The parents of a 5-week-old baby who disappeared this week gave a press conference Wednesday where they begged for the public’s help in finding their son but offered confusing accounts of what exactly happened. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, which sent out the first alert about missing Caleb “CJ” Whisnand, Jr., initially said he was last seen on Saturday night. But police in Montgomery County, Alabama, say they received a 911 call late.
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.
Caleb Whisnand, Father of Missing Alabama Baby Found Dead, Charged With Manslaughter
On 5/13/21 at 4:05 AM EDT
An Alabama father has been charged with manslaughter after his missing baby son was found dead.
The Montgomery County Sheriff s Office (MCSO) said the body of one-month-old Caleb Whisnand Jr. was found on Wednesday after he was first reported missing at around 10:45 p.m. on Monday.
His parents, Caleb Whisnand Sr., 32, and Angela Nicole Gardner, 28, had pleaded for their son s return during a press conference on Wednesday just hours before the baby s remains were found.
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According to AL.com, Whisnand Sr. pleaded for the public to help and said: I don t remember a lot but I did remember I was breaking up, ya know, with the cops. If anybody s got anything, any places that I could have gone, you know who you are.