Court officials again continued a case against a Newhall man accused of murder in the death of his 19-day-old daughter.
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The next scheduling date for a preliminary hearing in the murder case against Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, of Newhall, is scheduled for July 7.
Warner pleaded not guilty at his preliminary arraignment. At a preliminary hearing, the evidence against Warner will be presented and a judge will decide if there’s enough to merit a trial.
Ellorah Warner, of Newhall, died of blunt force trauma, according to the results of a medical examiner’s investigation.
Ellorah Warner was discovered inside the cab of a parked truck in the 23600 block of Newhall Avenue around 7 a.m. Jan. 24, and pronounced dead at the scene, according to Lt. Holly Francisco, the homicide detective leading the investigation.
Homicide detectives said the baby’s father, Matthew Warner, led sheriff’s officials to where the body was found.
The results of the autopsy were pending a toxicology report, but the report didn’t indicate anything that would have caused the child’s death, according to Lt. Fred Corral of the Coroner’s Office.
The specifics of the trauma are not being released because it’s part of an ongoing homicide investigation, officials said.
Warner is being held without bail at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles.
A criminal complaint against Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, of Newhall, charges him with the murder of Ellorah Warner, his 19-day-old baby girl, as well as assault on a child causing death, torture, oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child under 10, aggravated sexual assault.
The case is being prosecuted by Julie Kramer of the county’s Victim Impact Program, which handles cases of elder abuse, child abuse, hate crimes, sex crimes, stalking and family violence.
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