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Earlier this month in Desert Hot Springs California, 25-year old babysitter, Eric Puchi, was arrested and charged with murder for allegedly beating 2-year old Isabella Guerra to death.

On November 7, 2008, a 911 call was placed reporting that a 2 year old child was not breathing. Emergency crews arrived at the residence described by Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Gregg Miller as located “in the 15500 block of Bubbling Wells Road near Desert Hot Springs”. There, they found 2-year old Isabella Guerra unconscious.

The child was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center. She was listed in critical condition. She died the following Wednesday at Loma Linda University Medical Center where she had later been flown.

Police have accused Puchi, who had been babysitting Isabella Guerra at the time of her death, of beating her to the point of rendering her comatose.

In addition to the charge of murder, Puchi has also been charged with child assault resulting in death, assault causing brain injury, and assault to a child under 5 years of age.