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.
The 5-week-old died Monday between 3:45 p.m. and 10:49 p.m., the records state. His father is charged with capital murder because the child is under the age of 14.
Baby’s body found in Alabama woods, dad charged after parents publicly plead for his return
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Caleb Whisnand Sr. and Angela Gardner plead for the safe return of their 1-month-old son missing for several days.
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Just hours after Caleb Michael Whisnand, 32, and the baby’s mother pleaded publicly for the baby’s safe return, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday night announced the arrest in the death of the 5-week-old.
Sheriff’s Capt. Leigh Persky said Whisnand is being held in Caleb “C.J.” Whisnand Jr.’s death on $100,000 bond in the Montgomery County Detention Center. The arrest came after a Wednesday afternoon press conference where the elder Whisnand and the boy’s mother, 28-year-old Angela Nicole Gardner, made a plea for their son’s safe return.
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Alabama News Network brought you live coverage of a news conference this morning as Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham and others updated the case of the father charged in the death of his newborn son, who had been reported missing.
Cunningham, Chief Deputy Kevin Murphy and Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey were among those who spoke about the investigation, which still is unfolding.
Caleb Whisnand, Sr. now faces a capital murder charge in the death of his five-week-old son Caleb “CJ” Whisnand, Jr.
Last night, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said the father was charged with manslaughter and was being held on a $100,000 bond. After the baby’s body was recovered in rural Lowndes County, an autopsy was performed late last night, which officials say is the reason that the charge was upgraded. The father is now being held without bond.