GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE: Charles Hamilton was arrested by the FBI Saturday at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after he got off a plane from the Dominican Republic.
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UPDATE: The father's car was found at the Atlanta airport. Hamilton is still not in custody.
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Gwinnett County police are searching for a man accused of killing his 3-month-old daughter.
Adriana Hamilton was rushed to the hospital on Sept. 9 from an apartment on Spring Lane. She died on Wednesday.
Police say her mother left the infant with her boyfriend, Charles Hamilton, 44, while she went to the laundromat to wash clothes. Hamilton is the child’s biological father.
Neighbors say he came running out of the apartment asking them to call 911. He claimed his daughter wasn't breathing well and told them he may have put a blanket around her too tightly.
Officers say an autopsy revealed Adriana suffered broken ribs and bleeding on the brain.
Police charged Hamilton with murder, cruelty to children and aggravated battery.
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He has not been seen or heard from since the day before Adriana died.
Hamilton is a black male, about 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 155 pounds. His last known address was on Roswell Road in Atlanta.
Hamilton may be driving a tan 2008 GMC Yukon with license plate TRINI3. The front license plate display is a flag of Trinidad.
If you see him, contact Gwinnett County police.
Gwinnett PD looking for DAD they say killed 3 month old baby. Charles Hamilton believed 2B hiding. Baby had broken ribs and brain bleeding. pic.twitter.com/t0nPLnVzz9
— Tony Thomas (@TonyThomasWSB) September 18, 2017
This is the type of SUV Police say Charles Hamilton is likely driving . PD: Hamilton did not live with mother or child. pic.twitter.com/o88pKHqiFd
— Tony Thomas (@TonyThomasWSB) September 18, 2017
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