NYC dad who shook 3-month-old daughter to death learns fate at sentencing
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A father who caused the death of his 3-month-old daughter by shaking her and then discarding her body in trash-filled woods near Yankee Stadium received a seven-year prison sentence Wednesday. Her grieving grandfather says he thinks of her “all the time.”

Damion Comager, 26, received the sentence from Bronx Supreme Court Justice Audrey Stone for first-degree manslaughter and concealing a human corpse in relation to the May 2023 death of his infant daughter, Genevieve.

In addition to the seven-year prison term, Comager will also undergo five years of post-release supervision, according to a statement from District Attorney Darcel Clark.

He pleaded guilty to the charges on Aug. 15, according to authorities.

At some point between May 10 and May 16, 2023, Comager violently shook Genevieve to death because she would not stop crying inside a homeless shelter in Highbridge, where the two lived alongside the infant’s mother, Ivana Paolozzi, prosecutors detailed.

Comager and Paolozzi then dressed little Genevieve’s body, put her in a stroller, and dumped her bagged remains in a wooded area on the side of the Major Deegan Expressway, authorities said.

The pair were arrested on May 29, 2023, after Comager reportedly confessed to his dad — who tipped off cops — leading to the search that turned up Genevieve’s body.

Charges against Paolozzi of tampering with physical evidence, concealment of a human corpse, and second-degree obstructing governmental administration are still pending, the DA’s office said.

She was previously released with monitoring at her arraignment.

At the time, Paolozzi was considered a “significant flight risk” due to her holding a Swiss passport while in the US with an expired visa status.

The charges against her were not considered eligible for bail under the state’s controversial 2019 criminal justice reforms. 

“In a shocking display of cruelty, this defendant took the life of his 3-month-old daughter Genevieve and then showed a lack of humanity by leaving the infant’s body in a garbage-ridden place. This sentence brings justice for an innocent life taken so soon,” Clark said in a statement after the sentencing.

Damion’s father, Donald Comager, told The Post that he is “grateful” his son still has a chance to get his life together, but still thinks about baby Genevieve “all the time.”

“It just makes me kind of grateful that he still has a chance to get his life together and come home. Seven years is better than life in prison.” Donald Comager said, noting he hasn’t spoken to his son since he went to jail.

“I worry about him all the time,” he said. 

The grieving grandfather is holding onto Genevieve’s remains.

“I got her remains with me … I think about her all the time.”

He also expressed frustration that Paolozzi has not yet been officially charged.

“Why didn’t she go to prison, too. That’s crazy that she wasn’t charged,” Donald Comager said.

“I haven’t talked to her since my son has been to jail. I don’t know nothing about her.”

Damion Comager, of Louisiana, met Paolozzi, who is from Switzerland, while traveling in Europe, Comager’s parents previously told the Post.

The couple moved to New York in December, three months before welcoming Genevieve into their family, according to Comager’s parents.

Comager struggled with mental illness and was diagnosed bipolar and schizophrenic as a child, his dad said.

He had several prior arrests in the Pelican State on assault, domestic violence, and criminal impersonation charges dating to 2021, according to NYPD sources.

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