Dad charged in infant daughter’s death

Police say a Pennsylvania man, irate because the family dog defecated on the floor, kicked the animal to death, then killed his five-month-old daughter by shaking her when she cried.
   
Twenty-four-year-old Vincent Davis of Erie has been charged with homicide in the death of Savonnia Davis. He’s also charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, endangering the welfare of a child and cruelty to animals.
   
Police say Davis initially told them the girl slipped from his hands as he was changing her diaper, but later admitted shaking her.
   
The bady died at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Thursday, two days after the incident. Doctors say she also had broken ribs, fluid on the brain, and cuts and bruises.
   
Police found the dog’s body in a trash bag on Davis’ girlfriend’s porch.
   
Davis is being held without bail