{"id":521561,"date":"2026-08-14T13:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/?p=521561"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:36:33","slug":"new-jersey-parents-charged-in-death-of-2-month-old-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/new-jersey-parents-charged-in-death-of-2-month-old-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey parents charged in death of 2-month-old baby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jenae V\u00e1squez, 20, and Jason Megaro, 27, have been charged in connection with the death of their 2-month-old baby in New Jersey<\/strong>, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The couple was arrested Tuesday and faces charges of <strong>aggravated manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child<\/strong>. V\u00e1squez is from the Bronx, New York, while Megaro is a resident of Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case began on March 25, when police were notified that the infant had been taken to <strong>Bayonne Medical Center with injuries<\/strong>. The baby was later transferred to University Hospital in Newark, where the child was pronounced dead the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The regional medical examiner determined that the baby died from complications related to <strong>blunt-force traumatic head injuries<\/strong> and classified the death as a homicide. Authorities have not released additional details about how the injuries occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The charges are allegations, and <strong>both defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenae V\u00e1squez, 20, and Jason Megaro, 27, have been charged in connection with the death of their 2-month-old baby in New Jersey, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor\u2019s Office. The couple was arrested Tuesday and faces charges of aggravated manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child. V\u00e1squez is from the Bronx, New York, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":521564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[40230],"class_list":["post-521561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bGh","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/20241230_130610.webp","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/20241230_130610.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}