UpdatedFri, May 7, 2021 at 5:54 pm ET
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WALL A Monmouth County grand jury has indicted a 23-year-old Wall resident on the charges of murder and endangering the welfare of a six-week-old child on Friday, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor s Office.
Austin Meli was arrested on March 9 at his home after Wall police responded to a call regarding an unresponsive six-week-old infant. Police discovered that the child had been in the immediate care of her father, Meli.
The child was subsequently pronounced deceased at Ocean Medical Center in Brick, and an investigation determined the manner of the baby s death to be a homicide.