Credit: Montgomery County Jail
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
Hoff and the infant’s mother took the child to Dayton Children’s Hospital June 25 with a depressed skull fracture. A social worker at the hospital notified Dayton police of the girl’s injury and officers responded to a house in the 1100 block of Carlisle Avenue.
An investigation determined the girl’s mother went to work and Huff was left to care for their daughter. Around noon, the mother learned of the girl’s injuries and left work to take her to the hospital, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.
“The defendant, Aaron Hoff, had caused the victim … who is his 5-month-old daughter to receive a skull fracture earlier in the day while in his care,” according to an affidavit filed in Dayton Municipal Court.
The injury reportedly hadn’t been noticed before Huff was alone with the girl, police said.
“This completely innocent 5‐month‐old little girl suffered severe injury at the hands of her father,” Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. said previously. “There is simply no excuse for abusing any child. It is especially disturbing when a parent, a person most responsible for providing care and safety, abuses their own children. Thankfully the infant’s mother took immediate action and brought the infant to the hospital.”
Hoff is in the Montgomery County Jail awaiting his Feb. 1 sentencing hearing.
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