August 29th, 2007
AUBURN — A nanny accused of shaking a 15-month-old girl to death last year in Roseville gave investigators four versions of how the child sustained her injuries, a prosecutor told a Placer County jury Tuesday.
Veronica Martinez Salcedo, who is charged with murder and willful cruelty to a child causing death or injury, told police she heard a noise May 11, 2006, and found the child, Hannah Rose Juceam, unresponsive on the floor, Deputy District Attorney Karin Bjork said.
Bjork said Martinez Salcedo, 36, later gave versions that included a bar stool falling on Hannah; the child being shaken to stop crying; and the baby falling on the floor while being rocked.
Hannah was taken off life support two days later, after doctors determined that she was brain dead, Bjork said.
Martinez Salcedo’s attorney, Mary Beth Acton, told the jury that her client shook the baby lightly, but only after she heard a “thud” in another room and found the child on the floor crying. By then, however, Hannah’s eyes were rolling back into her head, Acton said.
– Art Campos
Published 12:00 am PDT Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Story appeared in the METRO section, Page B2 of the Sacramento Bee
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August 24th, 2007
Courtesy of CBS 13.
The court holding the trial in the shaking death of a 19-month-old is now selecting a jury.
Veronica Martinez Salcedo has been accused of killing a Roseville baby in May of 2006. Salcedo is a former nanny who allegedly shook 19-month-old Hannah Rose Juceam to death.
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Local Father Speaks Out On ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’
“Hannah’s gone. For me, for Jordon,” said father Scott Juceam in November.
Court is now in pre-trial selection, and will decide if certain evidence can be admitted.
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August 20th, 2007
Dear Friends,
Today is the beginning of the “IN Court Justice” for Hannah Rose Juceam. Our Angel has been busy sending signs that it will be OK. Last night we had a dinner with a few families that have also lost their daughter to murders. We are looking to them to gain strength and continue to honor Hannah with dignity, purpose and meaning to an awful and early departure from life here on earth. Please check in with us and consider joining us at the proceedings.
Please call or send emails that you can make it.
The Juceams
See News10 coverage here.
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