| Deputies in Jackson County, W.Va. say a man has been indicted for charges in connection to his baby daughter's death, more than a year after she was initially hospitalized for injuries they say were caused by her father.
A special grand jury returned an indictment Thursday afternoon on various charges including first-degree murder and death of a child by parent by child abuse .
Jeffrey Hoskins, 26, of Ripley, formerly of Arnoldsburg, has been incarcerated since Jan. 7 when he was picked up on another charge. Deputies say he was found hiding at a home in Arnoldsburg in Calhoun County. He is currently lodged in the Central Regional Jail.
Hoskins was initially arrested in October 2018 and charged with child abuse by parent resulting in serious injury after his 6-month-old daughter was found unconscious and not breathing by the child's mother.
At the time, Jackson County deputies, working in conjunction with the West Virginia State Police, said Hoskins admitted to shaking the baby "hard" and then holding her by the neck, choking her because "the child was crying and wouldn't stop."
Investigators said Hoskins initially tried to lie and said the infant choked while he was feeding her, leading to her being unconscious.
"In six months this baby lived the worst of lives and died the cruelest of deaths," Chief Deputy Ross Mellinger said during the news conference.
The baby had been hospitalized since his arrest and never recovered. She passed away earlier this month, her funeral held in Arnoldsburg.
A special grand jury was convened to hear the case after the baby's death.
| 
