Couple charged with murdering infant denied bond

MARIETTA - A judge ruled Friday that a Cobb County couple charged with murdering their 2-month-old baby will be held without bond. <br> <br> Thirty-seven-year-old Alonzo Tate and 35-year-old Stephanie Edwards were arrested Monday and charged with aggravated battery. That was upgraded to murder after an autopsy showed the baby died of violent trauma. <br> <br> According to a criminal warrant filed in Cobb Magistrate Court, the child was shaken so severely Saturday night that her retinas detached. <br> <br> Rescue workers were called to the couple&#39;s home around 2:15 p.m. Sunday. The mother told dispatchers that the baby had stopped breathing. <br> <br> The baby was taken to WellStar Cobb Hospital, where doctors say they found signs of violent trauma. She then was transferred by helicopter ambulance to Children&#39;s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. <br> <br> She was taken off life support and died Tuesday afternoon. <br> <br> A judge denied bond for the couple during a hearing Friday morning.

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