EAST ORANGE — A New Jersey father accused of tossing his 3-month-old daughter to her death off a bridge faces arraignment today. Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem is charged with six counts related to the abduction and death. Prosecutors say Abdur-Raheem parked along the shoulder of the Garden State Parkway and threw or dropped the infant off the Driscoll Bridge into icy...
Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem, left, and his daughter Zara Malani-Lin Abdur-Raheem.EAST ORANGE — A New Jersey father accused of tossing his 3-month-old daughter to her death off a bridge faces arraignment today.
Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem is charged with six counts related to the abduction and death.
Prosecutors say Abdur-Raheem parked along the shoulder of the Garden State Parkway and threw or dropped the infant off the Driscoll Bridge into icy waters in February.
Zara Malani-Lin Abdur-Raheem's body was found along the banks of the Raritan River in April.
The 22-year-old Galloway Township resident also faces attempted murder charges for allegedly assaulting the baby's maternal grandmother. The child's mother, of East Orange, was obtaining a restraining order against Abdur-Raheem.
Previous Coverage:
• Galloway man indicted on charges he killed infant daughter
• DNA tests confirm identity of infant's body found after being thrown from N.J. bridge
• Police believe body found in Sayreville is missing infant kidnapped by father
• N.J. father accused of throwing infant daughter off Parkway bridge is charged with murder
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