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Man who reportedly raped and murdered 13-month-old now in custody

Man who reportedly raped and murdered 13-month-old now in custody
Posted at 7:01 AM, Oct 27, 2017
and last updated 2017-10-27 09:35:00-04

A man wanted on charges he raped and killed a 13-month-old girl in Ohio is in custody in Pennsylvania.

KDKA-TV reports Joshua Gurto was captured in Pittsburgh around 1:30 a.m. Friday and was taken to the Allegheny County Jail. Conneaut (KAW’-nee-awt), Ohio, police on Facebook said they would have more details later in the day.

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Aggravated murder and rape charges were filed earlier this month against the 37-year-old Gurto in the death of Sereniti Jazzlynn-Sky Blankenship-Sutley.

On Oct. 7, police responded to a call about an unresponsive child at an apartment in Conneaut, northeast of Cleveland. The girl had blunt-force injuries to her head and body. She died at a hospital.