SENECA COUNTY, Ohio — A man found out his sentencing Monday, delivered in Seneca County for the 2023 murder and kidnapping of an Ohio infant.
According to court records, Jonathan Baker will spend life in prison without parole for the murder of a 7-month-old from North Baltimore, Ohio. Baker was convicted of the June 27, 2023 murder and kidnapping on Oct. 4.
Baker will serve his sentence at the Lorain Correctional Institution.
Investigators said then-23-year-old Baker abducted the infant girl from her mother, whom Baker was dating at the time, and left in his vehicle following a dispute.
Law enforcement attempted a traffic stop on Baker during a pursuit in Tiffin, but Baker fled. Baker then drove at a high-rate of speed and crashed into the side of a Tiffin home. Officers surrounded the vehicle and extricated Baker.
Police retrieved the infant from the vehicle, whom officers said "was bleeding from the head and had labored breathing."
The infant died, and an autopsy from the Lucas County Coroner's Office revealed she had been shot twice.
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