Infant Killed Thursday ID'd; Charges Pending Against Redwood City Man

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By Bay City News Service

The San Mateo County coroner’s office on Monday identified an infant killed Thursday in Redwood City, according to police.

The infant, identified by the coroner’s office as Evelyn Castillo, was just 1 year old when, according to Daniel Contreras, she accidentally fell from a table.

Police later arrested Contreras, a 27-year-old Redwood City man, after the coroner performed an autopsy and concluded the death was a homicide.

Officers and medics responded around 2:30 p.m. Thursday to a report of a child not breathing at an apartment in the 400 block of Madison Avenue, police said.

When medics arrived, they found baby Evelyn unconscious and unresponsive, according to police.

She was transported to Kaiser Permanente’s Redwood City Medical Center, where she died, police said.

Contreras said he was caring for Evelyn when she fell.

He was booked in the San Mateo County jail on suspicion of killing the child and felony child abuse, police said.

San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Karen Guidotti said Monday the office would likely decide on Tuesday whether to file charges against Contreras.