‘You need to shut the f— up!’: Dad accused of killing 2-month-old by shoving baby wipe ‘all the way down’ her throat

Joseph Troy Napier and Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers (IRCSO and WPTV screenshot)

Joseph Troy Napier and Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers (IRCSO and WPTV screenshot)

A 30-year-old father in Florida has been arrested after police say he killed his 2-month-old daughter by shoving a baby wipe all the way down the infant’s throat, choking her to death. Joseph Troy Napier was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with one count of aggravated manslaughter of a child in connection with the 2021 death of young Iris Napier, authorities announced.

According to a press release from the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office, IRCSO deputies and fire department medics at about 6:42 p.m. on May 28, 2021, responded to a home located in the 1500 block of 6th Avenue in Vero Beach in response to a call regarding an unresponsive 2-month-old girl. The dispatcher immediately told the caller — later identified as Napier — to put the child on the floor and began giving instructions on how to perform CPR on the baby.

Upon arriving at the scene, first responders made contact with Napier and identified him as the baby’s father. They also located the victim, who Napier said was “choking,” and deputies immediately took over CPR efforts while rushing the child to an ambulance. The victim’s 18-month-old sibling was also at the residence. Emergency Medical Services personnel said the child had no heart activity when they transported her to Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital.

Multiple medics performed mouth sweeps on the child and were unable to find any obstructions to her airways.

During the preliminary investigation, Mr. Napier told deputies the infant choked and he could only see a small white object in the back of her mouth. He then gave a timeline of events and claimed he left the child unattended, on a couch, with his 18-month-old daughter for approximately 10 minutes,” the release states. “When he returned to the room he discovered the child was choking and in distress but still waiting approximately 5 minute before calling 911. Detectives later determined that Mr. Napier spent approximately 30 minutes on his cell phone making his timeline inaccurate.”

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