Baton Rouge man gets life in prison in death of baby girl
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A Baton Rouge man was sentenced to 999 years in connection to the death of a 1-year-old girl.
Jonathan Dunn, 37, was arrested by police in March 2021 after Ja’Leah Fontenot was found unresponsive, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. A news release stated that the girl was found with bruises and a large burn on her leg. She was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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Dunn was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and second-degree cruelty to a juvenile. Police arrested the girl’s mother in the case, Christy Fontenot, 37, in April 2021. She was originally charged with second-degree cruelty to juveniles and failure to seek assistance.
Both were formally charged with second-degree murder in July 2021.
Fontenot was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Jan. 25, 2024.
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