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Baby girl dies after 3 days on life support

LAS CRUCES - A second child this year has died as a result of suspected child abuse, the Las Cruces Police Department announced Wednesday evening.

Two-month-old Jade died at 4:30 p.m. after three days on life support at Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso.

Baby Jade is the second youngest of 13 Doña Ana County children who have died as a result of alleged child abuse in the last nine years. Her mother, 17-year-old Diana "Ate" Atena Goenaga, is the youngest to face charges of child abuse resulting in death.

Baby Jade was taken Sunday to Las Palmas, four days after she started showing signs of injury.

Her 23-year-old father arrived at the couple's apartment Nov. 3 and noticed his daughter was unresponsive and limp. But his daughter appeared to regain consciousness en route to a Las Cruces hospital, so they returned home, according to LCPD. Two days later, a family doctor in Las Cruces attributed the baby's symptoms, including vomiting, to a change in formula, and the three went home again.

The baby was only taken to a hospital Sunday morning, after her father saw she was unresponsive. From MountainView Regional Medical Center, Jade was taken by ambulance to Las Palmas, where pediatric specialists said Jade had suffered head trauma consistent with shaken baby syndrome.

Goenaga, of the 1100 block of Monte Vista Avenue, was taken into custody Monday evening at Las Palmas, with the cooperation of the El Paso Police Department. She remains at the El Paso County Detention Center, with no bond. A native of Santa Marta, Colombia, she entered Las Cruces schools in 2007 and graduated this May from O-ate High School, where she briefly played soccer, according to school and online records.

Baby Jade's body will be transported to the medical examiner's office in El Paso for autopsy. Las Cruces detectives continue their investigation and additional charges remain a possibility.

Source - http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_16580624