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Milwaukee County man accused of killing infant son

On behalf of Milwaukee personal injury attorney Ric Domnitz of Domnitz & Domnitz, S.C. posted in Wrongful Death on Thursday, June 2, 2011.

Milwaukee County police might expect a few traffic deaths over Memorial Day weekend. But nothing could likely prepare them for learning how a three-month-old infant died over the holiday.

A 25-year-old man is charged with killing the boy after hitting him in the head with a video game controller. He has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide for the baby’s wrongful death. He could end up in prison for 60 years if he’s convicted.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the criminal complaint indicates the man changed his story about what exactly happened. The complaint reportedly says the man was driving the boy home when he began crying. The man initially claimed that upon returning home, he threw the baby in the air to calm him, but he hit his head on a coffee table. However, he later altered that story, claiming he hit the child in the head with a Wii video game controller.

After failing to calm the baby, the man reportedly picked him up, started shaking him and threw him against a couch at least twice, once on the couch cushions and once on the back of the couch.

According to reports, the baby died of blunt force trauma to his head.

Most parents will do anything to protect their children. However, injuries such as this are sadly common. It was not reported whether any members of the boy’s family intended to file a wrongful death lawsuit, but it is entirely possible.

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Father accused of striking, killing infant,” 1 June 2011

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