Details of the child s disappearance remain scarce and confusing.
When asked about the last time the family was together, both mother and father agreed it was Saturday night. We were together sleeping, me her and the baby in the bed, Whisnand said. I don t remember much.
The ALEA notice says the child was last seen Saturday at 9 p.m., but Capt. Leigh Persky with the Sheriff s Office said Tuesday that further investigation revealed the baby was last seen Monday.
Capt. Trent Beasley, who leads the investigations unit at the Montgomery County Sheriff s Office, said Wednesday evening that he didn t know why Whisnand or Gardner would have said their son was last with them Saturday.
Father charged after remains of missing infant from Montgomery found 1-month-old Caleb Whisnand Jr. (Source: ALEA) By WBRC Staff | May 11, 2021 at 6:09 AM EDT - Updated May 12 at 11:49 PM
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - Investigators from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office found the remains of a 1-month-old baby boy who had been reported missing earlier this week.
Investigators released the following statement Wednesday night:
Preliminary Statement on Missing Infant On May 12, 2021 shortly after the press conference on one month old Caleb Michael Whisnand Jr., his remains were discovered by law enforcement. As a result, information was developed and the child’s father, Caleb Michael Whisnand Sr. was subsequently arrested and placed in the Montgomery County Detention Facility on charges of Manslaughter, with a bond amount of $100,000. Currently, the specifics of this case remain under investigation and all further details and inquires will be released on Thursday
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As he tried to recall details of the last time he was with his missing 5-week-old son and family, Caleb Whisnand shook his head and furrowed his brow outside the Montgomery County Sheriff s Office on Wednesday evening. I don t remember much, Whisnand said.
Hours later, investigators discovered Caleb Michael Whisnand, Jr. s body buried in a remote area of Lowndes County, according to court documents, and charged his father with reckless manslaughter.
Now, authorities plan to upgrade the charge to capital murder based on additional evidence uncovered during the infant s autopsy.
Information in the case has been scarce and confusing since the baby, known as CJ, was reported missing by Whisnand on Monday night. Whisnand and CJ s mother, Angela Gardner, muddied the official timeline of the case while speaking to media on Wednesday. Whisnand frequently failed to complete sentences and couldn t provide clear details of what may have happened before he dialed 911 fro
Search underway for missing 1 month old in Montgomery County
Updated May 13, 2021;
A search is underway for a one-month-old who authorities say has been missing since Monday night.
Caleb Whisnand Jr. was last seen about 10:45 p.m. Monday at the Circle K on Wetumpka Highway in Montgomery County. No other details surrounding the circumstances of Caleb’s disappearance are being released at this time, authorities said.
ALEA early Tuesday issued an Emergency Missing Child Alert, but not an Amber Alert.
Caleb is a white male. He weighs 10 pounds and was last known to be wearing a camouflage onesie.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 334-832-1328 or 911.
Missing Alabama baby found dead, father charged with capital murder Share Updated: 6:03 PM CDT May 13, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 6:03 PM CDT May 13, 2021
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Show Transcript I m Sheriff Derek Cunningham with the Montgomery County Sheriff s Office. Um Today really I just want to say thank you to uh our partners in this case, we had several law enforcement agencies that assisted us, uh State Bureau of Investigation, the lounge County Sheriff s Office, uh second uh Circuit District Attorney as well as our district Attorney, Daryl bailey and uh the FBI the Federal Real of Investigation. I can t say enough about them. I mean when you say joined at the hip, we were joined at the hill throughout this whole investigation. I mean, Uh huh but that s what it takes to be able to bring closure to cases like this is the networking and it s the people that you have And not to mention my staff, my investigators, they were 24/7 o