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Northfield police arrested a 24-year-old man accused of killing his 4-month-old daughter.

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Louis Delery

NORTHFIELD, Ohio -- A Northfield man is accused of killing his 4-month-old daughter while he was supposed to be taking care of her.

Louis N. Delery, 24, was secretly indicted Thursday on charges of murder, involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide. He is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday in Summit County Common Pleas Court.

Northfield police arrested him about 6 p.m. Thursday.

Delery is accused of killing his daughter, Addison R. Delery, on Aug. 15. Delery told investigators that his daughter was being "whiny" the day she was found dead at their home in the 9200 block of North Plaza Drive.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner ruled Addison's death a homicide by "mechanical asphyxia by chest compression." They also found the girl suffered from several injuries, including a skull fracture to the back of her head, five fractured ribs, bruising on her back and bleeding around her kidneys.

Delery's stepfather called 911 about 12:05 a.m. Aug. 15 and told dispatchers the girl was not breathing and was turning purple. An ambulance rushed Addison to University Hospital's Bedford Medical Center, where she died about an hour later.

Northfield police noticed a bruise on Addison's left shoulder and asked a doctor at the hospital about it. The doctor told a detective that the injury "was consistent with an adult bite mark," according to court records.

Delery did not appear to be upset or distraught, according to detectives who questioned him at the hospital.

Delery told police that his daughter and wife live in the basement of a home with Delery's mother and stepfather.

Delery originally told investigators he was getting a bottle ready for Addison while watching her. Delery told investigators that he placed her on the bed and put pillows around her.

He told police Addison then fell off the bed, according to court records.

Delery later told investigators that he lied. He said he was playing video games on the computer when he realized Addison wasn't breathing. Delery apologized to investigators about lying, court records say.

Delery told police Addison was making high-pitched squeals throughout the day. He explained the bite mark by telling investigators he accidentally bit the girl while they were playing a game.

He also said Addison had recently fell off the bed and bumped her head. The girl's mother told police that she noticed a large bump on her daughter's head a week earlier and took her to see a doctor.