Fort Knox soldier from Georgia charged in daughter's death

FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY - Fort Knox officials said Friday that an Army private has been charged with murder in the death of his three-week-old daughter. <br> <br> Spokesman John Rickey said the soldier, Private First Class Jerry Brown, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, has been confined to barracks and is not considered a flight risk. <br> <br> Brown has been charged with premeditated murder under the uniform code of military justice. If convicted, Brown could serve a life sentence. <br> <br> Jefferson County coroner Doctor Richard Greathouse said the infant, Jemishia Brown, died Sunday from severe blunt-force trauma to her head and body after a beating, said Dr. Richard Greathouse. <br> <br> Greathouse said Brown told investigators he had dropped the child while reaching into the refrigerator for a drink, in the family&#39;s apartment on the Army post. <br> <br> He said the mother of the infant wasn&#39;t at home at the time. <br> <br> Greathouse said an autopsy found multiple skull fractures ... totally incompatible with the father&#39;s story. She also suffered broken ribs, internal bleeding and several fractured bones. <br> <br> The baby was taken to Ireland Community Hospital and was later flown to Kosair Children&#39;s Hospital in Louisville, where she died.

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