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Springs Babysitter Faces Murder Charges

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - A babysitter in Colorado Springs is facing murder charges after the infant left in his care died.

George Peters was charged with first-degree murder after the 2-month-old boy was removed from life support and died.

On Thursday officers were called to the home in Colorado Springs because the infant was not breathing.

The 23-year-old babysitter is being held in the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center.

The coroner's office is completing an autopsy to try to determine how the baby died.

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