On November 5, 2023, around 5:46 p.m., Hamilton emergency services responded to a 911 call reporting a baby in distress at an apartment on Champlain Avenue. When first responders arrived, they found four-month-old Annaleigh Storey unresponsive.

She was rushed to the hospital but tragically pronounced dead shortly after.

Initial autopsy results suggested the circumstances surrounding Annaleigh’s death may have been suspicious. At the time, she was under the care of her mother’s boyfriend, who cooperated with investigators and was released without charges as the investigation continued.

In the months following her death, Hamilton Police conducted extensive interviews with family members and carried out multiple search warrants. A full autopsy report was later received and confirmed that Annaleigh’s death was not due to natural causes.

Based on the new forensic evidence, police determined there were grounds for criminal charges. On May 1, 2025, 23-year-old Damion Warren-Baker was arrested in Hamilton and charged with manslaughter in connection to the infant’s death. He is set to appear in court on May 2, 2025.

Update July 21st 2026:

Damion Warren-Baker has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of four-month-old Annaleigh Storey. Damion Warren-Baker had been caring for his girlfriend’s daughter at his grandmother’s apartment when the child was critically injured.

According to The Hamilton Spectator, an agreed statement of facts stated that Warren-Baker delayed calling 911 for about 30 minutes after realizing the baby was unresponsive. An autopsy later determined she died from blunt force head trauma, with multiple injuries that doctors said could not have resulted from a single impact. Warren-Baker gave investigators several conflicting accounts of what happened before eventually admitting he punched the infant, though his lawyer said he does not remember making that statement.

He is scheduled to return to court for sentencing on Sept. 28.