Hagerstown Man Accused of Infanticide to Receive June Trial Date

By Sage Cho - March 28, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

A Hagerstown man accused of infanticide is set to receive a new jury trial date on June 6 after his case was recently remanded.

Anthony Ford, 28, was initially charged with second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree child abuse, and first-degree assault in connection to the murder of his five-month-old daughter, Brailynn Ford. He was arrested Oct. 11, 2018.

According to charging documents, officers responded to an area hospital for a report of an injured infant on Oct. 7. Upon arrival, they located Brailynn Ford with signs of trauma. She succumbed to her injuries the same day. Her body was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office, where the cause of death was ruled a homicide by blunt force trauma.

Baltimore Witness previously reported that Ford called an ambulance to the 1000 block of Mosher Street after he noticed her limping in her crib. Medical responders located the infant pulseless with bruising on her chest and head. At some point, she went into full cardiac arrest for approximately 45 minutes, leading to serious bleeding and damage to her brain. Despite attempts to resuscitate her, she was pronounced dead. 

Ford later testified during his Aug. 16, 2022, jury trial that he called 911 immediately after he noticed she stopped breathing. During the trial, medical experts raised the possibility that Ford had shaken his infant daughter to death.

Ford was found guilty of two counts of first-degree child abuse and one count of first-degree assault on Oct. 11, 2022. He was ultimately sentenced to life, suspending all but 30 years, for first-degree child abuse, as well as 20 concurrent years for first-degree assault, five years of supervised probation upon release, a mental health evaluation, anger management classes, and no unsupervised contact with children.

Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland presided over the hearing.