"Police said around 4 p.m. on Nov. 3, 5-month-old Xavier Prince Taylor was the subject of a 911 call that summoned officers to a home in the 4500 block of The Woods Drive. He was reportedly unconscious and not breathing, and responding officers found the infant on a floor and his father performing CPR. The officers and arriving medical personnel took over the resuscitation efforts, and Xavier was taken to Valley Medical Center, according to a police affidavit."
"At the hospital, doctors informed police that the infant had two brain bleeds they believed were suffered in separate instances and a fractured femur, and that he was likely brain dead. Xavier died Nov. 9, prompting a homicide investigation that eventually identified Taylor as a possible suspect in the death. Last month, on July 22, police were alerted by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office that the death was deemed a homicide, based on multiple traumatic injuries the infant suffered."
Julian Morgan Matias Taylor, 27, was arrested in Palmdale on Aug. 18, 2025, and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on a homicide charge in the November 2024 death of his 5-month-old son, Xavier Prince Taylor. Responding officers arrived after a Nov. 3 911 call and found the infant unconscious while the father performed CPR; Xavier was taken to Valley Medical Center. Doctors reported two separate brain bleeds, a fractured femur, and likely brain death; Xavier died Nov. 9. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office ruled the death a homicide on July 22 based on multiple traumatic injuries. Court records show Taylor was charged July 25 with one felony count of assault on a child likely to cause great bodily injury resulting in death, arraigned, held without bail, and faces 25 years to life if convicted.
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