Dad, 24, learns his fate after abducting his daughter, 2, shooting her dead then leading cops on chase

An Ohio dad has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after abducting and shooting his two-year-old daughter dead and leading police on a chase. 

Jonathan Baker, 24, of North Baltimore - around 35 miles south of Toledo - killed his daughter Emery, seven months, who he kidnapped and shot twice in the head before calling his ex-girlfriend to tell her he felt homicidal and suicidal. 

Baker was sentenced to life without parole, plus an additional 16.5 years for the kidnapping charge, and three years for the firearms specification, according to Law & Crime. 

Before his sentencing, Baker asked the judge for mercy and blamed his actions on not having 'god in his heart that day.' 

'I truly thought that day I was doing something good,' he said, according to Law & Crime, while calling the murder of Emery 'completely evil' and 'absolutely horrible.' 

'Please have mercy,' he begged the judge before his harsh sentence came down. 'Whatever your choice is, I’m not going to refute it.'

'Mr. Baker, you murdered your daughter,' Seneca County Common Pleas Court Judge Damon Alt replied. 'Throughout the day, you were afforded every opportunity to prevent that crime from happening.' 

The baby's mother, who had a statement read in court on her behalf, said Baker had taken part of her life when he took their daughter's on June 27, 2023. 

She remembered her daughter as a happy, giggling baby who enjoyed tummy time and her bouncy seat, according to The Sentinel-Tribune. 

Baker told the court he was happy to hear that his ex-girlfriend believed in an afterlife.  

Prior to Emery's death, her father led police on a chase after the mother reported the kidnapping. 

Police dash and bodycam footage now reveal the moments before Baker accelerated in his yellow Camaro during a police chase and crashed it into the side of a house - killing the baby inside. 

At 3:43pm the Seneca County Sheriff's Office was notified by Wood County deputies about the abduction and told the abductor was heading in their direction in the Camaro.

The Tiffin Police Department said an off-duty officer located the man in the yellow Camaro and radioed the information to dispatch.

Baker's car was being followed by police for minutes before he suddenly jolted left 'erratically' and veered off the road.

He crossed over the lane with oncoming traffic and pummeled the car, at speed, into the side of a house on South Sandusky Street.

Footage shows the car flying over a small bump before it crashes into the property. No one was home during the ordeal.

Several police officers and a civilian immediately rushed towards the mangled car and tried to force the passenger's side door open. Airbags were deployed during the crash.

The infant was removed from the vehicle via the back window and lifesaving protocols were administered, as she was bleeding from the head and had labored breathing.

She was rushed to hospital, where she died.

It took responders an hour and a half to remove Baker from his vehicle.

Baker will be credited for the nearly 500 days he has already spent in jail and he will be housed at the Lorain Correctional Institution, according to The Sentinel-Tribune.