Murder charges were pending against a 24-year-old Edgewood man in connection with the beating death of his 1-year-old daughter.
Keaton Irons was being held in the Harford County Detention Center without bail while the investigation into the death of Shamyrah Irons continues. The child died of head trauma about 5:35 p.m. Thursday at the Johns Hopkins pediatric unit in Baltimore.
Paramedics responding to a 911 call arrived Tuesday at Irons' home on Fountain Rock Way and found the unconscious child alone with her father. Due to the severity of her injuries, the toddler was flown to the Baltimore facility from Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air.
Irons had been charged Wednesday with attempted murder, assault and child abuse. Those charges will likely be upgraded once the case is presented to the grand jury in about two weeks, said Harford County State's Attorney Joseph Cassilly.