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Suspect accused of shaking baby in police custody

PITTSBURGH — The man accused of violently shaking his girlfriend’s 5-month-old daughter had nothing to say as he was put into a police car to be taken to Allegheny County Jail Wednesday evening.

Police said the abuse happened at the girl’s mother’s home on Parklow Street over the weekend.

According to police documents, the mother, Julie Vojtash, heard the girl crying. When she went to check on the child, Vojtash’s boyfriend, Kenneth Reeves, was standing in the room.

Vojtash told police that she discovered her daughter, Kameron, had no pulse and had “lost consciousness.” When she asked Reeves, 29, what happened, he allegedly responded, “I don’t know.”

The baby’s grandfather was also home at the time of the alleged abuse. He said the family is devastated.

“May God have mercy on this man,” he said. “He's a sick human being.”

Kameron was officially pronounced brain dead at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Tuesday night. Doctors said she had bruises on her right arm and left temple -- injuries consistent with being shaken and abused.

Still grieving and asking why this had to happen, the family made the heartbreaking decision that night to take the 5-month-old off life support and have her organ's harvested and donated. Channel 11's Dave Bondy reported that the baby's organs will help save the lives of five other children.

“My grandbaby's dead, but she's gonna be saving lives of others,” the girl’s grandfather said.

According to court documents, Reeves was sentenced to six years probation in September after being convicted of abusing a 3-year-old in North Versailles.

The victim’s mother said Reeves was alone with the child, and when she returned home, she saw choke marks and deep bruising. The boy was hospitalized for three days.

Reeves remains in the county jail without bond, while prosecutors begin to build a case against him.

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