3-Month-Old New York Baby Hospitalized With Fractures In Various Stages Of Healing, Father Arrested
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Smith allegedly hurt the child after he became angry and frustrated
CPS alerted the police about the child with suspicious injuries
A 22-year-old father in New York was arrested after his 3-month-old child ended up in hospital with multiple fractures, the police said Tuesday in a statement.
Dustin Smith of Nunda, Livingston County, was arrested after the Livingston County Sheriff s Office was alerted by the Child Protective Services about a child with injuries that were suspicious in nature. The statement by the sheriff s office said the child was being treated at Strong Memorial Hospital.
Caleb Whisnand Sr., 32, stands accused of killing his infant son
According to AL.com, a site run by a collection of newspapers across the state, a detective with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office testified that Whisnand eventually admitted to killing C.J. but insisted that he didn’t intend to do so.
“He said it was an accident, he had hit his head,” Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Investigator
John Shepherd said during an initial hearing before Fifteenth Circuit District Judge
Tiffany McCord.
What’s more, the investigator said, the elder Whisnand was allegedly so ashamed that he craved his own death.
The Alabama man who publicly pleaded for his son’s safety and was then charged with his murder directed authorities to the 5-week-old boy’s dead body, a detective testified Friday.
The Alabama man who publicly pleaded for his son’s safety and was then charged with his murder directed authorities to the 5-week-old boy’s dead body, a detective testified Friday.