The Peoria County Coroner says a 6-month-old girl died from a lack of oxygen to her brain.
Coroner Jamie Harwood says she suffocated. Congential defects and SIDS were ruled out as causes of death in an autopsy.
The baby's father, 20-year-old Kyle Purser of Peoria, is now charged with her murder. Harwood said authorities are still determining where the suffocation happened.
The baby died on September 8. Purser was arrested Tuesday.
This is Peoria's 21st homicide of 2019.
