NATION : Man Jailed in Death Tied to Cake

BATON ROUGE, La. — A man was jailed today in the death of a 3-year-old who apparently suffocated when she was force-fed an entire chocolate cake, police said.

Frank F. Johnson, 46, of Baton Rouge was booked on a murder charge, accused of failing to help Myra Griffin during the Dec. 21 incident, police said. Myra’s mother, Marjorie Griffin, 23, was charged with first-degree murder last month.

“This was a cake she had made for the child, and she was determined the child was going to eat the entire cake,” Officer John Wesley said. “When the child refused to eat the entire cake, she force-fed it to the child. Allegedly.”