WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. (AP) - A Ludlow man has pleaded not guilty to killing his girlfriend’s infant son nearly a year ago and is being held without bail.
Tyler Pollender-Savery was arrested Monday in the death of 11-month-old Karsen Rickert.
Prosecutors say the child’s mother found that the baby wasn’t breathing on Jan. 18. The child was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Authorities say the infant was strangled and/or smothered.
WCAX-TV reports that police say Pollender-Savery was jealous that his girlfriend was looking for another place to live and thought she was rekindling a relationship with the baby’s father.
Pollender-Savery’s attorney says the baby’s mother was home when the incident took place and it’s a case of he said, she said.
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Information from: WCAX-TV, http://www.wcax.com
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