ST MARY, Jamaica — Post mortem conducted on the body of the 22-month-old baby believed beaten to death by her grand uncle in St Mary last week has revealed that the child died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head.

Eshauna Gardner died on Wednesday night October 30 after the police alerted by residents to the child’s screams rushed her to the hospital.

Forty-nine-year-old Clive Barrett has since been taken into custody for the death, however he has not yet been charged.

Police say a question and answer session is being arranged for Barrett who is currently without legal representation.

Reports are that last Wednesday residents heard the child screaming at Barrett’s home in Deans Pen and summoned the police at about 6:00 pm. When the police arrived, Barrett reportedly told them the child fell in a fire and got burnt.

The child died at hospital about 11:00 pm.

Barrett, who subsequently fled the community turned, himself in to the police on Friday, November 1.

Renae Dixon