NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville man has been charged with first-degree murder after police said he suffocated his 7-month-old son.
Multiple news outlets report 28-year-old Kenneth Laizure was arrested after his son, Constantine Laizure, died Tuesday. Investigators say the baby was left in a child carrier in a home Monday for an hour with a pillow and blanket wedged between his face and a car seat handle to silence his crying. He was brought to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in cardiac arrest.
The medical examiner ruled the child’s death as probable smothering. The child had bruises and fractured ribs in various states of healing.
Warrants have also been issued for the child’s mother, 23-year-old Jennifer Manuel. The couple is also under investigation for abusing their 3-year-old daughter who was found severely malnourished.
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