Overview
- Dajuan Patrick, 27, was taken into custody in Jacksonville on March 11 on a Volusia County warrant, according to authorities.
- Deputies say the case followed a yearlong review using medical records, interviews, autopsy results.
- Five-week-old Dahlia Siebenhaar was hospitalized unresponsive on Dec. 2, 2024, never regained consciousness, and was removed from life support on Dec. 12.
- Medical findings cited extensive head trauma, multiple rib fractures, widespread bruising, retinal hemorrhages, and the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
- Investigators allege Patrick shook and spanked the infant, leading to a felony count of aggravated manslaughter of a child.