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Man Accused Of Killing Baby During Sex Assault

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Steven Deuman (Booking Photo)

Steven Deuman (Booking Photo)

GRAND RAPIDS (WWJ/AP) – Federal prosecutors have accused a northern Michigan man of killing his 3-month-old daughter while he was sexually assaulting her.

The Grand Rapids Press and the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported Tuesday that 26-year-old Steven Deuman is charged with murdering his infant daughter while sexually assaulting her. He has a hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids.

The case is federal because the Aug. 12 death happened on a reservation of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Leelanau County, northwest of Traverse City.

Records say Deuman, his wife and children live on the reservation.

Deuman allegedly told investigators that the girl fell off a bed, and accidentally choked on a discarded condom. Autopsy results showed no evidence of a fall and indicated the baby was asphyxiated. The FBI alleged Deuman killed the girl “during the perpetration, or attempted perpetration, of aggravated sexual abuse.”

Phone and email messages were left at the office of Deuman attorney Richard Stroba after business hours Tuesday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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  • FedUp

    This POS is not worthy of walking the earth with the rest of us, the cost of a single bullet is all it would take to solve this permanently. Feel nothing for the perp,my heart goes out to the baby and the rest of the family.

  • Maryjo

    Just leave race OUT of it. OMFG! in case you dont’ know, when ppl do that, it’s called scapegoating. It makes the person saying it feel somehow better/superior. I agree that this is the most horrid thing ever but plz….try to sound somewhat intelligient. The focus should stay on the person and the crime, not all the other things being said that lead to people posting on this site. I pray for all the innocent childen in the world that face this kind of unimaginable horror/abuse. Think about the children who are being abused! why do ppl, in every damn venue, have to FEEL right???? yes agreed we hate perpetrators, but let’s come together and pray for these children, rather than start up with each other and the ignorant remarks.

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