ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after his 4-year-old sister died at a local hospital, authorities said.

According to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, on Wednesday evening, deputies responded to reports of an unresponsive child at a home in the 21000 block of Gardenia Street in Abita Springs. Detectives said the child had suffered multiple severe injuries caused by her brother, 21-year-old Davahn Alec Profit. She was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and later died from her injuries.

Profit was first booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center on Wednesday night for attempted murder and resisting arrest. After the hospital confirmed the child’s death, a warrant was issued, upgrading the charge to first-degr

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