Pennsylvania suspect in baby, grandmother deaths allegedly tells police he lost $15,000 at casinos
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Nov. 28: Raghunandan Yandamuri is escorted to a Montgomery County district court for a preliminary hearing in Bridgeport, Pa. (AP)
A neighbor charged with killing a 10-month-old girl and her grandmother during a botched kidnapping told police he had lost $15,000 gambling at casinos the week before.
A videotaped police statement given by 26-year-old Raghunandan Yandamuri last month has been played at his preliminary hearing near Philadelphia.
In the video, Yandamuri tells police he had a good job and good life but planned the kidnapping to get money from the baby's parents, both software engineers.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Yandamuri says he never meant to hurt anyone and panicked after the grandmother was killed in a struggle with the knife he had brought.
He says he accidentally dropped the baby, put a handkerchief over her mouth to quiet her, and left her in a trash-strewn, unused sauna in their apartment complex.