Judge sentences Ottawa County man in baby’s death

An undated booking photo of Cameron Toppen.

by: WOODTV.com staff

GRAND HAVEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Prosecutors say a Grand Haven Township man will spend decades in prison for the 2018 death of an 8-month-old baby.

The man, 21 year-old Cameron Toppen, received two 20-year sentences for first-degree child abuse and second-degree murder on Monday. The sentences will be served at the same time.

Authorities say Toppen, who was the boyfriend of the baby’s mother, had been watching 8-month-old Scarlett Rae-Marie Burroughs while her mother was at work in November of 2018.

After the incident, the baby was taken to Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, where she died several days later.

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