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http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/loc...ing-death-toddler-now-indicted-mother-s-death
A Mountain View man in custody for the beating death of a toddler is now also charged with the death of the girl’s mother, the man’s former girlfriend.
A Hilo grand jury on Wednesday indicted Xavier “Pee Wee” Cortez Jr., 39, with both first- and second-degree murder for the Sept. 20, 2011, death of 20-year-old Sommer Ferreira. A no-bail bench warrant was issued for the arrest of Cortez, who’s already in jail in lieu of $1 million bail for the beating death in January 2011 of Ferreira’s 18-month-old daughter, Pomaikai K. Ferreira...
Deputy Prosecutor Joseph Lee declined to disclose any details Thursday surrounding the woman’s death, saying, “It is not your routine murder.”
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/13825544/police-investigating-the-death-of-19-month-old
The toddler was flown to the Queen's Medical Center on Oahu - where she died a week later, on January 9th.
Hilo police arrested 36-year-old Xavier "Pee Wee" Cortez, Jr. on suspicion of first-degree assault. Police say Cortez and Ferreira's mother did have a relationship. Cortez was taken into custody on January 2nd at the Riverside apartments in Hilo - where the mother and daughter were living. Two days later, he was released without being charged, pending further investigation.
Preliminary pathological reports indicate the baby died as a result of an "inter-cranial injury due to repetitive abusive head trauma."
Sommer's FB: https://www.facebook.com/sommer.ferreira