*Update: Machado and Rodriguez arrived at the Naples Jail Center Tuesday afternoon.A man and woman were arrested and charged after an investigation recently revealed that they were responsible for their child’s death, investigators say.
Jesus Rey Machado, 21, was charged with second degree murder and aggravated child abuse. Emma Lidia Rodriguez, 28, was charged with aggravated child neglect.
The parents called CCSO after they discovered their child was not breathing and unresponsive on April 19, 2007.
Julian Machado, 2 months old, of 8234 Key Royal Circle Apt. #532, Golden Gate, was pronounced deceased by EMS at 4:23 a.m.
An autopsy report released in November determined Machado’s cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. The manner of death was homicide.
Warrants were immediately issued by CCSO investigators for the parents who had moved to Tampa since the death of their son.
The Tampa Police Department found the couple Wednesday morning and they will be returned to Collier County.
