheyenne Nichole Shore, of Nevada, were each charged with Murder in the 1st Degree, and Child Endangerment causing death. They were in custody in California on additional charges unrelated to the child’s death, and will be returned to Iowa to face charges.

A criminal complaint released Monday said Shore brought the baby to the hospital, where she was cold, stiff and her pupils were dilated and fixed. Doctors attempted life-saving measures, but they were unsuccessful.

The Iowa State Medical Examiner said the baby had multiple scrapes and bruises on the face, forehead, back and abdomen, skeletal fractures of her wrist, and hemorrhages of the right eye and liver. The medical examiner also said findings in the brain and eyes were consistent with non-accidental head injuries. Her death was ruled a homicide.

The criminal complaint said officials searched Montalvo and Shore’s residence and found the baby’s blood on her clothes and blankets.