68 CRIME. A NORTH CAROLINA MAN WILL SPEND 12 AND A HALF YEARS IN PRISON AFTER CAUSING THE DEATH OF HIS BABY WHILE VACATIONING IN MYRTLE BEACH. AUTHORITIES SAY 40 YEAR OLD JAMES RATCLIFFE PLEADED GUILTY TO INFLICTING GREAT BODILY INJURY. IT HAPPENED BACK IN 2019 WHILE VACATIONING WITH THE CHILD’S MOTHER AND THEIR OTHER CHILDREN WERE TOLD RATLIFF TOOK THE CHILD FROM A HOTEL ROOM AND WAS ALONE WITH THE CHILD WHEN HE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE CHILD HAD
Man causes death of baby by shaking it while vacationing in Myrtle Beach, solicitor says
Updated: 11:23 PM EST Jan 25, 2023
A North Carolina man is headed to prison after causing the death of his baby while on vacation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, according to Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson.Geames Kena Ratliff, 40, of Hamlet, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to inflicting great bodily injury upon a child. A judge sentenced Ratliff to 150 months in prison. In August 2019, Ratliff was vacationing in Myrtle Beach with the child’s mother and their other children. Investigators said Ratliff took the child from the couple’s shared hotel room and was alone with the child when he became unresponsive. The child was taken by ambulance to the Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, where he died the following day. More news: 18-year-old dies after SUV goes airborne, crashes into pole, police say Police find razor blades in gas pump handles, officials sayGreenville releases new guidelines for future developmentThe child had injuries consistent with having been shaken, investigators said. “The death of a child is always tragic, but one caused by the intentional injury is especially tragic," Leigh Waller, a senior assistant solicitor who prosecuted the case, said. "I am grateful we were able to achieve some measure of justice. Thank you to the Myrtle Beach Police Department, the State Law Enforcement Division, and Grand Strand Regional Medical Center for their assistance in this case.”
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A North Carolina man is headed to prison after causing the death of his baby while on vacation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, according to Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson.
Geames Kena Ratliff, 40, of Hamlet, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to inflicting great bodily injury upon a child.
A judge sentenced Ratliff to 150 months in prison.
In August 2019, Ratliff was vacationing in Myrtle Beach with the child’s mother and their other children.
Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson
Geames Kena Ratliff
Investigators said Ratliff took the child from the couple’s shared hotel room and was alone with the child when he became unresponsive.
The child was taken by ambulance to the Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, where he died the following day.
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The child had injuries consistent with having been shaken, investigators said.
“The death of a child is always tragic, but one caused by the intentional injury is especially tragic," Leigh Waller, a senior assistant solicitor who prosecuted the case, said. "I am grateful we were able to achieve some measure of justice. Thank you to the Myrtle Beach Police Department, the State Law Enforcement Division, and Grand Strand Regional Medical Center for their assistance in this case.”