PALMDALE, Calif.—The father of a 3-week-old baby who went missing from a Palmdale home in early May has been charged with murdering the child, whose disappearance prompted a search of an Antelope Valley landfill, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced June 5.
Yusuf Dewees, 24, was charged with one count each of murder, assault on a child causing death and child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death. Mr. Dewees is in custody in Ogden, Utah, and it was unclear when he would be returned to Los Angeles for arraignment.
