Baby had head injury, bruises

By ANTONIO PLANAS

The baby daughter of a Las Vegas man who is accused of causing her death had multiple fractures of her skull and bruising in various stages of healing when she was taken to a hospital, according to a police report obtained Wednesday.

Las Vegas police said Issac Hill, 29, caused the death of his 5-month-old daughter, Zamani, earlier this month. Hill was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Reno on one count of murder by child abuse, police said.

According to the report, Hill could not account for his daughter's bruises when he talked to police and did not give an explanation for her head injuries when she was taken to University Medical Center on May 5.

The report said Hill told police his daughter had bruises probably because her mother, Sarah Bryant, Hill's girlfriend, also bruised easily.

"She's like her mom," Hill said. "Sarah's probably got, like, 20 bruises on her right now. I bet she can't, she can't even say how she got 'em."

The report said Zamani was in the care of her father shortly before being taken to the hospital with injuries. It said Hill called Bryant, who was waiting for a bus to take her to work early May 5, telling her he had called 911 because Zamani wasn't breathing.

On May 8, medical personnel examined the baby and removed her from life sustaining equipment, the report said.

It said doctors told police the baby had suffered from hemorrhages caused by her skull injury.

One of Bryant's other daughters, who was at the home when the baby was injured, told police she heard a loud boom coming from the room Zamani was in. The girl said she heard Hill say "oh my gosh" before calling 911.

The report said the girl noticed the baby moving "like her stomach was bumping up and down like how she got when she had hiccups," she told police.

A doctor told police that seizures could have resulted from the baby's head injuries. The cause of the loud boom wasn't fully explained in the report.

Ramon Denby, a spokesman with the Metropolitan Police Department, said Hill is expected to be extradited to Las Vegas within a week.

Christine Skorupski, a spokeswoman with Clark County Family Services, said Hill and Bryant had no prior history with her agency, which handles children who are subjected to abuse.

Contact reporter Antonio Planas at aplanas @reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638.