Gruesome: Man beats his infant daughter to death, killed her mother with a machete, and then set their apartment on fire

A 21-year-old man allegedly beat his
month-old daughter to death and
murdered her mother with a machete
before setting their Bronx apartment
on fire, police sources said Friday.
Elgidio Lind was being grilled by
detectives after firefighters found the
bodies of his girlfriend, Louisa
Rodriguez, 32, and their baby, Angela,
stuffed under a smoldering mattress
at her Kingsbridge pad Thursday
night, the sources said.
Rodriguez, who was naked and
stabbed multiple times, appeared to
have died from a massive head
wound, sources said.
The smoke eaters then found little
Angela Rodriguez unconscious in an
empty bathtub.
The baby girl died a short time later —
despite the brave efforts of one
firefighter who tried to breathe life
into the child’s tiny lungs as he
rushed her to an ambulance,
captured in a Daily News photo.
An autopsy found Angela died of
blunt force trauma, not smoke
inhalation.
Neighbors said they often heard
Rodriguez fighting with Lind, who has
a dozen prior arrests that include
robbery and assault.
Detectives noticed cuts to Lind’s hands
when they found him hiding at a gal
pal’s home Friday morning, sources
said.
Charges were pending late Friday.
- NY Daily News