Written by Michael Langley, Assistant News Director News10
The Placer County jury deciding whether 16-month-old Hannah Rose Juceam was shaken to death went home Monday without a verdict for Veronica Salcedo, the nanny accused of the baby’s murder.
Earlier in the day, the jury told the judge hearing the case they were deadlocked. Two jurors cried openly when the judge ordered the jury to return to deliberations.
The jury is deliberating charges of second degree murder and child abuse causing death or great bodily injury, after closing arguments finished Tuesday, October 16. Salcedo is accused of violently shaking the toddler at the Juceam’s home in Roseville while she watched the couple’s three children on May 11, 2006.
Hannah Rose Juceam was taken off life support and died two days later. The crux of the argument is whether or not the cause of death was shaken baby syndrome or an undiagnosed illness.
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