A 25-year-old North Philadelphia man has been charged with killing his young daughter. The mother said 17-month-old Alayiah was violently punched by Tyrone Spellman over a video game. As the 21-year-old mother took a nap inside their row-home on the 1500 block of 29th Street, Turman left Alayiah in the care of Spellman, who also goes by the name Anwar Salahuddin.
Turman said that when she woke, “I asked why my baby not breathing. He says, ‘She’s breathing.’ Her eyes were closed.” Turman phoned police around noon. Medics responded and took Alayiah to Temple University Hospital, where the little girl was pronounced dead at 12:37 p.m. Police arrested Spellman, who lives on the 1500 block of North 29th Street, over the weekend. He was charged with murder, endangering the welfare of a child and possessing an instrument of crime. A medical examiner performed an autopsy on the child. “His confession was she pulled the cords in the game, the system is — the box itself — fell, and he was upset and then responsible for paying for the game, so he hit her in her face twice,” Turman said, adding that Spellman also allegedly slung the child over a chair.

Dos Un: I really can’t believe this. This guy is nuts but he will definitely get his. Punching babies in the face, wow, speachless. My heart and prayers go out to that family!