BOSTON — Authorities say a man awaiting trial for allegedly carrying his ex-girlfriend into the path of a dump truck has died in jail.
Essex County Sheriff Kevin Coppinger tells The Salem News that 40-year-old Michael Baker, of Ipswich, was found dead in his cell at the Middleton Jail on Tuesday.
A spokeswoman for the Essex district attorney’s office says the death appears to be a suicide.
Baker was indicted this month on charges of attempted murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
The charges stem from an incident in Gloucester in April that started with an argument over custody of a 7-year-old girl and ended with Baker picking up the woman and carrying her into traffic. Both were hospitalized. Baker blamed mental health issues for his actions.
SPRINGFIELD — A man described by a prosecutor as a “monster pedophile” has been sentenced to up to 40 years in prison for repeatedly raping two young girls, one of whom bore his child.
The Republican newspaper reports that 35-year-old Hadyetou Diaby, of Springfield, was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to 28 charges including multiple counts of child rape, indecent assault and battery on a child, threatening to commit a crime and witness intimidation.
Diaby also pleaded guilty to posing a child in a sexual act. His girlfriend saw a video on his phone of him raping one of the girls and called police in May 2016. The girls were raped when they were between 11 and 15 years old.
Diaby’s attorney says her client “acknowledges what he did was horrific.”
From Associated Press