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Austin Stevens charged with aggravated sexual assault, rape of a child, involuntary deviant sexual intercourse in death of Zara Scruggs
Pennsylvania prosecutors say Stevens raped his 10-month-old daughter while caring for her on Saturday night
Police found Zara's diaper from the time of the attack 'saturated with blood'
Search of Stevens' phone uncovered Google searches with subjects like, 'If baby stop breathing,' and 'What if you don’t hear baby heart or beat'
Investigators say Stevens exchanged Instagram and text messages with two women as his daughter lay dying
Stevens also allegedly exchanged social media messages and texts with two women, which failed to mention his daughter's condition.
A search of Stevens' upstairs apartment turned up a diaper Zara was wearing during the alleged rape.
'The diaper was saturated with blood,' the press release from the DA's office stated.
An autopsy determined that the baby girl, who had just learned how to walk, sustained anal rectal trauma and blunt force trauma to the head.
'This case is deeply disturbing. It is hard to imagine this child’s death being any more traumatic: sexual assault on an infant, followed by inaction by the father to save her life, led to her death,' said Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele, calling the crime 'heinous'.
Stevens is being held at the county jail on $1million bail pending a preliminary hearing set for October 13
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